Photographs from ICIRD-2017. Revised 050721.
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28 August 2017: welcoming reception
Above: Session chaired by Maria Cristina Gambi (Italia)
Above: various speakers from 29 August
30 August 2017: Keynote and Symposium on Models for the Study of Longevity and Aging; parallel sessions on environmental influences; and poster sessions. Numerous interactions at refreshment breaks, over lunch and dinner; a visit to the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, and a "scientific cafe" at a nearby pub.
31 August 2017: Fast train, discussions, and excursions in Firenze.
1 September 2017: Symposium on evolution and variation of sexual systems. Presidential Symposium on Biological Clocks, in memory of Ronald Konopka, discover of the per clock gene. Parallel sessions on insects, mollusks, and crustacean reproduction. Business meeting to elect board, announce student awards, and preview the next ICIRD, to be held in China. Tour of Natural History Museum wax collection and observatory. Conference banquet.
2 September 2017: Final session in the Salone dei 500. Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze, with Nobel laureate Tim Hunt talking about control of the cell cycle and a Symposium on Crustacean Reproduction.
Tim Hunt, Nobel laureate, speaking on the control of cell cycle to ICIRD2017 in the Salon dei 500, Firenze
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Photo credits for the above include Valerio Zupo, Marco Zupo, Jeffrey Ram, Michal Ram, Elisabetta Perasole, and others.Return to ICIRD-2017 home page.