We are excited that Cassandra Extavour (Harvard) has kindly accepted to speak at the meeting. Unfortunately, Dan Tawfik has had to withdraw as a speaker as well. Updates to web site to follow. 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)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Clic

Conference and hotel registration links are now active. Please register as soon as possible. Deadline is Oct 5, 2015, but spaces may fill up earlier than that. Don’t forget to submit an abstract if you want to poster or speak, and don’t forget to apply for travel and diversity fellowships as needed and eligible. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on

I am not too big on facebook, but I went ahead and started a “protein evolution” facebook page. Please feel free to join. 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)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Mechanisms of Protein Evolution III: Origins will be held November 8-10, 2015 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)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

The meeting has been postponed until Fall 2015. Please contact Corey.Cox {at} ucdenver.edu if you want to give input on preferred dates. Hashtag #proteinevol 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)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in

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...