Important Dates

Important Dates for ICIRD-2017

28 August 2017:  Informal opening reception in Naples

The following dates are important to know about ICIRD-2017:

15 December 2016: Abstract submission opens

15 August 2017: Poster abstracts still accepted until this deadline.  Late-breaking oral talk abstracts can be accepted but only by special request.  See abstract submission.

28 August 2017:  Opening reception.  For details about this event and other activities of the Congress, see the Program page.  

29 August 2017:  Program includes a talk by Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie on nervous system development.

30 August 2017:  Program includes a Symposium on Models for the Study of Longevity and Aging.

31 August 2017:  Fast train, discussions, and excursion to Firenze.  For details of train and times, see Transportation. 

1 September 2017:  Presidential Symposium on Biological Clocks, in memory of Ronald Konopka, discover of the per  clock gene.  Also:  Symposium on evolution and variation of sexual systems.

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, followed by a closing reception and musical performance.


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