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Meeting Highlights
Yeast Genetics Meeting Awards & Special
Presentations:
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Year |
Ira Herskowitz Award |
Winge-Lindegren Address |
Lee Hartwell Lecture |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
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2008 |
David Drubin, University of
California, Berkeley |
The "CSH yeast group" -- Jeff
Strathern, Amar Klar, Jim Hicks |
Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Kyoto University |
Elizabeth Jones, Dr. Frederick A.
Schwertz Distinguished Professor of
Life Sciences, Carnegie Mellon
University |
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2006 |
Charles Boone, University of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Chris Guthrie, University of
California, San Francisco |
Kim Nasmyth, Oxford University,
United Kingdom |
Fred Sherman, University of
Rochester Medical School, Rochester,
NY |
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2004 |
Jef Boeke, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
Andre Sentenac, CEA/Saclay,
Gif-Sur-Yvette, France |
Susan Lindquist, Whitehead
Institute, Cambridge, MA |
Ron Davis, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA |
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2002 |
Mark Johnston, Washington
University, St. Louis, MO |
David Botstein, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ |
Leland Hartwell, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA |
Gerald Fink, Whitehead Institute for
Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA |
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Genetics Society of America Poster
Awards
The Genetics Society of America is
sponsoring awards for student
posters that will be presented at
the meeting. The competition is open
to posters submitted by graduate
students who are the first and
presenting author. Authors must
indicate at the time of their
abstract submission that they want
to be considered for the
competition. The winners will be
announced in the general session on
Sunday, July 27. The following
prizes will be awarded: 1st place -
$400, 2nd place - $300, 3rd place -
$200, 4th place - $100, and 5
honorable mentions will receive
meeting t-shirts. |
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Scientific Sessions
Cell Biology
Cell Signalling
Chromosome Dynamics
Community Resources
Gene Expression
Networks and
Pathways
New Technologies
Yeast and Human
Disease
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5K Fun Run
New for 2008!
Thursday, July 24
7:00 am Start
Join your fellow running/walking
enthusiasts for this 5k event along
Toronto’s lake front. The run will
be held rain or shine with prizes
awarded to the top finishers.
Logistical information will be
emailed to registered participants
following the early registration
deadline.
**Space is limited for the Fun Run
and registration is required by the
early registration deadline. There
is no entry fee. Registration is
accepted when registering for the
meeting. There will be no same-day
registration.
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