NEWSLETTER OF THE HUGO MUTATION DATABASE INITIATIVE
SPONSORED BY THE MARCH OF DIMES (U.S.A)
No.10 JULY 1999

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

MDI NEWS-

Allele Variant Entry Form
San Francisco Meeting & Preliminary Program
Proposed Vancouver Meeting

CORRESPONDENCE -

None this issue

ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASES-

Gaucher Disease database

CALENDAR OF EVENTS-

- HUGO MDI Meeting, San Francisco 19 October '99 (in association with ASHG '99)
- HUGO MDI Meeting, Vancouver 8th? April (need to confirm date) 2000, (in association with HGM '00)
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MDI NEWS-

Allele Variant Entry Form.

Two more drafts of the proposed MDI allele variant entry form were done in the last 2 months. Comments were received from 34 members and alterations were made. A new draft has almost been completed by Dick Cotton who has addressed the concern that the form is too long. The new draft and hopefully the last will be on the site in the next couple of days and I'll send an email when it is available for comment. http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au:80/~cotton/entry.htm

San Francisco Meeting.

This year we have invited speakers to cover important issues such as copyright & intellectual property of databases, patient aspects of databases and the ethics of databases. We hope discussion will be promoted on these issues. The Preliminary Program is included below. A fee will be charged to cover our costs. If any members particularly wish to speak then please let us know as soon as possible. Poster Abstracts and other ideas are welcome. If you wish to attend, please send your registration form in as soon as possible. The meeting website is: http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au:80/~cotton/announ.htm

Proposed Vancouver Meeting.

A meeting has been proposed in association with the Human Genome Meeting (HGM) in April 2000. HGM runs from 9-12th April, we have been told we cannot host the meeting on the 9th (registration day) due to HUGO Council Meeting etc. It may be on the 8th but the date needs to be confirmed. Ideas are welcome.

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CORRESPONDENCE None this issue.

ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASES

The following database has recently been released.

Tel-Aviv University Human Genetic Disease Database (Gaucher Disease)

http://www.tau.ac.il/~racheli/gaucher_mia.html
Curators:
Metsada Pasmanik-Chor, Mia Horowitz, Racheli Zakarin-Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel
Ernest Beutler, Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla, USA

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

HUGO Mutation Database Initiative
7th International Meeting
San Francisco, U.S.A 1999

This meeting will be held the day before the San Francisco meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics-

TIME: 8.00am-7.00pm
DATE: 19th October 1998
VENUE: The Argent Hotel, San Francisco, U.S.A
REGISTRATION: Academic US$85
Commerical US$130
(Lunch and mixer included)
http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au:80/~cotton/sfreg.htm
ORGANISERS: R. Horaitis, R.G.H. Cotton (Australia)
REGISTRATION: Contact R. Horaitis
Email: horaitis@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Fax: 61-3-9288-2989
WEBSITE: http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au:80/~cotton/announ.htm

POSTER ABSTRACTS: (NOT ESSENTIAL TO ATTEND MEETING)
Instructions on registration form.
Deadline-27th September-NO EXCEPTIONS!!

PRELIMINARY MEETING PROGRAM
Posted 18th May 1999, questions to Rania Horaitis horaitis@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au