[AOUStudents] Conf. on Iridescent Coloration- student travel grants available!

[Melissa Meadows]

NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRIDESCENT COLORATION

The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University is pleased to
announce an integrative 4-day conference on iridescent colors in nature,
entitled '*Iridescence: More than Meets the Eye'.  This *is a graduate
student initiated and organized conference that aims to connect diverse
groups of researchers to catalyze cross-disciplinary discussions on
iridescent coloration in nature, identify new avenues of research, and
explore the potential for iridescence to provide novel insights in fields as
divergent as materials science, sexual selection and primary science
education. We invite you to join us for this exciting event.

Conference program:

Each day of the conference will involve talks from invited speakers (see
list below), oral and poster presentations from conference participants, and
discussions centered on the four broad topics listed below.

Day 1: Mechanisms and Measurement
Day 2: Development
Day 3: Evolution
Day 4: Education and Outreach

We are pleased to announce that the following invited speakers have
confirmed their participation: Dr. Stephanie Doucet, Dr. Helen Ghiradella,
Dr. Roger Hanlon, Dr. Darrell Kemp, Dr. Kevin McGraw, Dr. Daniel Osorio, Dr.
Richard Prum, Dr. Ronald Rutowski, Dr. Matthew Shawkey, Dr. Mohan
Srinivasarao, Dr. Doekele Stavenga, Dr. Peter Vukusic

Conference dates: February 6-9th, 2008

Student travel grant deadline: October 19th, 2007

Abstract submission deadline: October 26th, 2007
Early registration is FREE and will be available until November 16th, 2007.

Late registration ($50 fee) will run from November 17th through February 6th
.

 For more information, please visit our website:
http://sols.asu.edu/rti/frontiers/iridescence

Feel free to contact the conference organizers with any questions at
animalcoloration at gmail.com or contact Melissa Meadows directly at
Melissa.Meadows at asu.edu or (480) 965-2593.


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Melissa Meadows

NSF Predoctoral Fellow
Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences
Tempe, AZ 85287-4601
phone: 480-965-2593
email: Melissa.Meadows at asu.edu
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