Great Plains Emerging Diseases Conference

I mentioned earlier in the week that I had two pending announcements; now I can officially share the second. We're putting on an Emerging Infectious Diseases conference here in Iowa City April 27-8th, and the Keynote speaker will be Ian Lipkin, a world leader in the field of viral discovery and most recently, a consultant for the Stephen Soderbergh movie "Contagion."

For the conference itself, it will be a regular research conference in one sense (abstract submission, poster presentations), but much of it will be done in "unconference" format a la ScienceOnline. We're working on finishing the website etc. and that will be available soon, but in the meantime, I'd love it if those in the area could assist with word-of-mouth via this "save the date" flyer. If you have any interest in helping out, suggesting session topics, or any general questions, feel free to pose them below. Looking forward to seeing some of you here in Iowa!

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