RAT GENOMICS & MODELS
December 2 - 5, 2009
Abstract Deadline: October 2, 2009

Organizers:
Edwin Cuppen, Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands
Norbert Hübner, Max-Delbruck-Center for Molecular Medicine
Anne Kwitek, University of Iowa
James Shull, University of Wisconsin-Madison

past program

You are cordially invited to participate in the seventh meeting on Rat Genomics & Models, which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will begin with dinner and the first session on the evening of Wednesday, December 2nd, and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, December 5th, 2009. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to rat genetics, genomics and physiology.

The format of the meeting will include six oral sessions consisting of invited and short talks, limited to approximately 15 minutes, principally on unpublished work. Oral presentations will be selected by the organizers from the submitted abstracts. The other submitted abstracts will be presented in poster session(s). As is usual at Cold Spring Harbor meetings, all abstracts of both poster and platform sessions will be published in an abstract book given to all the participants.

Keynote Speakers:
Michael Gould, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Matthias Mann, Max-Planck-Institut for Biochemistry, Germany
Svante Pääbo, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Topics:
Neuroscience and Behavior
Cardiovascular Diseases
Metabolism and Inflammation
Tumor Biology
Systems Biology/Bioinformatics
Genome Resources
Manipulating the Rat Genome
Comparative Genomics

Speakers:
Timothy Aitman, Imperial College, UK
Paul Flicek, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Howard Jacob, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Reinhold Kreutz, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Theodore Kurtz, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ake Lenmark, University of Washington, USA
Barry Levin, VA Medical Center & NJ Medical School, USA
Tadao Serikawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Cheryl Walker, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Douglas Wendell, Oakland University, USA
Kim Worley, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Qi-Long Ying, University of Southern California, USA

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 beavers@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters may be directed to beavers@cshl.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in December.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.