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| Coordinación de la Investigación Científica, UNAM |
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Program on Molecular Genetics of
Bacterial Plasmids, Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación
de Nitrógeno, UNAM.
Ap. Postal 565-A
62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., México.
Tel: (+52)-73-175867
FAX:(+52)-73-175581
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José Espíritu
E-mail: espiritu@cifn.unam.mx
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| General Information of Mérida |
Mérida is the type of place where visitors can see the real México. Every Sunday is a party, and you're invited to Mérida en Domingo for dancing, marimba concerts in St. Lucía Park, and outdoor markets where handmade hammocks, Panama hats, rugs, and other craftworks are arranged for sale. Mérida is renowned for its central market, or mercado. Evening concerts and traditional dancing are common events throughout the week in Mérida's many plazas.
But Mérida has even more to offer than music and markets. For water lovers, the Gulf of México and a 231-mile stretch of tropical beach are only 20 minutes away. In the city, horse-drawn carriages clop down the tree-lined Paseo de Montejo, past historic mansions whose architectural styles reflect French and Italian influences. The Museums of Anthropology and Natural History are definite stops, and dozens of restaurants offer everything from traditional Yucatán fare to classic French cuisine.
Although Mérida bustles with
modernity, it is a gateway to the ancient Mayan world. Easy day trips whisk
visitors out of the 20th century to the ruins at Chichén
Itzá and
Uxmal
and the majesty and mystery of monuments built by one of the most advanced
civilizations ever to exist in the ancient Americas.
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| Getting to Mérida |
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10 chairpersons
10 Keynote Speakers
26 Invited Speakers
12 Speakers chosen from abstracts
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Chairpersons: S. Austin (Frederick);
C. M. Thomas (Birmingham)
Keynote Speakers: L. Frost
(Edmonton); G. Muth (Tübingen)
Invited Speakers: D. B.
Clewell (Ann Arbor), F. de la Cruz (Santander), S. Farrand (Urbana)
G. Högenauer (Graz), C. I. Kado (Davis)
2 speakers selected from abstracts
Replication I
Chairpersons: L. Frost (Edmonton);
G. Högenauer (Graz)
Keynote Speakers: D. Helinski
(San Diego)
Invited Speakers: D. Bastia
(Duke); M. A. Cevallos (Cuernavaca); D. Chattoraj (Bethesda); C. Chen (Taipei);
L. Janniere (Jouy en Josas) ; C.D. Thomas (Leeds)
2 speakers selected from abstracts
Partitioning and Stability
Chairpersons: M. Couturier
(Brussels)
Keynote Speakers: K. Gerdes
(Odense)
Invited Speakers: S. Bron
(Haaren); J. Sawitzke (Frederick); N. B. Shoemaker (Urbana); D. Summers
(Cambridge); A. Wright (Tufts)
3 speakers selected from abstracts
Evolution
Chairpersons: I. Kobayashi
(Tokio)
Keynote Speakers: R. Skurray
(Sydney); C. M. Thomas (Birmingham)
Invited Speakers: S. Farrand
(Urbana); R. Hall (North Ryde); R. Palacios (Cuernavaca); X. Perret
(Geneve).
2 speakers selected from abstracts
Replication II
Chairperson: K. Nordström
(Uppsala)
Keynote Speaker: S. Khan
(Pittsburgh)
Invited Speakers: M. Espinosa
(Madrid); R. Novick (New York).
2 speakers selected from abstracts
Implications-Applications
Chairpersons: D. Rawlings
(Stellenbosch)
Keynote Speakers: S. Molin
(Lyngby)
Invited Speakers: P. Baumann
(Davis); S. Silver (Chicago) ; K. Smalla (Braunschweig)
1 speaker selected from abstracts
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Poster boards will be 1.10 m wide and 2.30 m high.
The authors selected from the submitted
abstracts for oral presentations will be notified in August, 1998.
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Prepare your abstract on letter-sized paper, leaving margins of at least two cm on the four sides. Maximum length of the abstract should be two pages. It is recommended that the abstract be typed single spaced, with a Times 12 pitch font. Underline the name of the presenting author. Please indicate which of the sessions is most suitable for your work (see Preliminary Program).
You can use three alternatives to submit your abstract (please, use only one):
- Through e-mail: Prepare your abstract, under the indicated guidelines, using the program Word. Save the document as a RTF file (Rich Text Format), using the surname of the presenting author and the extension RTF. Indicate in the body of the message the name of the file, the type of computer and program version that you used, the name of the most suitable session and if you are willing to present your work as an oral talk. Attach your file to the message and send it to plasbiol@cifn.unam.mx . Use this alternative if your abstract contains figures.
- Through the Symposium home page: in the home page of the Symposium ( http://www.cifn.unam.mx/plasbiol98 ) go to Registration Form. Fit the text in the space provided. Do not use this alternative if your abstract contains figures.
- Through regular mail: prepare your abstract according the indicated guidelines and print it on good quality plain paper; do not fold the abstract. Indicate on a separate page the name of the most suitable session and if you are willing to present your work as an oral talk.
Send your abstract to:
Ms. Dolores Cuéllar
International Symposium on
Plasmid Biology 1998
Centro de Investigación
sobre Fijación
de Nitrógeno, UNAM.
Ap. Postal 565-A
62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., México.
We encourage you to use electronic
means for submission of abstracts. Keep in mind that conventional mailings,
even from the U. S., may take as much as 15 days before reach us. Do
not send your abstracts by Fax.
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- Accomodation at the Fiesta Americana
Hotel in a double room (6 nights).
- All the meals and coffee breaks.
- All the tips and taxes.
- Conference materials.
- Welcome cocktail.
- Closing banquet.
- An evening trip to the light
and sound show in Uxmal.
If you are requesting accomodation
in a double room, please indicate a roommate. If no roommate is indicated,
the Symposium will designate another participant of the same sex.
If accomodation is desired in a
single room, the fee will be 985 USD. Late registration fees (after July
31, 1998) will be 790 USD (double room) or 1085 USD (single room) per participant.
The costs per additional nights in Mérida (before or after the Symposium)
will be 100 USD per room per day (meals not included) if you have any question
please contact the organizers as soon as possible (plasbiol@cifn.unam.mx).
Activities of the Symposium will start with the welcome cocktail (October
10, evening) and will finish with farewell banquet (October 15)
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Ms. Dolores Cuéllar
Internacional Symposium on
Plasmid Biology 1998
Centro de Investigación
sobre Fijación
de Nitrógeno, UNAM.
Ap. Postal 565-A
62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., México.
Tel: (+52)-73-175867
Fax:(+52)-73-175581
Payments should be made in US dollars
by bank check (payable to David Romero), drawn on a bank in the United
States of America (USA). Payments by credit card are not allowed.
You may also make a bank transfer
(preferred) in US dollars to our following account:
Account in the name of: David
Romero.
Account Number 006-5015789-2
Bank: Bancomer, S. A., Sucursal
Plaza Laurel
ABA Number: 021000128
Bank Address: Ave. M. Avila
Camacho 274,
Col. San Jerónimo.
62170 Cuernavaca, Morelos.
México
Tel. (+52)-73-113805
Fax: (+52)-73-114055
Band commissions incurred in deposits
and band transfers have to be covered by participants.
Please fax or attach a copy of your
band receipt confirming payment. If a group payment has been made, please
indicate the name of a remitter and attach a list of participants in order
to confirm accurately their individual payments (a completed registration
form is needed for each participant).
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