Dear Colleagues, A reminder that the deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission for the 2024 Genetics Society meeting is in 2 weeks, at 23:59 on Wednesday 31st July 2024. This conference, entitled - The real point is control: transposons as controlling elements in evolution, development and disease (https://my.genetics.org.uk/item.php?eventid=1038), is being held from Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd November 2024, at College Court, Knighton Rd, Knighton, Leicester LE2 3UF. Submit an abstract Follow the instructions on the event page (link above) to submit an abstract form. Non-members are welcome to create a free account in mySociety and follow the submission instructions. Registration and fees Book your place via the event page. Early bird rates will be available until end July 2024, when new rates will be released, including virtual attendance. Early Bird rates -     Member: £300 without accommodation / £400 with accommodation -     Non-member: £400 without accommodation / £500 with accommodation -     Student: £237 without accommodation / £290 with accommodation A gala dinner on Thursday 21st November is included in the registration fees. Contact This Genetics Society event is being supported by the Royal Society of Biology. Please direct all meeting or booking queries to Lucy Eckersley at events@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3445. Best Wishes, Cristina Tufarelli, Richard Badge, Ed Hollox (University of Leicester), & Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge) Genetics Society www.genetics.org.uk Dr Richard Badge (he/him/his) Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, SFHEA Hear my name: https://namedrop.io/richardbadge Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK T: 0116 2525042 E: rmb19@leicester.ac.uk ORCID: 0000-0003-3201-336X "Badge, Richard (Dr.)" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)