Symposium venue

The Congress Hall of Nancy
Rue du Grand Rabbin Haguenauer
54053 Nancy CEDEX
France

Tel: (0)3 83 36 81 81
Fax: (0)3 83 36 82 00

Nancy is world-famous for its beautiful Golden Gates of Stanislas Square and ‘Art Nouveau’ houses and museum. The famous vineyards of Alsace, Champagne and Burgundy are only 200 kms away and there are a great number of equally charming cities in the vicinity, such as Metz, Reims, and Strasbourg. Nancy is comfortably and quickly reached by all means of travel (see below).

How to get there:

BY PLANE

Roissy/Charles De Gaulle (CDG) International Airport, Paris

300 kms to the west of Nancy – access by the A4 motorway.
Trains (RER) to Gare du Nord/Paris and trains to Nancy from Gare de l'Est/Paris

Flights from most international capital cities
 

Luxembourg International Airport, Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)

120 kms to the north of Nancy access by the A31 motorway.
Trains to Nancy

Flights from most international capital cities

 

The regional Airport Metz-Nancy Lorraine

57420 GOIN
Tel: +33 (0)3 87 56 70 00
Fax: +33 (0)3 87 56 70 54
 
45 kms to the north of Nancy access by the A31 motorway.

Shuttle service by coach to Nancy
Flights from: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris (Orly Sud), Toulouse.
 

BY TRAIN

Nancy railway station

3, place Thiers
Tel: +33 (0)8 36 35 35 35
http://www.sncf.fr/indexe.htm

   Main lines:

Paris - Nancy: 2h45
Strasbourg - Nancy: 1h15
Dijon - Nancy: 2h30
 

BY CAR

Access by motorway:
From Paris, Calais, Strasbourg, Sarrebrück and Frankfurt, take the A4 or A5 motorways, followed by the A31.
 
From Lille, Bruxelles, Luxembourg and Dijon take the A31 motorway.
 

Accommodation

Participants are asked to book their own accommodation. Below you will find a map and links to some of the hotels in Nancy.

Map of Nancy indicating hotel locations

Mercure Centre Stanislas
5 rue des Carmes 54000 Nancy
tel 03 83 30 92 60
fax 03 83 30 92 92
email h1068@accor-hotels.com
web http://www.mercure.com

Albert 1er - Astoria
3 rue de l'Armée Patton 54000 Nancy
tel 03 83 40 31 24
fax 03 83 28 47 78
web http://www.albert1-astoria.com

Hôtel de Guise
18 rue de Guise 54000 Nancy
tel 03 83 32 24 68
fax 03 83 35 75 63

Ibis Centre Gare
3 rue Crampel 54000 Nancy
tel 03 83 32 90 16
fax 03 83 32 08 77

Further Hotel information can be found on the Nancy Tourist Office website

Fungal genomics symposium logo by Sam Day. Illustrations: Aspergillus and Neurospora crassa confocal images courtesy of Patrick Hickey (LUX Biotechnology Ltd, Edinburgh). Laccaria bicolor–Douglas fir interaction courtesy of D Vairelles (INRA-Nancy). Tumor formation in maize induced by an Ustilago maydis infection, courtesy of Regine Kahmann and Jörg Kämper (MPI-Marburg, Germany). Confocal image of spores, courtesy of Patrick Hickey (LUX Biotechnology Ltd, Edinburgh). Amanita muscaria, Alternaria in conidia phase, Coprinus comatus, and micrograph of Actinomycete spores images courtesy of Gordon Beakes (University of Newcastle upon Tyne; LTN Bioscience). Impact of genomics on fungal biology is sponsored by the New Phytologist Trust.