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BLAST XIX

WHEN:  

LOCATION:

January 17-20, 2027

Atlanta, Georgia

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Conference Registration:

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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. 

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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

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

Abstract Submission Website:

Abstract Instructions:

(Deadline - Talk Abstract November 1st  &
Poster Abstract December 1st)

 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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