Annual Drosophila conferences are highlighted by workshops, platform sessions and poster presentations, focusing on the latest findings in Drosophila research. The 2003 sessions will include the following topics:

• Meiosis, mitosis, and cell division
• Cytoskeleton and cellular biology
• Genome and chromosome structure
• Regulation of gene expression
• Signal transduction
• Pattern formation
• Gametogenesis and sex determination
• Organogenesis
• Neurogenetics and neural development
• Neural physiology and behavior
• Evolution and quantitative genetics
• Immune system and apoptosis
• Techniques and genomics