[Coral-List] 11th ICRS - Mini-Symposium on "Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms"
Monica Medina
mmedina at ucmerced.edu
Mon Oct 1 00:10:04 EDT 2007
Dear colleagues:
We would like to invite you to participate in Mini-Symposium 6,
"Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms", being
held at the 11th ICRS in Fort Lauderdale, July 7th-11th 2008.
The 11th International Coral Reef Symposium science program will
address scientific questions within the framework of a series of Mini-
Symposia developed to address problems and issues on contemporary
coral reefs that will assist management to sustain future reefs.
The central theme for the 11th ICRS is "REEFS FOR THE FUTURE". The
Symposium goals are to provide a scientific basis for coral reef
ecosystem management by articulating the state of the science with
respect to current and emerging stressors; improve the understanding
of reef condition, function, and productivity; and grow the fields of
coral reef ecosystem science, conservation, and multidisciplinary
research by facilitating the exchange of ideas.
We have invited four distinguished speakers to provide a broad
perspective on the main questions posed by the Mini-Symposium. The
central topics of Mini-Symposium 6 and the invited speakers are as
follows:
1) What is the role of genome science in coral reef ecology and
evolution, examples from symbiosis, bleaching, disease, microbial
communities and phylogenomics? Sandie Degnan, University of Queensland
2) What genomic approaches are already available for coral reef
science? Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University
3) What are the challenges for integrating global climate data with
genomic data? Ove Huegh-Guldbergh, University of Queensland
4) Do genomic approaches hold promise for developing environmental
monitoring? Cheryl Woodley, NOAA
We welcome abstract submissions on these topics as well as all
aspects of “Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef
organisms”. Submissions that address these questions are encouraged
but not mandatory. If you have an alternative question or questions
you are addressing, please so note. All submissions addressing
“Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms” are
encouraged to be submitted for consideration.
When submitting your abstracts, please use the session code: Mini-
Symposium 6. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 November 2007.
For abstract submission, registration, and other information, please
visit:
http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/
Mini-Symposium 6
“Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms”
Co-conveners:
Monica Medina
Mary-Alice Coffroth
Jodi Schwarz
If you know of anyone who might be interested who might not receive
this notice, please feel free to pass it along. We look forward to
your participation. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us.
mmedina at ucmerced.edu, coffroth at buffalo.edu, joschwarz at vassar.edu
mme
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