A Community Genetics Forum 2006: Finding the Genome is a 3-day conference here in the Triangle. I will try to go to the third day events on Saturday, 10am - 3pm.
It is a very medically oriented meeting, so I doubt they will mention the importance of comparative genomics in the study of evolution, but it will be fun anyway.
On the other hand, it is probably good for my emotional well-being that there is likely to be no mention of Francis' awful book...
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Mmmm...wasn't a 3-day weekend marvelous?
Came down from Vermont (home) to Boston yesterday for a 3-day vaca with the 4 and 7 year-old. Much-anticipated trip, everyone eager to escape the snow and same four walls and indulge some big-city excitement (like science museums).
Truth to be told, I'm not a gigantic fan of traveling. It can be entertaining and enriching sometimes, but too much travel all at once leaves me pining for home....