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Invitation to Attend

 

You are invited to attend the 50th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. The Conference will be held from March 4 through 8, 2009, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois.

The Conference will open on Wednesday evening, March 4, with a special 50th annual meeting celebration and program from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM, followed by a mixer from 9:00 PM until 12:00 midnight. The closing plenary session will take place from 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM on Sunday, March 8.

The abstract submission site will open on September 22, 2008, and will close on November 3, 2008.

 

 

 

2009 Organizing Committee

John Carlson john.carlson@yale.edu
Lynn Cooley lynn.cooley@yale.edu
Rick Fehon rfehon@uchicago.edu

 

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Drosophila Conference 50th Anniversary Retrospective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Dates

 

2008

September 22 Abstract Submission Site Open
November 3 Deadline for Abstract Submissions
Deadline for Workshop Requests
Conference Registration Site Open
November 9 Deadline to Withdraw Abstracts
November 10 Late Abstract Submission Site Open
December 3 Deadline for Receipt of Larry Sandler Award Nominations

2009

January 15 Deadline for Image Award Submissions
January 30 Deadline for Late Abstract Submissions

Deadline for Early (Discounted) Conference Registration

February 6 Deadline for Hotel Reservations
February 25 Deadline for Advance Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

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