Conference 2013

FOCI:

1. cancer suppression in the evolution of multicellularity and
2. applying insights from the evolution of single cellular organisms to the study of cancer

Sessions include:

• Insights from Experimental Evolution
• Cancer and the Evolution of Multicellularity
• Dynamics of Somatic Evolution
• Peto's Paradox, Comparative Oncology and the Evolution of Tumor Suppression
• Somatic Mutation and Levels of Selection
• Applying the Tools of Evolutionary Biology to Cancer
• Life History Theory in Cancer
• The Evolutionary Medicine of Cancer

click to view a Tentative Schedule

REGISTRATION:

Click here to register.
Registration for IBECC 2013 is being hosted through UCSF Continuing Medical Education (CME). All participants should register via that site, regardless of whether or not you will be requesting CME credit):

Before May 10th: Regular - $250; Student/Postdoc - $125
After May 10th: Regular - $500; Student/Postdoc - $300

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION (posters only)

Before May 10th (register first) - to submit, click here:
Notification of acceptance: May 20th

TRAVEL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
The Company of Biologists Travel Grants: deadline: March 31st
Canadian Cancer Society Travel Awards for Senior level PhD Students: deadline Aprli 1st

NESCent support for under-represented minorites; for US-based scientists or US citizens (contact IBECC2013 organizers)

Hosted by the Center for Evolution and Cancer (CEC) and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California San Francisco.

TRAVEL AND LODGING:

Travel
SFO is the nearest airport to the conference and conference hotel.

Hotel
Hotel Nikko is the official hotel for IBECC 2013.  A block of rooms is available for IBECC 2013 attendees at the discounted conference rate of $219. 

To book a room at the discounted conference call the hotel and mention "UCSF Center of Evolution and Cancer"; or book online.

If you are speaking, you room has already been reserved for June 12-16.

Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street San Francisco, California 94102
Telephone 415.394.1111
Reservations 1.866.NIKKO.SF

If you are interested in sharing a room please contact us at IBECC2013@evolutionandcancer.org (include "Roommate Needed" in the Subject Line).

Local transportation
Taxis or the BART (Bay Area Regional Transportation) both good options for transportation from the airport to the hotel.  If you take BART, you can go directly from the airport to the Powell stop and Hotel Nikko is a 5 minute walk.  Shuttle transportation to and from the conference is included in the conference registration fee.
 

Questions? 
Contact us at IBECC2013@evolutionandcancer.org.