[Taxacom] Conference, Cardiff, 9-11 September

[Daniel Barker]

Dear Taxacom,

FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 'OMICS SYNTHESIS CONFERENCE

Cardiff University, UK, 9-11 September 2013

http://www.environmentalomics.org/ieos2013

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS

We are pleased to announce an extended deadline for abstract submission,
for the first ever conference on 'omics applications, tools and resources
focused on the environmental sciences.

The meeting covers genomics, metabolomics and other high-throughput
approaches in biology ('omics). The meeting is targeted both at current
and future users of 'omics, and for developers of bioinformatics and
'omics technologies.

The conference includes dedicated introductory talks and training sessions
on day one, for those who are new to the field, followed by two days of
world-class science presentations delivered by several international
leaders in environmental 'omics. The conference will promote exchange of
ideas between all of these groups.

We encourage submission of abstracts to be considered for oral and poster
presentation, and in particular encourage submissions from PhD students
and postdoctoral researchers.

To register - with optional submission of an abstract - see:

http://environmentalomics.org/ieos_registration

NEW ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 31 July 2013
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 1 August 2013

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

- Professor ESKE WILLERSLEV, Natural History Museum of Denmark
- Professor JACK GILBERT, University of Chicago
- Professor JOHN COLBOURNE, University of Birmingham

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS:

Archeaological 'Omics: Learning from the past to inform the future
- Professor TERRY BROWN, University of Manchester
- Professor ROBIN ALLABY, University of Warwick

Ecological 'Omics: From biodiversity to molecular adaptation
- Dr ANDREW WHITEHEAD, University of California, Davis
- Professor CAROLE GOBLE, University of Manchester

Epigenetics: From Molecules to Phenotypes
- Professor KEVIN CHIPMAN, University of Birmingham

Evolutionary 'Omics: Phylogenetics and the Tree of Life
- Professor SANDRA BALDAUF, Uppsala University
- Professor MARGARET RILEY, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Professor MIKE BRUFORD, Cardiff University

Integrated and Systems 'Omics: Towards environmental systems biology
- Dr JOE SHAW, Indiana University
- Professor FRANCESCO FALCIANI, University of Birmingham

Community Ecology: Community profiling (metagenomics and metabarcoding) to
function
- Professor DOUGLAS YU, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Professor PHILIP POOLE, John Innes Centre

DRAFT PROGRAM: http://environmentalomics.org/ieos_agenda

SPONSORED in part by the Natural Environment Research Council, UK (NERC);
the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK; Thermo Fisher
Scientific; Cambio; and BGI.

This conference is coordinated by the NERC Environmental 'Omics Synthesis
Centre: http://environmentalomics.org

We hope to see you in Cardiff in September.

Dr Daniel Barker
Lecturer in Biology, University of St Andrews
db60 at st-andrews.ac.uk

On behalf of the organising committee:
Dr Peter Kille, University of Cardiff;
Dr Mesude Bicak and Dr Tracey Timms-Wilson, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology;
Dr Daniel Barker, University of St Andrews;
Dr Claire Gachon, Scottish Association for Marine Science; and
Professor Mark Viant, University of Birmingham.

http://www.environmentalomics.org/ieos2013


-- 
Daniel Barker
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