Mouse
Genetics &
Genomics:
Development & Disease
September 2 - 6, 2009
Abstract Deadline: July 1, 2009
Organizers:
Kathryn Anderson, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Haruhiko
Koseki, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan
Michael
Shen, Columbia University Medical Center
William Skarnes, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
past
program
You are cordially invited to participate in the twenty-second
annual mouse meeting on Mouse Genetics & Genomics:
Development & Disease. The 2009 conference will be
held at the Wellcome
Trust Conference Centre on the Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK. The meeting will begin
in the afternoon (3 pm) of of Wednesday, September 2, 2009, and
will conclude with lunch on Sunday, September 6, 2009. The specific
goal of this conference is to bring together a diverse group of
scientists studying various molecular and genetic aspects of mammalian
development. This meeting is intended to provide a format for
the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research
findings and technical advances towards the study of mammalian
development and disease.
Rosa
Beddington Lecture:
Austin Smith
Wellcome
Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, Cambridge, UK
Topics
& Discussion Leaders
Patterning I
Liz
Robertson, Mitinori Saitou
Germ
Cells and Stem Cells
Paul Burgoyne, Hiroyuki Sasaki
Epigenetics
Antoine
Peters, Edith Heard
Patterning
II
Tony
Wynshaw-Boris, Denis Duboule
Disease/Cancer
Models
Anton
Berns, Colin Stewart
Genetics
and Genomics
Frank Grosveld,
David Largaespada
Organogenesis
Rolf Zeller, Margaret Buckingham
Neurobiology
Jeff
Lichtman, Carmen Birchmeier
Mouse Phenotyping Workshop
Sponsored
by Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) and PloS
Genetics
Abstracts
should contain only new and unpublished material and
must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection
of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the
organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster)
of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions
have been made by the organizers.
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since
they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied
for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate
students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu
stating need for financial support - preference is given to those
submitting abstracts.
PRICING
HOLDING AT 2008 RATES
Academic Package Single Occupancy* GBP700
Academic Package Double Occupancy* GBP625
Graduate/PhD Student Package Double Occupancy* GBP565
Corporate Package Single Occupancy* GBP900
Academic/Student No-Housing Package GBP450
Corporate No-Housing Package GBP590
Double Occupancy = 2 Separate Beds
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Regular
packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing,
parking, wine-and-cheese party, banquet, etc. No Housing packages
include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks
prior to the meeting. Where applicable, payments will be processed
using the daily exchange rate.
*Housing
Both single and double occupancy accomodation is available at
Hinxton on a first-come-first-served basis. Once accomodations
are full, delegates will be advised to make their own housing
arrangements, and a complimentary shuttle will be provided to
and from Cambridge.
The conference center will provide coaches for departure to
airports and Central Cambridge only.
(more
details).
