SEB Bulletin January 2008
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SEB Annual Main Meeting 2008
Parc Chanot, Marseille, France, Sunday 6th - Thursday 10th July 2008
The SEB Annual Main Meeting 2008 is returning to mainland Europe, to Parc Chanot in the cosmopolitan port city of Marseille. The diverse programme of scientific, education and networking sessions running at the meeting provides an opportunity to present your research, meet old friends and form new collaborations in a lively but relaxed atmosphere. The cross-sectional session will be on Systems Biology.
Marseille and its environs offer a wealth of site-seeing options and the opportunity to relax on the Mediterranean coast. Restaurants abound in Marseille serving a variety of dishes with Oriental and North African as well as traditional French influences.
Students and Early-Career Scientists
The Society would particularly like to encourage students and early-career scientists to present their work at the meeting. The lively, well-attended poster evenings have proved invaluable to students in previous years and the SEB meeting is renowned as a good environment in which to give your first talk. To facilitate this, student members of the SEB benefit from a heavily discounted registration rate as well as the chance to apply for subsistence funding and win cash prizes in the Young Scientist Award Competition.
Call for Papers
The Society would like to invite the submission of offered talks and poster abstracts to all sessions at the Marseille meeting.
Abstract submission is now open at www.sebiology.org. The deadline for submissions is 31st March 2008.
New for 2008 - Loyal Member Rate
For the 2008 Meeting a new registration fee has been introduced giving a deep discount to full members of the Society who have been members for the last three years or longer.
In addition to the subsidy already provided to members, loyal members will receive a further £100 off their registration, provided they register before 9th May 2008.
If you have not yet paid your subscription for 2007-08 make sure you do so before you register for the meeting to benefit from the member discounts.
The registration fees for the meeting are as follows:
- SEB Registration Fee 2008
- SEB Full Members (3 Years + rate) - £195
- SEB Full Members - £295
- Non-Members - £425
- Young Scientist SEB Member - £145
- Student Members - £50
Conference Programme
Saturday 5th July: Pre-Conference Networking Session
Sunday 6th July
09:00 - 17:00 Scientific Sessions
17:30 - 18:30 Plenary: Bidder Lecture
19:00 - Late Conference Welcome Evening
Monday 7th July
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary: Woolhouse Lecture
10:00 - 17:00 Scientific Sessions
17:30 - 19:00 Poster Session 1
19:00 - Late SEB Wine Trail including buffet dinner
20:00 - 22:00 Women in Science Dinner
Tuesday 8th July
09:00 - 17:00 Scientific Sessions
19:30 - Late SEB Conference Dinner
Wednesday 9th July
09:00 - 17:00 Scientific Sessions
17:00 - 19:00 Poster Session 2
19:00 - Late Pétanque Tournament
Thursday 10th July
09:00 - 17:00 Scientific Sessions
Scientific and Education Sessions
Cross-Sectional Session
Systems Biology
Martin McAinsh University of Lancaster
Claire Grierson University of Bristol
Alex Webb University of Cambridge
Workshop Tools for Systems Biology
Carol Wagstaff University of Reading
Animal Biology
The Multifunctional Gut
Jean-Herve Lignot Universite Louis Pasteur
Rod Wilson University of Exeter
Nic Bury Kings' College
Richard Handy University of Plymouth
Linking Mechanics and Energetics
Richard Marsh Northwestern University
General Biomechanics
Peter Aerts University of Antwerp
Predator/Prey Interactions
Vincent Bels Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
General Animal Biology
Richard Handy University of Plymouth
David McKenzie CNRS Montpellier
Physiological Strategies to Optimise Oxygen Delivery
Colin Brauner University of British Columbia
David McKenzie CNRS Montpellier
Radical Species, Mitochondria and Cardiac Function
Bruno Tota University of Calabria
Maria Carmela Cerra University of Calabria
The Secondary Circulatory System
John Fleng Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Neurobiology Poster Session
Phil Newland University of Southampton
Insect Homeostasis: A tribute to Simon Maddrell FRS
Shireen Davis University of Glasgow
Julian Dow University of Edinburgh
Cell Biology
Cell Biology of Plant Development
Patrick Hussey University of Durham
Keith Lindsey University of Durham
Circadian Clocks
Weiqun Lu University of Manchester
Richard Balment University of Manchester
Thermobiology
Hans-Otto Poertner Bremerhaven Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Craig Franklin University of Queensland
Lars Tomanek California Polytechnic State University
Glycosylation
Susan Brooks Oxford Brookes University
Plant Biology
Ubiquitination
Ari Sadanandom University of Glasgow
Green Products (Bioenergy and Pharmaceuticals)
Gail Taylor University of Southampton
Mike Burrell University of Sheffield
Developments in Plant Biology
Christine Raines University of Essex
Education Sessions
Science Careers Workshop
Sarah Blackford SEB Education Section
Science and Society - Bioenergy Debate
Sarah Blackford and John Bryant SEB Education Section
Science Communication Workshop
Sarah Blackford and Dominic Delaney SEB Education Section
Call for Papers - Abstract Submission
The organisers would like to invite the submission of papers for oral and poster presentations at SEBatMarseille2008. The posters will be displayed in the main exhibition area and two evening networking sessions will be dedicated to viewing them.
