'Little Clock, Big Clock: Molecular to Physiological Clocks'

Flinders Street City Campus of Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC.

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Chronobiology Society will be held on Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th September 2011 at the Flinders Street City Campus of Victoria University, Lecture Theatre C11.05 (Floor 11). This Campus is located on Flinders Street near the corner of Elizabeth Street in downtown Melbourne.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Associate Professor Gerard Kennedy, Victoria University
Associate Professor David Kennaway, University of Adelaide
Dr. Charli Sargent, University of South Australia
Dr. Stuart Baulk, University of South Australia
Dr. Tamara Varcoe, University of Adelaide
Ray Matthews, University of South Australia
Amy Reynolds, University of South Australia
Dr. Naomi Rogers, Central Queensland University

ABSTRACT AND PAPER SUBMISSION

DEADLINE EXTENDED The deadline for the abstracts has been extended until friday 9th September
Full conference papers for publication are due one month after the conference, on the 18th of October.

Please submit all titles, abstracts and papers to Gerard Kennedy (Gerard.Kennedy@vu.edu.au)

REGISTRATION

Registration for the ACS meeting is $25.00 for students and $50.00 for regular registration. This includes refreshments during the meeting and the conference dinner on Saturday 17th September.

AWARDS, PRIZES AND STUFF

The ACS will as always present prizes for the best student presentations at the conference. This year we are also able to provide some modest support for students to travel to melbourne. To apply for a travel award, please tick the relevant box on the abstract submission form.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The Keynote speaker will be Associate Professor Greg Murrary - Head of Psychological Sciences and Statistics (PSS) at Swinburne University of Technology. His talk is entitled "Brain, behaviour and mind: Insights from biological rhythm research". Conference papers will be published by the Australasian Chronobiology Society.

OTHER DETAILS

There is a hotel 2 doors down from the campus (Rendezvous Hotel, average room $200/night - see details below). There are many other hotels very close by that would be lower in price.

Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
328 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC Australia 3000

Tel: 03 9250 1888
Fax: 03 9250 1877
Web: http://www.rendezvoushotels.com/melbourne_city/
Email: res.melbourne@RendezvousHotels.com

The conference Dinner will be held at World Restaurant & Bar, Shop 4, Building 2, Riverside Quay, South Bank. This is located almost directly opposite the Victoria University City Campus on the other side of the Yarra River and there are several foot bridges that can be accessed to get accross to the site. Drinks from 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:30pm. Vegetarians will be catered for in the menu.

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