2019 Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology

The 35th annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from 2–7 June 2019. Please visit the conference website to register, explore the themed session topics, and submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation. The deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2019, but registration and accommodation reservations will remain open well beyond this date. March 1 is also the deadline for submitting applications for the Student and Post-doc Travel Award.

The theme of the conference, “Chemistry as the Language of Life”, emphasizes that most of Earth’s organisms lack eyes and ears, and so sense and communicate with co-occurring organisms via chemical cues and signals.  In this sense, chemically mediated interactions constitute an “instruction manual” for biotic interactions and for understanding and managing populations, communities, and ecosystems.  The scientific program will offer sessions focused on emerging topics concerning inter- and intraspecific interactions, as well molecular structures, applications, and member-submitted symposia. The conference will take place at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference adjacent to the Georgia Institute of Technology near the center of Atlanta with its numerous entertainment and educational institutions (including the Georgia AquariumAtlanta Botanical GardensZoo AtlantaFernbank Natural History MuseumCenter for Human and Civil RightsMartin Luther King Memorial and National Historic SiteCNNHigh Museum of ArtAtlanta History Center, and many more).

Special thanks to the ISCE 2019 hosts, Professors Mark Hay and Julia Kubanek, at the Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center at Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Biological Sciences.