SEBatMarseille2008 - Meeting Timetable:
Start End Event /Item
Sunday 6th July
AM Lunch Morning Sessions
P1 Ubiquitination
P2 Green Products (Bioenergy and
Pharmaceuticals)
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
C3 Cross-Tolerance Towards Environmental Stress: molecular mechanisms and ecological case studies
A1 The Multifunctional Gut
A3 General Biomechanics
A5 General Animal Biology
Lunchtime E1 Careers Workshop
(lunchtime workshop 12:00 - 14:00)
PM 17:30 Afternoon Sessions
P1 Ubiquitination
P2 Green Products (Bioenergy and
Pharmaceuticals)
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
C3 Cross-Tolerance Towards Environmental Stress: molecular mechanisms and ecological case studies
A1 The Multifunctional Gut
A3 General Biomechanics
A5 General Animal Biology
17:30 18:30 Plenary Lecture 1 (Woolhouse or Bidder t.b.c.)
Monday 7th July
AM Lunch Morning Sessions
09:00 10:00 Plenary Lecture 2 (Woolhouse or Bidder t.b.c.)
Systems Biology B
P2 Green Products (Bioenergy and
Pharmaceuticals)
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
C5 Climate Change: from genes to ecosystem (and general thermobiology)
A1 The Multifunctional Gut
A3 General Biomechanics
A5 General Animal Biology
A9 Learning and Memory
PM 17:30 Afternoon Sessions
Systems Biology B
P2 Green Products (Bioenergy and
Pharmaceuticals)
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
A3 General Biomechanics
A5 General Animal Biology
A9 Learning and Memory
17:00 19:00 Poster Session 1
Tuesday 8th July
AM Lunch Morning Sessions
Systems Biology B
YSAS
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
A2 Linking Mechanics and Energetics
A6 Physiological Strategies to Optimize Oxygen Delivery
A9 Learning and Memory
E2 Science and Society - Bioenergy Debate
PM 17:30 Afternoon Sessions
Workshop: Tools for Systems Biology
YSAS
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C1/P4 Cell Biology of Plant Development
C2 Circadian Clocks
A2 Linking Mechanics and Energetics
A6 Physiological Strategies to Optimize Oxygen Delivery
A9 Learning and Memory
Wednesday 9th July
AM Lunch Morning Sessions
Systems Biology
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C2 Circadian Clocks
A2 Linking Mechanics and Energetics
A11 Insect homeostasis: a tribute to Simon Maddrell FRS
A7 Radical species, mitochondria and cardiac
| function
Lunchtime E3 Science Communication Workshop
(12:00 - 14:00)
PM 17:30 Afternoon Sessions
Systems Biology
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C2 Circadian Clocks
C4 Glycosylation
A2 Linking Mechanics and Energetics
A11 Insect homeostasis: a tribute to Simon Maddrell FRS
A7 Radical species, mitochondria and cardiac | function
17:00 19:30 Poster Session 2
Thursday 10th July
AM Lunch Morning Sessions
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C2 Circadian Clocks
C4 Glycosylation
A4 Predator/Prey Interactions
A11 Insect homeostasis: a tribute to Simon Maddrell FRS
A8 The Secondary Circulation System
Nuclear envelope and Golgi Cell Biology Satellite
PM 17:30 Afternoon Sessions
P3 Developments in Plant Biology
C2 Circadian Clocks
C4 Glycosylation
A4 Predator/Prey Interactions
A11 Insect homeostasis: a tribute to Simon Maddrell FRS
A8 The Secondary Circulation System
Nuclear envelope and Golgi Cell Biology Satellite
Career Enhancement Workshop for Bioscience postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers.
Tuesday 8 April (starts 4.00pm) - Thursday 10 April (1.30pm finish) 2008, Lancaster, UK.
Are you a Biosciences postgraduate or postdoctoral researcher based in the UK or mainland Europe? Do you want to enhance your current and future career prospects?
This workshop aims to:
1. Broaden your knowledge of the current research environment and how to make the most of its opportunities.
2. Provide a forum to present and discuss your research to other Bioscientists including possibilities to generate collaborations and ideas for enterprise opportunities.
3. Increase self-awareness in terms of your personality and skills including how to present yourself at interview most effectively.
4. Provide guidance and inspiration towards your own goals and aspirations whether they are aimed at a research or non-research career.
Speakers and facilitators include:
Ottoline Leyser (York), Bill Davies and Mark Bacon (Lancaster), Jeremy Pritchard (Birmingham), Peter Lumsden (UClan) and Simon Cutler (BBSRC)
For more information email:
Sarah Blackford - s.blackford@lancaster.ac.uk
www.sebiology .org/meetings