General information

Dear All,
The deadline to register to ICTE2008 with preferential rates and to submit an abstract for an oral or a poster presentation has been extended to February 10, 2008.
Deadline for abstract submission (oral and poster presentations): February 10, 2008.
Deadline for preferential rate: February 10, 2008.
Do not wait for the last minute.
Thank you.

Call for Application - SFG Grants for young scientists from under-represented countries:

The French Genetics Society (SFG) offers 4-5 Grants to young scientists originating from under-represented countries to participate to the International Congress on Transposable Elements in April 20-24, 2008 (at Saint-Malo, France).
The goals of this Grant program is to increase attendance of young scientists from under-represented countries at the ICTE 2008 meeting by providing Registration and Accommodation funds for those in financial need and to increase diversity among meeting attendees. Ph.D students are strongly encouraged to apply, as are postdocs, and faculty members at the beginning of their careers.
It is required that applicants submit an abstract (for oral or poster presentation), a short CV (1 page maximum), a letter of motivation and a letter of recommendation.
Applications must be received by the Organizing Committee (pierre.capy@legs.cnrs-gif.fr) by February 10, 2008. Those applicants selected to receive a grant will be notified by the end of February. Then, they will be asked to register online, without having to pay Registration and Accommodation (from April 20, 05:00 pm to April 24, 11:00 am); see what includes Registration fees in General Information of the ICTE2008 webpage. Please note:

The Grant does not include travel expense of the awardees. The awardees should confirm their participation by March 31, 2008.
Should unforeseen events prevent an awardee from attending the meeting, the awardee must notify Pierre Capy (pierre.capy@legs.cnrs-gif.fr) immediately so that another applicant can use the award to attend the meeting.

For any further questions, please contact the Organizing Committee.

Registration fees

Registration fees	By February 10	After February 10
SFG* and GDR* members	280€	340€
Others	360€	420€
Retired SFG* members	150€	180€
Students, SFG* and GDR* members	150€	180€
Other Students	180€	210€

* SFG : French Society of Genetics.
Membership registration to SFG (15 € / year for student, and 40 € / year for others) is open at http://reaumur.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=90&id_rubrique=90

* GDR : French Transposition Community (GDR 2157 - CNRS).

For all participants, registration fees include: Conference documentation, the welcome reception on April 20, coffee and lunches according to the program (excepted the lunch of April 23) and the Conference dinner (Banquet) on April 23. Participation of accompanying persons to the welcome reception (on April 20) and/or to the Conference dinner (Banquet, on April 23) includes 25 € and 45 € extra-charge, respectively.

All fees include VAT. Exchange rates may vary. Please, check current exchange rates (e.g. : http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic?lang=en ).

In the “Registration” page, you have the possibility to make reservation for accommodation in a 2-star or a 3-star hotel, with special prices for ICTE participants.

Payment: Payment can be made by credit card, bank transfer or bank checks. French participants may use official Order Forms from their institution.
Confirmation of registration: After online registration, you will receive a confirmation of registration by e-mail, including a pass-word (requested to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation). If you haven't received an e-mail of confirmation within a week, please send an e-mail to "Delphine Bru".
Refund and Cancellation: Requests for registration fee refunds will be honored after cancellations received before February 10th 2008, except for 50 € retained as Cancellation fees.
No refunds can be made for cancellations received after February 10, 2008.
Changes: Please contact the appropriate person for any changes of your registration (see “Contacts”).

Organising Committee

Abdelkader AINOUCHE
UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Département d'Ecologie Evolutive,
Equipe "Evolution des Génomes et Spéciation"
Université de Rennes-1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Bât. 14A,
35042 Rennes cedex, France
Email: Kader.Ainouche@univ-rennes1.fr

Dominique ANXOLABEHERE
Equipe Dynamique du Génome et Evolution
Institut Jacques MONOD
CNRS, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7
Tour 42 - 2 place Jussieu 75252 - PARIS Cedex, France
Email: anxo@ccr.jussieu.fr
http://ijm2.ijm.jussieu.fr/ijm/recherche/equipes/dynamique-genome-evolution
http://ijm2.ijm.jussieu.fr

Alain BUCHETON
Institut de Genetique Humaine, CNRS
141, rue de la Cardonille
34396 Montpellier cedex 5, France
E-mail: Alain.Bucheton@igh.cnrs.fr

Pierre CAPY Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation
CNRS Avenue de la Terrasse
91198 Gif/Yvette Cedex, France
Email : pierre.capy@legs.cnrs-gif.fr

Mick CHANDLER (CNRS)
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire (UMR 5100)
118 Route de Narbonne
31062 Toulouse cedex, France
Email: mike@ibcg.biotoul.fr
http://www.iefg.biotoul.fr/Labos/grpchand/chandler-fr.html
http://www-is.biotoul.fr

Pascale LESAGE
CNRS-UPR9073
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique
13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie
F-75005 Paris, France
Email: pascale.lesage@ibpc.fr

Francois MALLET
IFR128 Biosciences Lyon-Gerland
UMR 2714 CNRS-bioMerieux
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
46 allee d'Italie
69364 Lyon cedex 07 , France
Email1: francois.mallet@ens-lyon.fr
Email2: francois.mallet@eu.biomerieux.com
http://www.ifr128.prd.fr/Mallet.htm
http://www.ens-lyon.fr/CNRS-bioMerieux/UMR2714#

Didier MAZEL
Unité "Plasticité du Génome Bactérien" - CNRS URA2171
Département Génomes et Génétique
Institut Pasteur
25 rue du Dr. Roux
75724 Paris cedex 15, France
Email: mazel@pasteur.fr

Chantal VAURY Unité INSERM 384
Faculté de Médecine
28, place Henri Dunant
63001 CLERMONT-FERRAND CEDEX, FRANCE
http://www.lyon.inserm.fr/384/equipe2.html#2