We’re continuing a tradition of naming of keynote speaker slots. Last year we had Wright, Ohta, Zuckerkandl, Haldane, Mayr, Dozhansky, AC Wilson, Kimura, Fisher, and Darwin. New suggestions this year include Waddington and Muller. Comment on this post to suggest new names, or root for someone on the current list!   Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share o

Someone  on twitter commented that they needed to know if they were getting a talk because they need to apply for a visa and it can take 6 weeks to get it.  Perhaps longer because of the holidays. Based on this, if you have time-sensitive visa issues, please register early and let us know about logistical needs when you submit your abstract. We will make a limited number of early acceptance decisions to allow foreign travelers the chance to...

We are pleased to announce the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Mechanisms of Protein Evolution II: Thermodynamics, Phylogenetics, and Structure (MPEII 2013), to take place at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Campus, February 7-9, 2013. The meeting aims to broadly cover the interface of protein evolutionary mechanisms, models of amino acid substitution, genomics/systems biology and phylogenetics. Topics also include...