ComBio2012

Where: Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA When: 23-27 September 2012 Registration: www.asbmb.org.au/combio2012

Every year a variety of bioscience societies combine to hold a joint megaconference - ComBio.

This year the fully integrated meeting will incorporate the annual conferences of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, the Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology, the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists, the AMATA - The Australasian Genomic Technologies Association and, for the first time, the Australasian Plant Pathology Society - Molecular and Physiological Plant Pathology Special Interest Group.

The scientifically rewarding conference will feature up to 48 symposia and six concurrent colloquia sessions covering seven thematic ‘streams’:

• Gene regulation, genomics and bioinformatics
• Protein structure, function and proteomics
• Cell biology, architecture and trafficking
• Signalling
• Developmental biology
• Plant biology
• Plant pathology

Confirmed plenary speakers at ComBio2012 include:

• Brenda Andrews - University of Toronto, Canada
• Gerald Crabtree - Stanford University, USA
• Raymond J Deshaies - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, USA
• Richard Dixon - Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA
• Seth Grant - Sanger Institute, UK
• Jeff Hasty - University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
• Douglas Hilton - Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
• James Hurley - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
• Michael Karin - University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
• Ryan Lister - University of Western Australia, Australia
• Robin Lovell-Badge - National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
• Chris Marshall - Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
• Susan McCouch - Cornell University, Ithica, USA
• Andrew McMahon - Harvard University, USA
• Anne Osbourn - John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
• John Patrick - University of Newcastle, Australia
• Dale Sanders - John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
• John D Scott - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
• Michael Shen - Columbia University, USA
• James Whisstock - Monash University, Australia

Career development forum: research and beyond

A career development forum will be held on Sunday 23 September, the day before the ComBio2012 scientific program commences. Entry is free for all ComBio2012 registrants.

Professor Steve Wesselingh, the inaugural Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, will be the keynote speaker.

Professor Wesselingh will discuss what makes an ‘attractive recruitment target’ for today’s research employers. Bioscientists from various professional bodies will also speak on fellowships and other career opportunities in research and beyond, and give insights into different career paths in bioscience.

For further information, contact Joanna.Woodcock@health.sa.gov.au.