From Genomes to Biomes: Using Biodiversity to Explore Biocomplexity

From genomes to biomes, from microbes to plants and animals, the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics will highlight how genome-enabled approaches are helping to rapidly advance our understanding of the complicated relationship between genotype, phenotype and the environment. Topic areas such as genome evolution, microbiomes & symbiosis, speciation & adaptation, phylogenomics and organismal responses to climate change, will highlight how biodiversity can be used to illuminate complex biological relationships and inform ecological and evolutionary processes and molecular mechanisms of adaption to changing environments. The conference will also feature emerging approaches and technologies to aid further exploration of the genomes from organisms that span the tree of life.

Co-chairs, Jack Werren (University of Rochester) and Michael Herman (Kansas State University) along with Vice-chairs Felicity Jones (Max Plank Institute, Tubingen) and Michael Pfrender (University of Notre Dame) invite you to join us on the ocean-side campus of the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine for a stimulating conference. We are assembling a diverse group of established and early career investigators to discuss their latest work. Many sessions will also include a talk by a speaker to be chosen from among the submitted abstracts. The organizers are actively seeking funds to assist students and others attend the meeting. Applications for attendance will be accepted on a first-come-first serve basis until the meeting is full, don’t delay! Gordon Conferences are famous for fostering in depth interactions that yield new insights in a collegial atmosphere. Please plan on joining us in Biddeford in 2015!