| General Information | Abstract and Registration Deadlines | Program | Directions | Hotels | Transportation |
The
17th Annual Midwest Stress Response and Molecular Chaperone Meeting
will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2012 on the Evanston Campus of Northwestern
University at the James L. Allen Center.
This meeting will provide the opportunity for those interested in the
areas of stress response, heat-shock proteins, and molecular chaperones
to present their own work and learn from others working in this field.
The meeting is organized by Richard Morimoto at Northwestern University. Liming Li (Northwestern University) and Sandy Westerheide (University of South Florida) are Program Co-Chairs. Talks by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and new investigators are
featured as well as a poster session. The keynote speaker will be Kevin Morano of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Program and Poster Information
PROGRAM: The meeting will start promptly at 8:55 a.m. A continental breakfast will be set out at 7:30 am. The meeting will end at 5:45 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. A group dinner at a local and reasonably-priced restaurant will be planned for those interested. (Please note that everyone pays for themselves). You may download the 2012 schedule HERE.
POSTERS: The poster abstracts may be downloaded HERE and will be handed out at the meeting as part of the program book.
POSTER DIMENSIONS: Poster space dimensions are approximately 4 feet wide
by 4 feet high. Push pins will be provided. The Poster Session
will be held in the Allen Center. Presenters will be directed to hang up their posters when they arrive in the morning.
The James L. Allen Center is located at 2169 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL. The phone number of the front desk at the Allen Center is 847-491-0000 or 847-864-9270.
A
map of Northwestern's Evanston campus and directions
can be found here.
To travel to Evanston will take approximately 30-45 minutes from O'Hare
and 45-60 minutes from Midway.
Three cab services familiar with Evanston are Norshore Cab (800-244-9200),
American Taxi (800-244-1177) and 303 Cab (800-255-5303). Call to arrange
for pick up after you land. They have cars at the airport, so the wait
will not be long. All have flat rates to Evanston
(Approximately $32 from O'Hare and $52 from Midway). We do NOT recommend going to the cab stand as most
are Chicago cabs, which are not familiar with Evanston.
Continental Airport Express is a shared van service to/from O'Hare Airport
and Midway Airport. Go to www.airportexpress.com
or 1-888-284-3826 for reservations.
Abstract and Registration Deadlines
MEETING REGISTRATION: Please fill out the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM. The deadline is January 5 by 5:00 p.m. (CST).
There is no registration fee for this meeting as funding has been granted by the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Institute for Biomedical Research and other funds will be sought. However, if at any time you need to cancel, please email Georgette (g-pliml@northwestern.edu), so we can save funds for future meetings.
SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT:
The deadline for abstracts is Monday, December 19. Instructions for Abstract Submission for a Talk and/or a PosterAbstracts
should be no more than 400 words. Please use 12-point Times New Roman
font.
Save the abstract as a Word document using the Last Name of the presenter
as the file name.
Email the abstract as an attachment to Georgette (g-pliml@northwestern.edu).
For a sample of an abstract, please click here.
Please include the following information at the top of the abstract:
Title
Author(s): Underline name of presenting author.
Authors' institutions.
Preference: Indicate whether the abstract should be considered for a Talk, Poster or Either.
