The 5th Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics of C. elegans and other Model Nematodes conference will be held from 5-7 July 2018 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge.

This meeting aims to highlight genomic resources and advances in growing fields such as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, stress responses, worm-microbe responses, among others. The strengths and challenges of both worms and bacteria as model systems to examine host-microbe interactions and evolution will be discussed. The programme will also highlight new techniques and high-throughput methods to study biomolecules produced by worms to communicate and/or defend against pathogens and predators.

Key conference topics

• Evolutionary developmental biology
• Epigenetics and stress responses
• Worm-microbes interactions
• Phenotypic variance and adaptation
• Parasitism and pathogens
• Mating systems and sexual interactions
• Pheromone and communication
• Population biology and speciation
• Genomics, gene editing and emerging techniques

Important dates

• Early Bird Deadline: 10 April 2018
• Bursary Deadline: 24 April 2018
• Abstract Deadline: 8 May 2018
• Registration Deadline: 5 June 2018