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BLAST XIX

WHEN:  

LOCATION:

ACCOMMODATIONS:

January 17-20, 2027

Atlanta, Georgia

Hilton Atlanta

Conference Registration:

Registration deadline is Friday, November 20th, 2026
Purple Petri Dishes

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.  

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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. 

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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

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MEETING LEADERSHIP

Chair - Josua Shrout, University of Notre Dame Yale University
Vice Chair – Pushkar Lele, Texas A&M University​

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SESSIONS AND CHAIRS​

  • Cellular Appendages,

    • Chaired by - David Hendrixson, University of Texas-Southwestern

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  • Phenotypic Heterogeneity & Signaling,

    • Chaired by - Penelope Higgs, Wayne State University

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  • Cell Propulsion,

    • Chaired by - Dominique (Nicki) Limoli, Indiana University-Bloomington

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  • Decoding Protein Complexes - Structure-Function Relationships,

    • Chaired by - Jun Lu, Yale University

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  • Bioenergetics and Cell Survival,

    • Chaired by - Matt Parsek, University of Washington-Seattle

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  • Canonical & Non-Canonical Signal Perception,

    • Chaired by - Victor Sourjik, Max Planck Institute für terrestrische Mikrobiologie

Abstract Submission Website:

https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/83556/submitter

Abstract Instructions:

https://www.blastmeetings.org/abstract-instructions

(Deadline - Talk Abstract November 6th  &
Poster Abstract November 29th)

 Meeting Schedule

Sunday January 17th, 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
       Arrival, registration, poster set-up, opening reception, Keynote Speakers and Talks
Monday January 18th, 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
       Breakfast, registration, meeting, student mixer, dinner, poster session
 
Tuesday January 19th, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
       Breakfast, meeting, dinner, poster session
Wednesday January 20th, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
       Breakfast, meeting, lunch, meeting, dinner, meeting
Thursday January 21st, Depart and fly home
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