The Daphnia Genomics Consortium Meeting 2006

January 17 through January 19, 2006
Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Pre-registration and Abstracts will begin online on November 1, 2005. The Abstracts deadline has been extended to December 16, 2005.

On-site registration and check-in begins at noon EST, January 17, 2006.

Dear colleagues

Preparations are underway for our upcoming meeting, scheduled for January 2006. This gathering will begin with on-site registration and check- in on January 17, between 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and with an Opening Plenary Session of talks beginning at 4:00 pm.

As with the Daphnia genome, this agenda is continually evolving but will minimally include the following highlights:

• Up to 15 oral presentations will provide updates on the various activities of the consortium, some directly related to the genome project (including the genome sequence), others related to preliminary results obtained from the application of genomic tools in fields such as ecology, toxicology, evolution and developmental biology.
  
  
• Up to 50 posters will feature current and planned research.
  
  
• There will be discussions regarding the plans for improving the sequence assembly, annotating the genome, and ways for DGC members to contribute in analyzing this data.
  
  
• There will be discussions on future needs and how to elevate resources for related Daphnia species.
  
  
• There will be plenty of time for informal discussions.
  
  

We will be wrapping up the meeting no later than 5:00 pm on January 19, 2006.