The TWELFTH!!! Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop 2024

An integrative meeting of biologists focusing on symbiosis research
April 19-21, 2024
Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Wawona, Yosemite National Park

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University     https://mykophile.stanford.edu/

Why: Our goal is to better integrate scientists that focus on symbiosis research, including researchers that study animal-microbe and plant-microbe systems, as well as broader topic related to the microbiome, cooperation, and mutualism.This will be our 12th annual meeting and we have been consistently attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas.

Who: The meeting is small and intimate by design (~50 participants).  In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems.

What: The meeting will be made up of two half-days of talks and one poster session. Other than the keynote (~1 hour), talks are 15 minutes long (including time for questions).  Posters are flexible for size, but the ideal poster should be no larger than ~4 feet square.  When you apply for the meeting, you will provide your preference for a talk or poster.

When: A welcome party will occur for everyone arriving on the evening of April 19th. The talks and poster sessions will be held April 20-21st, 2024. 

Where:  This is the best part! The meeting takes place at the Sierra Nevada Research Station, in Wawona California, within the border of Yosemite National Park!

What will it cost?  More good news here!    We have received generous funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This will allow us to provide funding awards to select graduate student and postdoc presenters. Even without the awards, we have been good at keeping costs low for PIs ($300).

Awards will require an abstract. Registration awards will be merit based depending on the research quality of your title and abstract. After the first 35 graduate students and postdocs register, you will be put on a waitlist. Given the limited number of spots, we ask you to please -- please -- not register unless you are confident that you can make it to Yosemite April 19-21, and to let us know as soon as possible if after all you can't make it.

Advanced Registration (Deadline March 7, 2024)

Late registration (April 19, 2024 or once we reach capacity)

Registration AND payment page:    https://snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbiosis-workshop-2024

Please direct any questions to the organizers:  Carolin Frank <cfrank3@ucmerced.edu>  & Joel Sachs <joels@ucr.edu>

You can look at ALL past programs here for:

2011,  2012,  2013,  2014,  2015,  2016, 

2017,  2018,  2019, (cancelled in 2020, 2021), 2022, 2023