NEUROBIOLOGY OF DROSOPHILA
October 5 - 9, 2005
Abstract Deadline: July 13, 2005

Organizers:
Leslie Griffith, Brandeis University
David Van Vactor, Harvard Medical School

Call for nominations for the 2005 Elkins Award past program

We are pleased to announce the eleventh biennial Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting, which will be held at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will now begin at 9 am on the morning of Wednesday, October 5th, and will conclude after lunch on Sunday, October 9th.

The goals of this conference are to provide a forum for the presentation of late breaking advances in Drosophila neurobiology, to exchange ideas and techniques, to stimulate future research and collaborations, and to recognize and encourage younger investigators and women working in this field. We strongly encourage all participants to submit an abstract(s) of your most recent work for consideration as oral or poster presentation. In the event of the meeting being oversubscribed, preference to attend will go to those submitting abstracts. The organizers will endeavor to accept for participation at least one representative of every applicant laboratory either engaged in or about to embark on Drosophila neurobiological research. We particularly encourage active participation by younger investigators and minority scientists.

Sessions & Discussion Leaders (NOT in order)

Behavior
Ron Davis, Baylor College of Medicine

Sensory Systems
Leslie Vosshall, The Rockefeller University

Neuronal Function
Bryan Stewart, University of Toronto

Cell Biology and Pathology
Nancy Bonini, University of Pennsylvania

Process Formation
Alex Kolodkin, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Synapse Formation
Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Glial Biology
Vanessa Auld, University of British Columbia

Cell Fate Specification
Stefan Thor, Linkoping University, Sweden

Retinal Pattern Formation
Tanya Wolff, Washington University School of Medicine

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in October.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
National Institute of Neurological Diseases & Stroke

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.