Wolfgang Busch, Salk Institute
Mary Gehring, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
Miriam Gifford, University of Warwick, UK
Cara Haney, University of British Columbia
Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge, UK
Arthur Korte, University of Würzburg, Germany
Ute Kraemer, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Ksenia Krasileva, University of California, Berkeley
Raphael Mercier, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Ashby Morrison, Stanford University
Moritz Nowack, Ghent University, Belgium
Donald Ort, University of Illinois
Simona Radutoiu, Aarhus University, Denmark
Elizabeth Sattely, Stanford University
Patrick Shih, University of California, Davis
Anne Simon, University of Maryland
Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Nagoya University, Japan
John Vogel, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Jin Wang, Auburn University
Detlef Weigel, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Jian-Min Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested in participating in the meeting.
All abstracts must be submitted by the abstract deadline. Late registrations may be accepted after the abstract deadline if the meeting is not oversubscribed. In the event of over-subscription, every effort will be made to ensure that all groups who wish to participate will be represented. The 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. Please apply in writing via email to Maureen Morrow and state your financial needs; preference will be given to those who submit abstracts.
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inBIO workshop
There will be a 1-day inBIO workshop held on Wednesday, December 4, prior to the start of the meeting.
This full-day workshop is aimed for scientists who see potential commercial value in their research discoveries and want to learn the basics of entrepreneurship. Participants will hear from biotech investors, communications specialists, and business development experts, who will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of launching an academic spin-out company.
Please click
here for more details. Applications should be submitted by September 20 (click
here to apply).
All questions regarding the inBIO workshop may be directed to
Michael Gurtowski.
Pricing:
Academic Package: $1,220
Graduate/PhD Student Package: $1,020
Corporate Package: $1,535
Academic/Student No-Housing Package: $835
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1,035
Regular packages are all-inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, a wine-and-cheese reception, and lobster banquet. No-Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due four weeks prior to the meeting.