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Wolbachia Meetings

Arizona, South Western Research Station, 19-22 May 2005

Program/Schedule - Directions - Accommodations - Tales of interest

We had our FIBR meeting last year again at the beautiful Chiricahua Mountains, at the AMNH South West Research Station.

Group Photo

Program

Thursday

Afternoon

Arrival and Registration

May 19 

6:00

Dinner

 

7 - 9

Social hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday

7:30

Breakfast

May 20     

8:40

Project Overview Jack Werren

 

 

 

 

 

Group Reports:

 

9:10

     STRI Group – Don Windsor

 

9:30

     AMNH Group – Rob DeSalle

 

9:50

     University of Vermont Group – Patrick O’Grady

 

10:20

Discussion

 

10:30

Break

 

10:50

     TIGR Group – Julie Dunning-Hottop

 

11:10

     MBL Group – Seth Bordenstein

 

11:30

     UC Riverside – Hayashi Group – Laura Baldo

 

11:50

Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

2:00

     Guest Lecture – Kostas Bourtzis

 

2:20

     UR – Werren Group –  Michael Clark

 

2:40

     UC Santa Cruz Group – Catharina Casper-Lindley

 

3:00

Discussion

 

3:10

Break

 

3:30

     UR – Jaenike Group – John Jaenike

 

3:50

     UC Riverside – Stouthamer/Heraty Groups – Richard Stouthamer

 

4:10

Discussion

 

 

 

 

6:00

Dinner

 

7:30

Posters & Socializing

 

 

 

Saturday

7:30

Breakfast

May 21

 

 

 

 

Discussions – Problems & Solutions

 

9:00

     Ecology & Evolution – Richard Stouthamer

 

10:00

Break

 

10:30

     Genomics & Function – Julie Dunning-Hottop

 

 

 

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:00 – 5:00

Free time – Individual Discussions

(Coffee Break @ 3:00)

 

5:00 – 5:30

Education Overview Seth Bordenstein

 

6:00

Dinner

 

8:00

Posters & Socializing

 

 

 

Sunday

8:00

Breakfast

May 22

 

 

 

9:00

Where do we go from here?Jack Werren

 

9:30

Group Discussions & Future Collaborations

     Ecology & Evolution

     Function & Genomics

 

10:45

Report on Discussions & Future Collaborations

 

 

 

 

12:30

Lunch

 

 

Depart

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Directions

You should plan on arriving Thursday afternoon 19 May and departing Sunday midday 22 May (or earlier if you need to catch an early flight). Keep in mind that it is about a 3 hour drive from Tucson to the SWRS.

Look here for precise directions, care of the SWRS: http://research.amnh.org/swrs/location.htm

Look here for MapQuest Directions from Tucson Airport to Portal

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Accommodations

Have a look at the beauty of Southern Arizona on the South Western Research Station Website:

http://research.amnh.org/swrs/

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Tales of Interest

Look here for sites and sights in the area surrounding the SWRS. (The living proof that there is INDEED a website for anything!)


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Arizona 2004

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