The Conference committee invites you to attend the 45th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, sponsored by The Genetics Society of America. The Conference will be held on March 24 through March 28, 2004, in Washington, DC, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

The Conference will open on Wednesday evening, March 24, with an opening session from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, followed by a mixer from 9:00 pm until 12:00 midnight in the Ballroom. The closing plenary session will take place from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm on Sunday, March 28.

The program chairs for the 2004 conference are Paul Lasko and Howard Lipshitz. They may be reached at the following e-mail addresses:
 
   paul.lasko@mcgill.ca
   lipshitz@sickkids.ca

Sponsored by The Genetics Society of America
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
Telephone: (301)-634-7300
Fax: (301) 634-7079
e-mail: society@genetics-gsa.org
 

Image detail taken from: Early stages of oogenesis. Pictured is a germarium and early stage egg chambers: Green-Lamin marks the nuclear membrane, Red-Vasa marks the germline.