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2010 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS/APPLICATIONS: April 10, 2010
PROGRAM OUTLINE
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) is pleased to make available 10 awards for undergraduate students to participate in a Mentoring and Diversity Program. Five of these positions will be reserved for undergraduates from traditionally underrepresented groups in our scientific discipline.
AWARDS
Ten awards will be given. Award recipients residing in Europe will receive US $1,000 to be used to help cover the cost of airfare, accommodation, and meeting registration. All other recipients will receive US $1,500. Each participant will also receive an online student subscription to the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution for the year of 2011.
Full Details for Undergraduate Program >>
WE ARE SEEKING INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN BEING A MENTOR
If you are interested in mentoring an undergraduate at this year’s SMBE meeting in Lyon, please email Dan Graur (dgraur[at]uh.edu).
Full Details of Mentoring Program >>
NESCent Call For Proposals
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS
We are now accepting proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships at The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). We are looking to fund innovative approaches to outstanding problems in evolutionary biology. Proposals are due December 1. For more information, please see our website at https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS - SABBATICAL SCHOLARS AND COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUPS
Proposals for Sabbaticals and for collaborative working groups (Working Groups and Catalysis Meetings) are now being accepted at The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). We are looking to fund innovative approaches to outstanding problems in evolutionary biology. In particular, proposals that have a clear interdisciplinary focus, or involve evolutionary concepts in non-traditional disciplines, are strongly encouraged, as are proposals that demonstrate international participation and a mix of senior and emerging researchers, including graduate students. Proposals for Working Groups and Catalysis Meetings are accepted twice a year, with deadlines on June 10 and December 1. Proposals for Sabbaticals may be one semester to a full year (deadlines June 10 and December 1) or they may be for short-term visits (2 weeks to 3 months; deadlines on January 1, April 1, July 1 and September 1). For more information, please see our website at https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
2010 NAS Award in Molecular Biology Seeking Nominations
Members and foreign associates are elected annually in recognition of their distinguished achievements in original research; election is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer. Currently, as many as 72 members and 18 foreign associates may be elected annually.
The NAS Award in Molecular Biology is presented to recognize recent notable discovery in molecular biology by a young scientist who is a citizen of the United States. This award is presented with a prize of $25,000.
An overview of the nomination and election process, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, answers many frequently asked questions about Academy elections.
Darwin Now
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). We build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/Darwin
Call for Papers (66KB - PDF file)
Call for Proposals - NESCent Sabbatical Scholars, Working Groups and Catalysis Groups
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now accepting proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings. Proposals for postdoctoral fellowships are accepted at the December 1 deadline only. Proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings are accepted twice a year, with June 15 and December 1 deadlines. Proposals for short-term visitors are considered four times a year, with deadlines on January 1, April 1, July 1 and September 1. For more information, please see our website at
https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Online Ballot 2008
The SMBE Council is pleased to bring you the slate of officers for this year's election. All SMBE members should have received their Subscription Number and Voting Token, akin to a password, by e-mail. If you or a colleague who is a member has not received them by April 21 2008, please email Oxford University Press to get them.
MBE Election Site
The Organising Committee invites you to present proposals for potential Symposia topics.
Symposia proposals should include:
- A cover sheet including symposium title, with your address and e-mail
- Brief description of topic and rationale for its presentation to the society (a maximum of 300 words)
- The name of up to four potential participants
Proposals will be selected by the Scientific Committee based on their innovation and relevance to the SMBE 2008 Meeting.
The SMBE 2008 Meeting will organize around 25-30 symposia. Twelve have been suggested by the Organizing Committee (see Scientific Program); the remaining symposia will be chosen from the current proposals.
Each Symposium will have one (or occasionally two) invited speakers (with an allocated time of 30 minutes, including questions), and between four and eight short contributed talks (with an allocated time of 15 min, including questions).
Contributed talks will be chosen from the submitted abstracts by the symposium organizers and approved by the Scientific Committee. SMBE 2008 organizers will provide partial support for each symposium.
Proposals (in Word or PDF documents) should be addressed by e-mail to: csegarra@ub.edu, indicating in the subject: SMBE 2008 Symposium Proposal.
Scientific Committee’s decision will be notified to proposers by November 30, 2007.
http://smbe2008.com/callSymposia.htm
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now accepting
proposals for postdoctoral fellows, sabbatical scholars, working groups
and catalysis meetings. Proposals for postdoctoral fellowships are
accepted at the December 1 deadline only. Proposals for sabbatical
scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings are accepted twice a
year, with June 15 and December 1 deadlines. Proposals for short-term
visitors are considered four times a year, with deadlines on January 1,
April 1, July 1 and September 1. For more information, please see our
website at https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
The Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University (FB MSU), Belozersky Institute
for Physicochemical Biology of MSU (BIPB MSU), Faculty of Bioengineering and
Bioinformatics of MSU (FBB MSU) and Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission
Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IITP RAS) organize the international
conference <Computational Phylogenetics and Molecular Systematics> (16-19
November 2007, Moscow, Russia).
The conference scope includes but is not limited to:
- computational analysis of DNA, RNA and protein sequences;
- methods and algorithms of phylogenetic analysis;
- oriented software development;
- parallel and distributed computing in genetic data analysis,
datamining;
- evolution of genome, regulatory elements and genetic control
systems;
- dating evolutionary divergences with molecular data;
- phylogenetics in hot topics of organismal evolution and
systematics, phylogenomics;
- applied molecular phylogenetics (barcoding, molecular anthropology,
molecular epidemiology, forensic science, etc.).
