

BLAST XIX
WHEN:
LOCATION:
January 17-20, 2027
Atlanta, Georgia
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Conference Registration:

Conference registration includes your hotel rooms, snacks, meals and drinks from
check-in on Sunday January 17, 2027 to end of conference Wednesday evening January 20, 2027.
For travel plans, the scientific sessions will be Sunday evening through Wednesday evening.
Your hotel rooms will be booked for you by BLAST administration. If you need extra nights beyond these dates, then you can select additional nights for an additional cost.
If your travel change after you register, then please contact
Sarah Van Heusen at blast.sarahvh@gmail.com so she can modify your hotel reservations.
Sessions and Chairs
KEYNOTE
Marvin Whiteley, Georgia Institute of Technology
MEETING LEADERSHIP
Chair - Josua Shrout, University of Notre Dame Yale University
Vice Chair – Pushkar Lele, Texas A&M University
SESSIONS AND CHAIRS
David Hendrixson, University of Texas-Southwestern
Penelope Higgs, Wayne State University
Dominique (Nicki) Limoli, Indiana University-Bloomington
Jun Lu, Yale University
Matt Parsek, University of Washington-Seattle
Victor Sourjik, Max Planck Institute für terrestrische Mikrobiologie