NEW DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION AND
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 15th, 2009

Invitation to Attend

You are invited to attend the 21st European Drosophila Research Conference, to be held November 18 th - 21 st 2009 at the Acropolis Conference Center, Nice, France.

The Conference will open on Wednesday evening, November 18st, with a Welcome Opening Mixer followed by a plenary session from 8:00 PM until 9:30 PM. The closing plenary session will end at 6:30 PM on Saturday, November 21st.

The Conference will propose 10 plenary lectures and 18 concurrent sessions with a blend of invited speakers and selected abstracts.

Session topics
Neural Development Evolution
Sex determination Chromosome architecture
Growth and metabolism Physiology
Organogenesis Immunity
Cell architecture Cell behaviour
Stem cells Population genetics
Neurophysiology and behaviour Resources
Cell signalling and Trafficking Pattern
Drosophila models for cancer/human diseases

 

 

Invited Speakers
 

Plenary

Chair
  P. Beachy H. Ashe
  H. Bellen Y. Bellaiche
  A. Brand R. Benton
  A. Ephrussi R. Cagan
  J. Hoffmann C. Desplan
  K. Irvine E. Hafen
  J. Knoblich F. Karch
  M. Krasnow R. Kuhnlein
  G. Laurent E. Lai
  T. Lecuit B. Lemaitre
    E. Moreno
    C. Rabouille
    J. Raff
    S. Roth
    I. Salecker
    B. Shilo
    D. St Johnson
    JP Vincent
    K. White

Conference Dates:

May 8th 2009
Registration/Abstract
Submission Site Opens

September 15th 2009
Deadline to submit Abstracts
Deadline for early (discounted) conference registration

October 15th 2009
Deadline for Registration

November 18th 2009

Conference Opening



Organizing Committee : Pierre Leopold, Stéphane Noselli, Pascal Thérond
EDRC 2009
Nice, Acropolis - France
November 18-21, 2009