Please begin preparing and sending your poster abstracts for this summers virtual ciliate research conference! The conference will be held July 23rd - 25th at 9 am to 12 pm EST. This virtual conference will have a selection of invited speakers who will be contacted directly and posters for anyone who would like to present! Poster presenters will be able to submit their abstracts in the following research focus areas: Motility (cilia, basal bodies, and flagella); Cell biology; Evolutionary biology; Gene expression; Developmental genomic rearrangement; and Developing undergraduate research. Prizes will be awarded to the best undergraduate and graduate student poster. A call for judges will come in June. Please submit your abstracts using the GoogleForm link below (copy and paste into your browser) by July 12th. Abstracts should not exceed 200 words, should use Arial/Helvetica font (size 12), and be in PDF format.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJ4R8WLqd-Mjm8XVACxOl12JKWH-RcvrTovS9rYyetvVbyOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

For any questions or concerns or difficulty with the form, please reach out to Meg Valentine ([log in to unmask]).

Thank you!