Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists (APACE)

Dear Colleague:

We are pleased to announce that the 4th Conference of Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists (APACE 2007 Tsukuba) will be held in 10 - 14 September 2007 in Tsukuba - Japan.

Conference Venue: International Congress Center EPOCHAL TSUKUBA.

The theme of this conference: "from Biomolecules to Ecosystems - an Interactive Chemical Message for our Future".

Please visit the APACE site, http://apace-news.org/

Information and a list of symposium organizers and speakers are available at http://apace-news.org/APACE2007/.

Followings 9 sessions are being organized:

Symposium sessions (organizers) ===============================

A: Aquatic ecosystem
Mari Yamashita (Japan); Peiyuan Qian (Hong Kong)
B: Plant allelochemical diversity
Yoshiharu Fujii (Japan); Zahida Iqbal (Pakistan);
Warinthorn Chavasiri (Thailand)
C: Social animals and sociobiology
Hiromi Sasagawa (Japan)
D: Chemical senses and ecological behavior
Mamiko Ozaki (Japan); Wynand van der Goes van Naters (USA)
E: Insect-plant interactions I
Kotaro Konno (Japan); D. E. Dussourd (USA)
F: Practical use of pheromones
Sadahiro Tatsuki (Japan); Yong Ping Huang (China)
G: Insect-plant interactions II
Junji Takabayashi (Japan); Jeremy McNeil (Canada)
H: Diversity of pheromonal communication
Tetsu Ando (Japan); Gerhard Gries (Canada)
I: Perspectives of chemical ecology
Yukio Ishikawa (Japan); Jocelyn Millar (USA); Tetsu Ando (Japan)
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We are inviting you to submit oral or poster papers.

Deadline for the pre-registration and abstract submission is June, 15, 2007.

Please keep in touch with us.

Sincerely,

Please contact:
The Local Organizing Committee of APACE 2007 Tsukuba
Secretariat: Dr. Hiroshi HONDA
University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
Phone: 81-29-853-4793 Fax: 81-29-853-4793

Program Committee: Dr. Ritsuo NISHIDA
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Phone: 81-75-753-6313 Fax: 81-75-753-6312