Further information can be obtained from the conference website [http://agora.guru.ru/cpms]. Inquiries are welcome on emails frontdesk@cpms.bio.msu.ru or rusin@iitp.ru.
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now
accepting
proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis
meetings. Proposals are accepted twice a year, with June 15
and December
1 deadlines. Proposals for post-doctoral fellowships are accepted
at the
December 1 deadline. Proposals for short-term visitors are
considered
four times a year, with deadlines on January 1, April 1, July
1 and
September 1. For more information, please see our website at
https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is pleased to announce the following
awards in Biological Sciences are available to U.S. Scholars
and Professionals for countries in Southeastern Europe and
the Caucasus.
Armenia - All Disciplines #7181
Azerbaijan - All Disciplines #7182
Georgia - All Disciplines #7187
Moldova - All Disciplines # 7196
Bulgaria - All Disciplines #7239; Pure and Applied Sciences
#7246
Cyprus - All Disciplines #7252
Greece - All Disciplines #7284; Pure and Applied Sciences
#7286
Romania - All Disciplines #7368
Turkey - All Disciplines #7396; Science and Technology #7401
The deadline for submission of applications is August
1, 2006.
For additional information about the awards and the application
process, please consult the Fulbright Program web site at www.cies.org or
contact Cynthia Crow, Senior Program Officer, Europe/Eurasia
(202 686 7872; ccrow@cies.iie.org),
or Program Associates Greg Zalasky (202 686 6241; gzalasky@cies.iie.org)
and Alisha Scott (202 686 6244; ascott@cies.iie.org).
SMBE 2006 Annual Meeting
May 24 - May 28, 2006
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
The organizing committee for the 2006 Annual
SMBE Meetings is pleased to invite you to attend the Genomes,
Evolution, & Bioinformatics (GEB2006) conference to be
held at Arizona State University from May 24-May 28 in Tempe,
Arizona.
The conference will open on the evening of Wednesday, May
24 with a Welcome Social from 4:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. and Registration
from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Closing symposia and contributed sessions
will take place from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon on Sunday, May 28.
The program chairs for GEB2006 are Drs. Sudhir Kumar, Brian
Verrelli, and Jeff Touchman. Drs. George Poste and Jeff Trent
are honorary co-chairs.
The web site has been updated. Additional conference
information is now available. Registration will open on February
1st, 2006.
Website | Confirmed
Speakers | Preliminary
Schedule
Integrating Genomics, Evolution and Development Conference
May 31-June 2, 2006
U.C. Berkeley, CA
ucbevodevo@gmail.com
Sponsored By:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/site/
Department of Integrative Biology: http://ib.berkeley.edu/index.php
Center for Integrative Genomics: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/news/articles/evo-devo.htm
The organizers:
Danielle Liubicich (lubi@berkeley.edu)
Melinda Modrell (mmodrell@berkeley.edu)
Brian Kraatz (bkraatz@berkeley.edu)
Deirdre Lyons (dclyons@berkeley.edu)
This meeting is being organized by graduate students and
is inspired by the
integration of evo-devo research programs in the Molecular and Cell
Biology, and Integrative Biology departments. The meeting also
highlights Berkeley's new Center for Integrative Genomics.
The meeting will include symposia covering a wide range of
evolutionary developmental biology topics, including paleontology,
comparative morphology, and genomics.
The postdoc winners were
Kate Johnston
"The Evolution of Specificity"
Scott Roy
"Four Genomic Studies of Plasmodium Evolution"
The grad student winner was
Katja Nowick
Identification of genes regulated by FOXP2
Montserrat Aguade
President Elect (2005)
Michael Lynch
Councillor (2005-2007)
Fourth
Biennial Conference on the Developmental Basis of Evolutionary
Change
This is a graduate student organized conference
designed as a special opportunity for junior members of the
scientific community to interact with established members in
an intimate environment and to encourage scientific exchange.
It will be held October 20-23, 2005 at the University of Chicago,
Chicago, Il.
SMBE Young
Investigators' Workshop 2005
Genomes
and Evolution - June 19-23, 2005
This international meeting will be held at Auckland Convention Center, The
Edge (New Zealand), June 19-23, 2005. It will highlight the latest research
at the interface of molecular biology and evolution, especially highlighting
the work of Allan Wilson. It is the joint annual meeting of the International
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution and the Australasian Genetic Association.
| All participants should note that there is a
major, and highly popular, sporting event (Rugby) starting
on June 25th, which will be attended by >20,000 fans
travelling to New Zealand. This would make it difficult
to find accommodations in New Zealand AFTER the SMBE
conference is over. |
Mathematics
of Evolution and Phylogeny - June 17-18 and 20-21, 2005
Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris
This conference which follows a similar workshop that was held in June 2003.
The subject is evolution, which is considered at different scales: sequences,
genes, gene families, organelles, genomes, and species. The focus is on the
mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential
basis of evolutionary studies. Recent years have witnessed rapid progress in
this area, with models and methods becoming more realistic, powerful, and complex.
The goal of the conference is to provide pedagogical presentations of the main
subjects in the field, from basic principles to the cutting edge, with time
for discussion and debate. There will be presentations by some of the leading
experts in the field. Each speaker will survey a broad range of methods, techniques
and results. Young scientists will also be selected, to give short talks or
present posters.
Genomes
and Evolution - June 17-20, 2004
This international meeting will be held in State
College, Pennsylvania (USA), on the University Park
campus of The Pennsylvania State University, June 17-20,
2004. It will highlight the latest research at the
interface of molecular biology and evolution, especially
involving the analysis of genomes. It is the joint
annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology
and Evolution (SMBE) and the American Genetic Association
(AGA). |
