2. Ecdysone2006 Our “ecdysonists” family

3. These Workshop Objectives  State-of-the-art in our ecdysonists’ community  As organizer: all went smoothly …  Excellent talks !  Many interactions in poster corners !  Networking/new friends !  I hope participants take home in their luggage new ideas and potentially a collaboration !

4. Follow-up of this Workshop At website www.ecdysone2006.ugent.be –EcdyNews –Group photos –Photos, impressions, … –If you have more photos and you want to share them with all ecdysonists, you can send them to me for mounting on the website

5. Abstracts are published at open access journal “Journal of Insect Science”: www.jis.org -This opportunity brings the research presented at Ecdysone2006 to all scientists in the world without limitations -Stimulation of collaborations -Editor-in-chief will ask to all first authors for permission Insect Science

6. OUR FUTURE...where and when can we meet next time ?

7. OUR HISTORY Jena (1998) Crete (2002) 13. Jena (1998) 9. Paris (1989) 1. Lille (1975) 8. Marburg (1987) 3. Tutzing (1977) 6. Szeged (1983) 14. Rapperswil (2000) 12. Barcelona (1996) 10. Liverpoool (1992) 11. Ceske Budejovice (1994) 15. Crete (2002) 16. Ghent (2006) 2. London (1976) 7. Edingburgh (1985) 4. Strasbourg (1979) 5. Bern (1981) 17. Tanger? 17. Ulm?

8. ULM (Germany) Prof. K-D Spindler & M. Spindler-Barth) Excellent scientific team in Ecdysone Beautiful environment in Black Forest International connections: plane, train, car

11. Tangier (Marocco) Beautiful photos & info on this venue by Prof. Fouad Sayah + René Lafont (Paris, F)

12. Possibility to publish your research paper from the Ecdysone 2006 meeting in: Schedule: -You can send your paper to me from now up to end of August 2006: guy.smagghe@ugent.be -Upon arrival peer-reviewing -Before Christmas 2006: end of all reviewing -Publishing Spring 2007

13. Ecdysone 2006 program: 13 sessions 1. Model systems in ecdysteroid research 2. New tools to study ecdysteroids: using RNAi to probe ecdysteroid function 3. Identification of genes involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis 4. Peptides controlling ecdysteroid biosynthesis and signaling 5. Ecdysteroids and insulin 6. Ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone interactions 7. Non-genomic actions & membrane receptors 8. Phyto-ecdysteroids, still basis 9. Ecdysozoa: special emphasis to Crustaceans 10. Ecdysteroid receptor EcR and USP 11. Ecdysteroid modifications and ecdysteroid receptor activity 12. Ecdysteroid genetic hierarchy in non-drosophilid insects 13. Applications and tools in agriculture, medicine, doping

14. Possibility to publish short reviews on the 13 themes of Ecdysone 2006 meeting in a book at Springer : Schedule: -You can send your suggestion and a 10-lines description to me by 15 August 2006: guy.smagghe@ugent.be -Uplisting of book chapters -Approval by Springer of content in October 2006 -Writing chapters: 2007

15. Potential sources for projects In Europe: 7th Framework…call is coming this year EU-Russian Federation: INTAS International: “Human Frontiers”

16. Potential sources for projects Who has interest? Who has interaction in current Network Of Excellence? Who has good experience? Who is interested to be partner? Who is interested to take leadership/coordinator? Proposal on how to follow up?