Dear Tunicate enthusiasts:
We will be having the Third International Urochordate meetings from
July 9-13, 2005
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/urochordate-2005
We hope that you will enjoy this meeting in beautiful Santa Barbara,
CA.
Sorry if you received multiple listings of this announcement - please
forward it to interested parties.
****Important: attendees from outside of the US***
We really want to welcome all foreign visitors, but you may need to
get a visa to attend the meetings. Check here to see if you are exempt:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_novisa_waiver.html. Also, if
you do not have a machine-readable passport you will need a visa. It
is important to start the visa process early. Wait times for visas can
be found here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_wait.php.
We also put links into the web page to these important sites.
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones!
Dr. Billie J. Swalla
Dr. William Smith
Preliminary Program
Saturday, July 9
*Check-in with dinner as the first meal
Sunday July 10
Morning Session I: Urochordate genomes and genome evolution
Chair: Adrend Sidow
Morning Session II: Genome-scale approaches and bioinformatics
Chair: Nori Satoh
Afternoon Session I - Oogenesis, gamete interactions and fertilization
Chair: Kathy Foltz
Morning Session II: Ascidian Development: germ layer formation and
morphogenesis
Chair: TBA
Monday, July 11
Morning Session I: Ascidian Development: neural development and
function; specification and development of germ plasm
Chair: Patrick Lemaire
Morning Session II: Morning Session I: Ecology; Natural products
Chair: Gretchen Lambert
Afternoon - Excursions
Evening: Round Table Discussion – Future Collaborations, Bioinformatic
tools, NIH White papers for new species?
Tuesday, July 12
Morning Session I: Development and Evolution of Pelagic Tunicates:
Appendicularians and Thaliaceans
Chair: Hiroki Nishida
Morning Session II: Development and Metamorphosis of Ascidians
Chair: William Smith
Afternoon Session I: Ascidian Population Biology and Systematics
Chair: Rosaria De Santis
Afternoon Session II: Ascidian Innate Immunity
Chair: Masaru Nonaka
Wednesday, July 13
Morning Session I: Genetic Networks in Ascidian Development
Chair: Mike Levine
Morning Session II: Ascidian Development and Evolution
Chair: Billie Swalla
Departure
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