Meetings

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Contents 1 Upcoming meetings 1.1 2007 1.2 2008 2 Past meetings

Upcoming meetings

From now on please post, or at least cross-post all new meeting announcements on the Worm Community Forum at

http://www.wormbase.org/forums/

Note: you need to register again at the Forum.

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2007

• June 27-July 1

16^th International C. elegans Meeting University of California, Los Angeles, USA

• Nov 16

The Genetics Society Autumn Meeting. New Horizons in C. elegans Research The Royal Society, London.

2008

• Jan 5-8

GSA's "Genetic Analysis: From Model Organisms to Human Biology" meeting, San Diego, CA, USA

• Mar 29 - Apr 2

European Worm Meeting Seville, Spain (website operational from 1st Oct 2007)

2008 Topic Meetings

Development & Evolution Meeting

June 11th-15th, 2008, Madison, WI

Organizers: Diana Chu, Ahna Skop, Monica Colaiacovo

Topics Include:

Cell Biology/Morphogenesis/Muscle

Cell death

Cell cycle regulation, cytokinesis, mitosis, meiosis

Cell fate specification – embryo

Cell fate specification – post-embryonic

Sex determination

Germline

Evolution in Development

Microevolution and Evolutionary Genomics

Neuro Meeting

June 29th-July 2nd, 2008, Madison, WI

Organizers: Janet Richmond, Maureen Barr

Topics Include:

Behavior/sensory transduction

Neuronal development

Neurodegeneration

Synaptic function

Aging, Stress & Pathogenesis

August 3-6th, 2008, Madison, WI

Organizers: Pam Padilla, Todd Lamintina

Topics Include:

Aging and Stress

Pathogenesis

Dauer and heterochronic genes

If interested in helping organize please contact organizers.

Past meetings

2006
January 5-7	GSA Model Organisms Meeting
April 29-May 3, 2006	European Worm Meeting
May 24-26, 2006	EMBO Caenorhabditis Evolution Workshop
Summer 2006 Topics Meetings
June 22-25, 2006	Topics Meeting: Development & Evolution
July 9-12, 2006	Topics Meeting: Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function, and Behavior
2005
June 25-29	15th International Worm Meeting
2004
August 21-24	West Coast Worm Meeting
June 28-July 1	East Asia C. Elegans Meeting
June 11-13	Midwest Worm Meeting
June 11-13	East Coast Worm Meeting
May 22-25	European Worm Meeting
2003
June 29-July 3	14th International Worm Meeting
2002
June 14-16	East Coast Worm Meeting
June 28-30	Midwest Worm Meeting
August 6-9	The 3rd Japanese C. elegans Meeting
August 10-13	West Coast Worm Meeting