Hi guys! I’ll be at a conference in Chicago from 7th to 16th September. If there are enough people based in and around Chicago, maybe we could have a meetup. Let me know!
@PlantAWG @AIMLawg @ALSDAawg @MicrobesAWG @FemaleReproAWG @MultiOmicsAWG @AnimalAWG @HUMANawg @RLWG
Let me get back to you sometime next week, and check out if I can pull people from IL, WI, IN - ie near to Chicago 
Hi - @anna.lewkowicz raised the idea of an AWG meetup (coffee? breakfast? lunch/dinner?) in Chicago (or nearby) sometime between Sept 7th to the 16th when she will be in town.
I mined everyone’s profiles and hope it is okay to suggest you all to connect with her if interested 
@dr.richard.barker @jdorsheimer @stefan_green @Abhinav @Keioko @rojeenathapa @Jennifer_Sheridan @sabaghaffari @user1 @anvitham @kyoong @avrakhra @alanaf2 @ianwa09 @brooke.stephanian @tpsharma @MarshallPorterfield @dtulodzi @dagar @sgomezgu @laureen0alexa @Dayeon @mmali5
@anna.lewkowicz and others who are in Chicago - I love the idea of meeting up. Let’s connect.
Great, let’s see if we can gather a bigger group and then we can decide on details
@anna.lewkowicz @Abhinav Chicago friend here, would love to meet up!
I will add some of the people I tagged were in either Indiana or Wisconsin too 
Just FYI 
I figured that, haha, I should also tag @rachelcrivero and @ben.sikes as I made this post after talking with them 
Sorry for the delayed reply @anna.lewkowicz . I’ve just returned from Michigan last night. Actually I was able to meet with @rachelcrivero! I don’t think I’ll be able to come up to Chicago though, unfortunately. I’ve been traveling nearly non-stop since early June and I need to be in office for my new PhD students and at home, for the sanity of my wife and son. Very sorry I can’t take the opportunity to come meet this time.