42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference

42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. MARCH 21-25, 2001
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Program Information
Abstract Submission	This year all abstracts will be accepted electronically via the World Wide Web. For instructions, access the GSA Drosophila Conference Web site at: http://www.drosophila-conf.org. The site will be open for abstract submissions beginning October 15, 2000. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, November 27, 2000, at midnight on Monday night, U.S. East Coast time. Abstracts received after the deadline cannot be included in the abstract volume. If accepted, late abstracts will be given space at the back of the poster area, rather than in the requested area of interest. For late abstract submissions, please e-mail Marsha Ryan, meetings manager, at mryan@genetics.faseb.org.
Author Presentation Notifications	E-mail notifications of acceptance for slide or poster presentation will be sent to each author on or around January 22, 2001.
Program and Abstracts Volume	The entire contents of the program and abstracts volume, including the text of all abstracts, will be posted at the GSA Drosophila Conference Web site (http://www.drosophila-conf.org) during the first week of March 2001. All pre- and on-site registrants receive one copy of the program and abstracts volume. Extra copies will be sold at the Conference for $15 each.
Search and Program Planner	Available at the GSA Drosophila Conference Web site (http://www.drosophila-conf.org) on or around March 1, 2001, will be the Conference search and program planner, which allows all abstracts to be searched (by keyword, author and abstract title), viewed and printed. The program will also allow the user to select abstracts of interest to create a day-by-day, session-by-session personalized Conference itinerary. Please direct any questions about this program to Krista Koziol, GSA publications manager, at kkoziol@genetics.faseb.org.
Plenary Speakers	We are delighted to announce that the following individuals will be among those giving plenary talks at the Conference: Andrea Brand, Cambridge University Ilan Davis, Edinburgh University Ian Duncan, Washington University Kent G. Golic, University of Utah R. Scott Hawley, University of California, Davis Daniel L. Hartl, Harvard University Thomas C. Kaufman, Indiana University John T. Lis, Cornell University Mani Ramaswami, University of Arizona Barbara T. Wakimoto, University of Washington
Keynote Address	We are excited to announce that Gerald M. Rubin, University of California, Berkeley, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will address the meeting on its opening night.
Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture	The Larry Sandler Memorial Lectureship was established in recognition of Dr. Larry Sandler's many contributions to Drosophila genetics and his dedication to the training of Drosophila biologists. The recipient of the 14^th Larry Sandler Award for the most outstanding Ph.D. dissertation submitted this year will present a talk on Wednesday evening, March 21. For information on submitting nominations for this award, see the announcement on this website.
Techniques Workshop	Because of the general interest in new techniques, the Techniques Workshop on Friday afternoon, March 23, and chaired by Ken Burtis, University of California, Davis, will have no other workshops or slide sessions scheduled concurrently. Some speakers for this workshop may be chosen based on abstracts submitted for poster or slide presentation.
Slide Sessions	A subset of the abstracts will be selected for slide presentations by the program committee based on several criteria, including research area, scientific impact and laboratory representation. Authors of abstracts should indicate their preference for either a slide presentation or poster presentation by marking the appropriate field on the Web abstract submission form. Note, however, that the final designation of slide or poster presentation will be determined by the program committee. Because slide presentation requests far exceed slide presentation slots (only 10-15% of all abstracts received can be accommodated in slide sessions), authors should be prepared to present a poster if their abstract is not selected for a slide presentation. Each slide session presentation will be limited to 12 minutes, with an additional 3 minutes for questions and discussion. Note that authors presenting a talk in a slide session may not present the same work in a workshop.
Poster Sessions	The majority of the submitted abstracts will be scheduled as posters. Poster presenters will be asked to attend their posters for multiple sessions. The poster area will be open 24 hours a day beginning at 5:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21, until Saturday evening, March 24, in Exhibit Halls B/C of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Posters may be mounted on boards beginning at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, March 21, and must be removed by 11:00 PM on Saturday, March 24. A small room equipped with a VCR and monitor will be available during the poster sessions to selected individuals who will be presenting a poster and wish to show videotapes to enhance their poster presentation. Time slots available for use of this equipment are very limited in number and must be reserved prior to the meeting. If you wish to be considered for this option, check the appropriate box on the Web abstract submission form.
Workshops	Workshops will be offered concurrent with the afternoon poster sessions and during evening hours. Preference for afternoon time slots will be given to topics of general interest that involve four speakers and a designated moderator, ensuring that there will be sufficient time for audience participation. Individuals interested in organizing a workshop should contact the meeting chairs by November 1, 2000. At that time, workshop organizers should provide a preliminary format. Authors presenting a talk in a workshop may not present the same work in a slide session.
Audio-Visual Equipment	Standard equipment provided without request in each plenary, workshop and slide session room includes a data projector (for IBM-PC and Mac computers), a 35mm slide projector, an overhead projector (for transparencies), a lectern, a pointer and a microphone. Authors who indicate a preference for a slide presentation in their abstract submission will be asked whether they will make a Powerpoint presentation that requires a data projector. All authors selected for slide presentations who plan to make a Powerpoint presentation are required to: supply their own laptop computer to connect to the data projector; test their Powerpoint program at the meeting prior to their assigned slide session using a data projector (that will be supplied), either in the Speaker Ready Room or in an unused session room; and have back-up slides of the presentation arranged in a carousel tray ready to show in case compatibility problems arise with the Powerpoint presentation, the laptop computer and/or the data projector during their presentation. Author presentations will not be extended or postponed due to any technical problems with a computer-generated presentation using the data projector. As in the past, each slide presenter will be given 12 minutes for presentation and an additional 3 minutes for questions and discussion. Audio-visual equipment available by advance request includes video-cassette players, monitors, flip charts, etc. For all audio-visual orders, please contact Marsha Ryan at mryan@genetics.faseb.org by Monday, February 12, 2001.