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SUMMARY:Swiss Drosophila Meeting 2012
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DESCRIPTION:Linda Partridge (University College London/Max Planck Institut
 e for Aging Research)\, Casey Bergman (University of Manchester)\nThe annu
 al meeting of Drosophila researchers working in Switzerland will take plac
 e on Friday 16 March 2012 at SV building of the Ecole Polytechnique of Lau
 sanne (EPFL). This year we have two invited speakers:\nLinda Partridge (Un
 iversity College London/Max Planck Institute for Aging Research):\nMechani
 sms that determine the rate of ageing in Drosophila\n\nCasey Bergman (Univ
 ersity of Manchester):\nGenome annotation and functional genomics\n\nWe pl
 an to begin with coffee and croissants at 9:30\, which should give you ple
 nty of time to arrive even from the farthest reaches of scientific Switzer
 land (for arrival and venue information click the link on the left). Howev
 er\, if you prefer to stay overnight\, there plenty of hotels in Lausanne\
 , for a list click here\; hotels AlaGare and Elite are conveniently locate
 d next to the railway station.\n\nWe anticipate 12 contributed talks of 15
  min including discussion\; as in previous years\, the priority for talks 
 will go to students and postdocs. There will also be a 2 h poster session.
  Prizes for talks and posters will be awarded. Following the meeting there
  will be a dinner in a nearby restaurant.\n\nTo register for the meeting a
 nd submit a talk or a poster\, please click on registration link on the le
 ft. The number of participants is limited to 150\; places for dinner are m
 ore limited and are allocated on a first come-first served basis.\n\nDeadl
 ine for registration: February 15\, 2012. 
LOCATION:SV 1717a
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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