Registration Deadline, Hotel Reservations, Trainee Forum, Schedule Changes

Registration Deadline

Be sure to register for the Meeting by the end of the day Friday, 28 June 2013. Registration forms received after 28 June will not be processed until the meeting starts in Montréal. Registration will be available on site at the meeting.

Hotel Reminders

Hotels are filling up. There is still space available at the Holiday Inn Select Montréal Centre-Ville Downtown, but the SSR block will close on Friday, 5 July 2013. Don't delay!

Trainee Forum Details

The detailed Trainee Forum schedule has been released! Entitled "Transitioning into an Independent Career," the forum will take place on Friday, July 26, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room 518. Although the Forum is open to all meeting attendees, you must have registered to attend.

Schedule Changes

Session chairs, room numbers, and platform session details have been added to the Schedule of Events. In addition, a lecture title has been confirmed and the second invited talk in Gametes Session IV will be given by Dr. Jean-Ju L. Chung instead of Dr. Betsy Navarro.

SSR New Investigator Lecture. Palais des congrès, Room 520abc.

• Stephanie A. Pangas, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas). "Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling in Ovary Development and Disease."

Gametes Session IV. Gamete Function in Fertilization. Room 520abc. Chair: Nuch Tanphaichitr, Ph.D. (Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

• Invited Talk. Jean-Ju L. Chung, Ph.D. (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts). "Progress in CatSper, the Spermatozoan-Specific Calcium Channel."