AGS Travel Grant Applications - DUE March 31 - June 12-14, 2019 - 12th Arthropod Genomics Symposium - Manhattan, KS

[Kascha Johnson]

TRAVEL GRANT applications DUE March 31!
Accepting ABSTRACTS for Poster Session!
REGISTRATION is OPEN!
– June 12-14, 2019 –
12th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium at KSU
Manhattan, KS

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Hi All:

Planning is well underway for the 2019 AGS that is returning to KSU in Manhattan, KS. Visit our website at www.k-state.edu/agc/ags<http://www.k-state.edu/agc/ags> for more details about the symposium.

TRAVEL GRANT – Applications Due March 31
+ Vector biology travel grants are sponsored by the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health.
+ Postdoc & student travel grants are sponsored by the Kansas State University Arthropod Genomics Center.
+ More information on the travel grants can be found at https://www.k-state.edu/agc/ags/travel_grants/index.html.

REGISTRATION
Register online at the Symposium website, www.k-state.edu/agc/ags<http://www.k-state.edu/agc/ags>!

KEY DEADLINES
Sunday, March 31 – Travel Grant Applications Due
Sunday, May 19 – Early Registration Deadline
Monday, May 20 - Abstracts Due for Poster Sessions

OVERVIEW
The symposium focuses on new insights gleaned from analyzing arthropod genomes and is designed for scientists interested in genomic studies of Arthropods, both model organisms and those of agricultural or health relevance. The program will include platform presentations, welcome reception and arthropod genomics-related poster sessions. A few poster abstract submissions will be selected for platform presentations. Postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students are also encouraged to attend. Sessions begin Wednesday evening, June 12, with a Welcome Reception featuring our Keynote Speaker and conclude Friday evening, June 14, with a walk and dinner on Konza Prairie.

SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker: Denise Montell, Duggan Professor and Distinguished Professor from University of California Santa Barbara

Featured Speakers Include:
+ Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Washington University in St Louis, USA
+ Kerri Coon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
+ Nsa Dada, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
+ Conor McMeniman, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
+ Shahideh Nouri, Kansas State University, USA
+ Luisa Orsini, University of Birmingham, UK
+ Mark Rebeiz, University of Pittsburgh, USA
+ Stephen ‘Fringy’ Richards, University of California Davis, USA
+ Stephane Rombauts, Ghent University, Belgium
+ Surya Saha, Boyce Thompson Institute, USA
+ Nick Teets, University of Kentucky, USA
+ Yoshinori Tomoyasu, Miami University, USA
+ James Walters, University of Kansas, USA

POSTER SESSION
Poster session will be scheduled for both Thursday and Friday of the symposium. This year’s sessions include: i5K/Comparative Genomics, Stress Response, Microbiome, Evo/Devo, Vector Biology & Bioinformatics. If interested in submitting an abstract for the poster session, please visit the website at www.k-state.edu/agc/ags<http://www.k-state.edu/agc/ags>. Abstracts are due for the Poster Session on Monday, May 20.

QUESTIONS: Contact Symposium Coordinator, Kascha Johnson at kas...@k-state.edu<mailto:kas...@k-state.edu>

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2019 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Sue Brown, Neal Dittmer, Maureen Gorman, Mike Kanost, Berlin Londono, Jocelyn McDonald, Mary Ann McDowell, Kristin Michel, Yoonseong Park, Mike Pfrender, Hugh Robertson, Gene Robinson, Molly Duman-Scheel

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Kascha

Kascha Johnson
Symposium Coordinator
2019 Arthropod Genomics Symposium
Division of Biology
Kansas State University
kas...@k-state.edu<mailto:kas...@k-state.edu>