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.

International presenters include:

Professor Cynthia C. Morton
Harvard Medical School

Professor Neil Risch
The University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Dr Lon Cardon,
Pharmacogenetics and Medical Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline

Dr Sharon Browning
The University of Auckland

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