Canterbury Plains

The conference will be fully integrated amongst the contributing societies, with over 60 symposia and up to 8 concurrent sessions to cater for all interests.

Programmes

Programme by Day

Programme Leaders

List of Programme Leaders

Programme by theme

Invited Plenary Presentation Schedule

Invited Plenary Presentation Schedule (PDF 313 KB)

Special Lectures and award Presentations

Special Lectures and award Presentations (PDF 318 KB)

Career Development Forum

Sunday 6 December 2009
16:00 – 18:30
The forum is free of charge to ComBio2009 registrants. Please indicate your interest by ticking the appropriate box during the online registration process.

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Education Symposium

Sunday 6 December 2009
13:00 – 16:00

The education symposium will incorporate the Invitrogen Education Award Lecture and the ASPS Teaching Award Presentation and Lecture.

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Poster Sessions

Posters will be on display for one day. Please see the speakers' site for dimensions and abstract submission details. There will be special prizes for outstanding student posters.

NZSBMB sessions

NZSBMB sessions (PDF 88 KB)

Trade Exhibitions

The trade exhibition will run from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 December inclusive to allow participants sufficient time to visit all the booths. The popular ‘Passport’ competition will again be run with the competition draw on Thursday 10 December.

Meetings

Meetings (PDF 102 KB)

SPrEE 2009

Post - Conference Symposium : Protein Engineering and Evolution
Friday 11 December – Saturday 12 December

Following ComBio, a satellite meeting that focuses on protein engineering and evolution will be held at Canterbury University’s Cass Field Station. For more information visit http://patricklab.massey.ac.nz/spree2009/

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