Recent OddPols conferences (e.g. OddPols 2018) have focused on trascription and regulation mechansims for eukaryal nuclear RNA polymerases I, III, IV, and V. In 2020 the organizers want to also welcome to this conversation investigators working with archaeal, mitochondrial and chloroplast transcription systems. Throughout its thirty year history this friendly, interactive conference has led to many productive collaborations (and friendships) and we are excited by this expansion of the community!

Click here for the PDF of the schedule.

The standard registration fee for the OddPols 2020 conference will be $500 (US). Registration will include meeting materials, opening reception the evening of June 17, continental breakfasts June 18,19, and 20; lunches June 18, 19, and 20, dinner on June 18 and the closing reception + banquet on June 20. Beverages throughout the meeting will also be covered by the registration fee, including those containing alcohol in most cases.

It will be possible to register guests for individual events, including:


Payment by credit card is preferred once registration opens. If necessary, a check can be made out to “University of Colorado Denver” and sent to:

Registration and abstract submission will close April 15, 2020, but we urge attendees to make their hotel reservations (see “Lodging”) as soon as possible, since room availability could become limiting.

The OddPols 2020 conference will not provide dedicated transportation to the hotels and meeting venue. The conference venue is approximately 15 minutes from Denver International Airport by taxi or other car service. Alternatively DIA has all major rental car companies and there is light rail service from DIA to near the Hyatt Regency.

The light rail station is located by the Westin Denver International Airport Hotel at the south end of the airport, with trains running every 15 minutes between 4:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and every 30 minutes at other times. Fares to and from the airport are $10.50, though discount fares are available for certain groups.

After boarding the A-Line at the airport, you will arrive at the Peoria Street Station. From here you can transfer to the R-Line and ride to the Fitzsimons Station, where a campus shuttle will pick you up and drop you off near the Fulginiti Pavillion (see Stop 2 on the campus shuttle map). This may be the easiest option for those interested in traveling directly to the conference from the airport.

For those interested in traveling directly to the hotel, conference visitors can take the A-Line to the Peoria Street Station where a complimentary shuttle will pick them up. The shuttle departs the Hyatt property half past every hour, from 6:30 AM through 10:30 PM. Visitors traveling from Denver International Airport to the Peoria Street Station on the A-Line rail should call the hotel (303-365-1234) once aboard the train to confirm pickup. Please visit the Hyatt parking and transportation website for additional information.

Another option is to transfer to the R-Line at the Peoria Street Station and then ride to the Colfax Station, which is approximately 1/2 mile from the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center (walking directions).

The Hyatt Regency offers a complimentary shuttle for guests to travel within three miles of the hotel, including travel between the hotel and conference. The shuttle departs the Hyatt property half past every hour, from 6:30 AM through 10:30 PM. Guests can call the hotel at 303-365-1234 to arrange for transportation.

The CU Anschutz Medical Campus Rail Shuttle is free to ride, and connects with the R-Line at the Fitzsimons Station for those traveling by light rail. The shuttle makes a total of six stops within campus, with the second stop being very near to the conference location.

The operating hours for the shuttle are:

• Monday - Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with 7-9 minute frequency to each stop
• Saturday-Sunday/University Holidays 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with 15 minute frequency to each stop

Outside of these hours there is no shuttle transportation from the Fitzsimons Station into campus.

For those staying at the Hyatt or Spring Hill Suites locally, you are probably just as well leaving any rental cars there and either walking or taking a shuttle to the conference. For those driving or staying farther away, there is visitor parking on campus near the conference venue. Please see the parking map and instructions.

The Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities

The Denver Museum of of Nature & Science

Abstract Submission – OddPols 2020

Every effort will be made by the organizers to offer at least one oral presentation (10-15 minutes, depending on requests) to each research group interested in a talk, plus an unlimited availability of poster presentations at the two poster sessions. All abstracts for talks and posters must be submitted by midnight April 15, 2020, New York time to be included in the meeting abstract book. This deadline is necessary to allow the Organizing Committee to decide on sessions and sort the abstracts before creating the schedule.

Abstracts should follow the format of the attached sample and only be submitted as a pdf file (see below). The title should be bold, the presenting author should be indicated with an asterisk, and the director of the research group should be underlined. Margins should be 1” (2.5 cm) on all sides and the font should be Helvetica or Arial 12 point. Any citations or figures should be below the text of the abstract but must fit within the one page and margin maxima.

There are two attached files, a form that must be submitted with the abstract and a sample pdf abstract.
Please submit both the form and your abstract in the same e-mail to david.engelke@ucdenver.edu before the end of day, April 15, 2020. The abstract will be considered for assignment to a platform or poster presentation once the presenting author has registered (due before April 16, 2020). In the abstract submission form, please provide a preliminary indication of what area is most appropriate for the work:

Possible oral session subjects (non-exhaustive, with all systems intertwined)
- Structure and Function of OddPols and Transcription machinery
- Regulation of transcription – activators and repressors
- Regulation of transcription – elongation and termination
- Chromatin and transcription, including gene silencing
- Transcription related to genome organization and nuclear structures
- OddPols in development, genetic disorders, cancer and disease
- Oddpols links to physiology, aging, and beyond.

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