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Welcome!
The 2008
Bay Area Worm
Meeting will be held Friday, March 21st in VBT124 at Cal State University,
East Bay (Hayward campus). Talks: 10:30 am to 3:30 pm (with a break for
lunch). Poster session/social: from 3:30 until 5:30 pm.
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
Since this is the Bay Area WORM
Meeting, why not get to know
other worms out there? Last BAWM, we learned about the
root-knot
nematode from Valerie Williamson, this time Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado,
one of the foremost experts in planaria, the flat worm of your high
school days, will update us on all the cool things he is finding out
about this worm.
Visit the following link to learn more about the organism and Dr.
Sanchez Alvarado:
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE: Friday, March 7th (midnight).
To register, copy and paste the
following text into an email, fill in the blanks, then send to . .
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BAWMorganizers@gmail.com
REGISTRATION FORM:
______ Yes! I will be there.
______ No, I can't make it because (optional)_____________________
A BOX LUNCH will be provided (thanks to our sponsors).
______ Veggie wrap.
______ Turkey sandwich.
______ No thanks, I will buy my lunch from an on campus vendor.
POSTERS (please choose, so we can provide enough poster boards).
______ I would like to present a poster (you do not need to send us
your abstract).
______ I will NOT present a poster.
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Request to Talk (DEADLINE: February 22nd,
2008)
We
would like to invite both graduate students and post docs to talk at
BAWM. We expect to have time for 10 oral presentations (in addition to
the key note address). Each person will be given 20 minutes (15 minutes
to talk, 5 minutes for questions).
If you would like to give an oral
presentation, please email the BAWMorganizers@gmail.com
with your firm commitment
to speak by FEBRUARY 22nd.
In your email, please include your title and a short description of
your research. If there are more requests than available slots an ad
hoc selection committee (including
but not limited to members of the organizing committee) will make the
final decisions soon thereafter.
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Location, Parking, Driving Directions and Public Transit Options:
BAWM will be held in the Valley Business and Technology Building (VBT124). To find the building on campus, nearby parking and parking permit dispensors, click here to download an annotated campus map. Note:
All-day parking is $3.50. Please bring cash! Click on the links here to find the CSUEB campus
map, driving
directions and public
transportation information (Note: the free Hillhopper Shuttle
will be running on a holiday schedule and will not be available for drop off after 9 am).
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BAWM
Sponsors
Sigma
Life Science provides both high-quality reagents and cutting-edge
technologies from one leading global supplier for every stage of life
science research. As the result of years of continued investment
and our commitment to the market, Sigma Life Science covers the most
comprehensive set of applications, including genomics, functional
genomics, cell biology and proteomics. Visit us at our table at the Bay
Area Worm Meeting to learn more about our new and innovative solutions
to meet your research needs.  Invitrogen now offers a long oligomer set for spotted Microarrays for
the C. elegans
genome! Invitrogen has synthesized this complete oligo set according to
the design from the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University
(see the following web page: http://genome.wustl.edu/genome/celegans/microarray/ma_gen_info.cgi
Key information about the long oligomer set sold by Invitrogen:
- 22,490 oligo features
- All oligos are 5’ amine
modified
- Available
in 59 384-well plates. An excel spreadsheet including gene,
sequence name and oligo sequence is available upon request.
- This oligomer set is available
to any researcher. To purchase, please contact Wendy Chan at
wendy.chan@invitrogen.com
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Sponsors/Exhibitors
(instructions)
For inquiries concerning corporate
sponsorship please contact Scott Hamilton at oshamilton@ucdavis.edu
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Poster Presentations (instructions)
If
you would like to present a poster make sure you indicate that on your
registration form. If you forgot but would still like to present a
poster please contact Maria
Gallegos and Noelle L’Etoile at BAWMorganizers@gmail.com
NOTE: Each person is allowed 4 feet (width) x 5 feet
(height) for their poster. Push pins will be provided. Thanks!
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Oral Presentations
(instructions)
Specific information and instructions will
be posted here as the date nears! For general inquiries please
contact Maria Gallegos and Noelle L’Etoile
at BAWMorganizers@gmail.com
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Organizing
Committee:
Maria
Gallegos, Cal State University , East Bay
Noelle L'Etoile, University of California, Davis
Scott Hamilton, University of California, Davis
Man-Wah Tan, Stanford University
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