2010 Spring Meeting

Friday 23rd April 2010
Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge.

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Mouse Genetics – Think Globally, Act Locally

Scientific organisers: Ian Jackson (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh), Anne Ferguson-Smith (University of Cambridge) and Andrew Ward (University of Bath)

 

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The meeting will highlight complementary approaches at the forefront of mouse genetic research, from work focussed on specific genes or systems to large-scale genomics and mutagenesis programmes. It will include Lectures by Steve Brown (2009 Genetics Society Medal) and Andrew Jackson (2010 Balfour Lecture).

Speakers:

  • Dave Adams (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge)
  • Kathryn Cheah (University of Hong Kong)
  • Gary Churchill (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, USA)
  • Elizabeth Fisher (Institute of Neurology, University College London)
  • Jane Hurst (University of Liverpool)
  • Bill Skarnes (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge)
  • Emma Whitelaw (Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
     

Featuring:

  • Steve Brown (MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell) - 2009 Genetics Society Medal
  • Andrew Jackson (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh) - 2010 Balfour Lecture
     

Location:

For more information about the conference centre, including travelling to and from the centre, please visit their website: www.wtconference.org.uk

Also those booking to attend this conference will be given the opportunity to sign up to a free bus transfer from city centre Cambridge and Cambridge railway station
 

Programme:

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Events

Other pages in the Events section that you may be interested in:

  • 2010 Autumn Meeting

    Friday 12th November 2010
    The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London

  • External meetings

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