Dear, This mail is to inform you that we have updated the scientific programs of the 8th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference and the 11th International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes. For details, please visit the Conference websites at http://nfix2008.psb.ugent.be/ The L.O.C. also would like to remind you that the *early registration deadline* is approaching. It is set at *May 1st*, 2008. After that date registration fees are augmented with EUR50. When your registration payment is completed, you receive an identification code that allows you to submit your abstract(s) via the Conference website. The *abstract submission deadline is May 31*, 2008. The deadline for oral presentation proposals for the three *Workshops *is *April 30*, 2008. If you would like to offer a talk, the Workshop organizers want to inform you that the programs are filling up fast, so interested attendees should contact them without delay. For details, please visit the Conference website. When you register as a student, please do not forget to send a letter from the Chair of your Department attesting your status to adminnfix2008@psb.ugent.be Once more, the L.O.C. wants to strongly advise you not to postpone the arrangement of your accommodation , since August and September are busy months is Ghent. More information to help you find appropriate accommodation is available at the Conference website. We try to keep our mailing lists as "clean" as possible, but please accept our apologies in case multiple postings would occur. Best regards, the L.O.C., -- ================================================================== Danny Vereecke Plant Microbes Research Group PhD, Senior Scientist Tel:+32 (0)9 331 39 11 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM daver@psb.ugent.be http://www.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================