Postdoc: bioinformatics of protein innovation and evolvability A postdoc position is available to work with Joanna Masel (http://eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/masel) at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The conventional view is that new proteins evolve from old proteins via gene duplication and divergence. However, this poses a chicken-and-egg problem, implying an ancient “big bang” of protein creation. This project...

Apologies, but basically the conference hotel messed up its reservation system. If you booked a room already, you should call the hotel and confirm that you have the correct (reduced) rate. Otherwise, http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/denaf?groupCode=mpempea&app=resvlink&fromDate=2/6/13&toDate=2/9/13 should work (hopefully). If you have any more problems, please contact us. Thanks, David, David, James Share this:Click to share on

The conference is full, and registration is now closed. We will have emails out to speakers, posters, travel fellowships, and other attendees shortly. Please make sure that we have you as speaking vs. posters vs. not if that was the intention. Email us as soon as possible if there is any problem. We are finalizing the program, but expect that we will be able to meet everyone’s requests. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. David Pollock

Just a reminder, the registration deadline is coming up! This Saturday (December 15). We’re going to make speaking decisions shortly afterwards, so be sure to get your abstracts in at that time as well for full consideration.   Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Clic

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...