[afgn] Fwd: March 31 deadline- Last chance to present your research at the Arabidopsis Conference in St. Louis, and Fees increase $100

[Luise H. Brand]

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Betreff: 	March 31 deadline- Last chance to present your research at the Arabidopsis Conference in 
St. Louis, and Fees increase $100
Datum: 	Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:52:00 +0000
Von: 	Joanna Friesner <jdfriesner at UCDAVIS.EDU>
Antwort an: 	Joanna Friesner <jdfriesner at UCDAVIS.EDU>
An: 	ARABUK at JISCMAIL.AC.UK



*The 28^th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research: ICAR 2017*

June 19-23, 2017; St. Louis, Missouri, USA

_Arabidopsis Research in 2017 and Beyond: From Basic Discovery to Translation 
<http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/>_

http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/

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*Last chance to submit your abstract to present your research in a platform session!*

*MARCH 31: *Deadline to submit your abstract and reduced registration fee deadline:

  * _50 speaker slots in 10 sessions
    <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/abstracts--posters.html>* selected from abstracts
    (early career scientists given priority; must register for meeting first)_

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*April 1: *Registration Fees Increase by $100**

**

*Notable for ICAR 2017:*

  * *_Inexpensive student and postdoc residence halls
    <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/accommodations1.html>_*
  * $68 USD/night/room/person in a suite, inclusive of breakfast and taxes
      o (optional: groups of up to 3-4 friends, lab mates, can reserve a suite together)
  * *_Career Workshops geared towards students and postdocs
    <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/workshops.html>_* **
      o Monday (June 19): _Careers Panel and Workshop_: 1:30-3 pm, Hyatt Regency (Conference site)
      o Wednesday (June 21): _Special “Careers in Industry’
        <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/workshops.html> panel and networking social_: Meet
        and learn from industry members: 4:15-6:30, Danforth Center (off-site, conference party hosts)
  * Danforth Center Hosts Open House/Tours, Conference Party
    <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/workshops.html>, and co-sponsor of ‘Careers in
    Industry’ panel and networking event
      o Disco part <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/social-programs.html>y with live band VO5!
  * 8 slots for community-organized workshops <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/workshops.html>
      o Application deadline: *March 31*
  * Diverse invited speaker list <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/schedule.html>
      o 48% female, 40% early career, 46% non-US/non-host country
  * 5K Weed Stampede <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/social-programs.html> Fun Run/Walk

**

**Concurrent Sessions accepting abstracts for short talks (abstract deadline for consideration: 
March 31 <http://icar2017.arabidopsisresearch.org/abstracts--posters.html>):*

  * Cell and Developmental Biology (2 sessions, 10 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Hormone Signaling Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Plant Defense and Biotic Interactions Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Epigenetics and Chromatin Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Abiotic Interactions Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Post-translational Regulation Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Structural Biology Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)
  * Modeling, Quantitative and Computational Biology Concurrent (5 talks selected from submitted
    abstracts)
  * Translational Biology (5 talks selected from submitted abstracts)

**

*New for this Year*

/Generously sponsored by Monsanto: Women in Science Exchange (WISE):/

·*Childcare subsidies to enable parents to participate in the conference, particularly early-career 
parents of young children*

·Up to (10) child care subsidy awards (up to $500 each depending on demonstrated need)

·Contact Joanna Friesner, conference organizer, for details on how to apply (jdfriesner at ucdavis.edu 
<mailto:jdfriesner at ucdavis.edu>).

We look forward to seeing you in St. Louis!

Joanna Friesner, ICAR 2017 Organizer

On behalf of the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) and organizing committee

*Co-chairs: Doris Wagner
*/University of Pennsylvania/**

*Co-chair: Rick Vierstra
*/Washington University in St. Louis/**

*Organizing Committee *

*Sally Assmann *
/Penn State University/
*Siobhan Brady *
/UC Davis/
*José Dinneny *
/Carnegie Institution for Science/
*Erich Grotewold *
/Ohio State University/
*Elizabeth Haswell *
/Washington University in St. Louis/
*Roger Innes*
/Indiana University/
*Peter McCourt*
/University of Toronto ​/

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