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Program Posted
Please note that the program is now available on-line
Call for Papers
Registration for the 7th Biennial Conference on the genetics of common and complex disorders is now open.
Conference dates/details:
GeneMappers 2009,
Tuesday April 14-Friday April 17, 2009
The Heritage Carrington Hotel,
15-47 Katoomba Street
Katoomba, Blue Mountains
NSW
Australia
The 2009 program centres around traditional topics of linkage and association, technological developments, and statistical approaches, as well as expanding the coverage of genomics and genetic studies in animal models of disease. Speakers details are posted here. (If a frequent visitor to the website, please refresh your browser to see the latest changes)
Closing date for Early-Bird RegistrationDecember 22, 2008
E X T E N D E D UNTIL Monday January 16, 2009
Closing date for podium and poster submissions is February 20, 2009. Abstract submission and registration are on-Line; abstract length around 350 words.
Please find Registration details located here. Rooms are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. In the case where the room-type chosen is no longer available, the next closest selction will be offered. Certain room types are filling fast. If your selected room type is no longer available you will be notified of the next option, closest in price.
International presenters include:
Professor Cynthia C. Morton
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Professor Bronya Keats
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA
Professor Neil Risch
The University of California at San Francisco, California, USA
Dr Lon Cardon
Pharmacogenetics and Medical Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, USA
Dr Sharon Browning
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Topics include:
- Genomic architecture and copy number variation studies
- Genome wide association studies
- Gene-Environment interactions and Genetic Epidemiology
- Epistasis
- Epigenetics
- Genomics
- Genetic Linkage and Gene Mapping
- Isolated Populations
- Biobanks
- Association studies
- New techniques
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