Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Genetics

The International Xenopus Conference is a biennial event that brings together a wide variety of researchers from all over the world who use the amphibian Xenopus laevis or Xenopus tropicalis as their model organism. Traditionally this conference has rotated between the USA and Europe every other year since 1984. The last conference was held in Germany in 2008. The next conference has been scheduled for September 12-16, 2010 and will be held in Canada at the Lake Louise Fairmont Hotel. This is the first time it is being held in Canada. Approximately 350 participants (students, postdocs and faculty) are expected to attend. The conference is held over 5 days and consists of 80 short talks, 1 plenary lecture, 3 main talks and 2 separate poster sessions. The conference covers all aspects of Xenopus biology, including developmental biology, cell biology, genetics and biochemistry. A website for the conference has been set up: http://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/original/lab/13thXC.html