Information for attendees of the PSA's Natl. Sci. Eng. Festival Booth

Dear Booth Attendees, we were very pleased by the interest of so many Festival attendees in detailed information on how to do the alginate gel activity (e.g., for science birthday parties!), the film, and the photos and information on the bookmarks. We are going to make a page on the PSA webpage for all of this, and it will start going up in late May and be completed early in June. We are so pleased you are interested in the information!

Susan Brawley 
University of Maine 
PSA Past-President
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UPDATE: Please see the the news note above for information about the alginate gel activity and bookmark information.

The deadline for PSA Hoshaw Travel Awards is April 1, 2012

This is a reminder for students that would like to be considered for the Hoshaw Travel Awards for this year's meeting must ensure that they submit to Eric W. Linton, Chair of the Hoshaw Travel Awards Committee by electronic submission in PDF or Word .doc format:

  1. A complete application as described on the Hoshaw webpage (see link below). Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
  2. One letter of recommendation from his/her major advisor.
  3. Quality of your application is very important as we have many more applicants than we can support. Please have your advisor read over your application and your abstract before submitting.

Additional information on the qualifications and criteria for this award can be found here.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Eric Linton
Chair, PSA Grants and Fellowship Committee

Bioinformatics
Department of Biology
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Phone: 989 774-3969
Email: eric.linton@cmich.edu
iChat: lintonericw

2012 PSA Annual Meeting - Registration, Abstract Submission, Presentation and Housing Information

Registration & Other Fees

  • PSA member registration: $375 ($450 after May 1)
  • Student member: $245 ($320 after May 1)
  • Retiree registration: $325 ($400 after May 1)
  • Non-member registration: $450 ($525 after May 1)
  • One-Day Pass: $110
  • Accompanying Guest (non-professional): $50
  • Banquet ticket (Professional): $45 
    (All students receive 1 ticket included with their registration fee)
  • Genomics workshop (25 attendees) (Advanced level): $75
  • Morning Marine field trip (20 attendees) $40
  • Morning Marine field trip (20 attendees) $40

Please register through this webpage.

Abstract Submission

The deadline for abstract submission is May 1, 2012.

Abstract submission requirements are posted on this webpage.

Please submit abstracts using this webpage.

Talks

Talks are limited to 15 minutes (including questions and answers), so please plan accordingly. Please save files as PowerPoint files (both Mac and PC are fine). While we will have Internet connections, we all know of the vagaries of such things, so please save talks to CD, jump-drives, old-tyme disks, etc.

Posters

Poster boards will be available for poster placement beginning in the afternoon of June 19. Please limit poster size to 46" tall by 46" across.

Housing Information

PSA is pleased to announce that we have secured two excellent forms of housing for the upcoming 2012 Charleston meeting. First,we have a number of discounted hotel rooms at the meeting site, the beautiful Frances Marion ($169 per night) available from June 18-27. Second, we are pleased to announce that we have obtained a number of dorm rooms at the College of Charleston available from June 19-June 27.

Please book housing accommodations using the information found on this webpage.

Additional Meeting information

Please check the 2012 PSA Meeting webpage for up-to-date information.