A Wellcome Trust Scientific Conference at Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
5 – 9 September 2007

Co-Organisers: 

Tony Wynshaw-Boris, Kathryn Anderson, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Bill Skarnes

The Nineteenth annual meeting on Mouse Molecular Genetics will be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.  This meeting has previously been held at CSHL and Heidelberg on alternating years.  The specific goal of this conference is to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular and genetic aspects of mammalian development.  The topics to be covered are:

Patterning
Germ Cells and Stem Cells
Epigenetics
Genomics
Human Disease Models

Genetics
Neurobiology and Organogenesis

Confirmed speakers include:

·        Patterning:  Daniel Constam and Kat Hadjantonakis

·        Germ Cells and Stem Cells: Azim Surani and Takashi Shinohara

·        Epigenetics:  Wolf Reik and Anton Wutz

·        Genomics:  Eddy Rubin and Allan Bradley

·        Human Disease Models:  Eric Olson and Oliver Smithies

·        Genetics:  Tian Xu and Jonathan Flint

·        Neurobiology:  Francois Guillemot and David Rowitch

·        Organogenesis:  Matthias Treier and Liqun Luo

 

The Rosa Beddington keynote lecture by Richard Harvey, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia

 

Abstract deadline is Thursday 2^nd August.

 

On-line registration form please visit: http://firstcontact.hinxton.wellcome.ac.uk/

 

The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre is located adjacent to the Sanger Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute, on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.  The dedicated scientific conference venue is based around a Grade II* Listed Country Manor house set in 130 acres of parkland setting just 8 miles south of the historic university city of Cambridge, and offers first class facilities and service.  See the link below for more details.  We look forward to welcoming you to Hinxton in September!

 

Kind regards,

Dr Deborah Carley
Science Programme Manager / Head of Conference Centre
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge
CB10 1RQ

tel: +44 (0)1223 495006
fax: +44 (0)1223 495141

email: d.carley@wtconference.org.uk

Check out the Wellcome Trust Conference Programme at www.wellcome.ac.uk/conferences and the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre at www.wtconference.org.uk