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(Previous HGVS & HUGO-MDI newsletters may be found on our website at: www.genomic.unimelb.edu.au/hgvs/newsletters.html, these may be helpful for new members to familiarize themselves with our projects).
HGVS Scientific & Annual General Meeting Toronto, Canada, 26th October; Abstracts & registrations now being accepted, closing date for abstracts Sept. 19 deadline -see details below. If you know you are attending, please register now. If you wish to present an oral presentation please register and send your abstract in ASAP, last year we had an oversupply of abstracts! However, you do not need to present an abstract to attend the meeting.
Four new Board members need to be elected for a three year term. A call for nominations will be made this week by the Secretary Dr. Bill Oetting. Any member wishing to stand for nomination should put in their proposal to the nominating committee via Rania when the call is made or now but in any event by September 30.
The Society will host an exhibitor's booth once again at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting. The booth allocated is number 1028 located in Publishers Row. If you are at ASHG please drop by the booth and meet us. We are calling on members to volunteer to man the booth for short periods, those interested please contact Rania.
Anyone wishing to make an announcement of interest to members in these newsletters please send a short paragraph to Rania at (horaitis@medstv.unimelb.edu.au) to be included in the next issue.
Database of sequence variation in two associated genes, ENG and ALK1. http://www.hht.org/web/
Dr. Paul Westwood, Molecular Genetics Service, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
CALENDAR OF EVENTSCALL FOR ABSTRACTSHGVS Scientific and Annual General MeetingToronto, Canada |
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Tuesday 26th October 2004 The biggest HGVS event of the year! TIME TO REGISTER NOW! |
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Quebec Room, ASHG Conference Hotel: Fairmont, Royal York, Toronto. |
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Speakers
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Fee includes administrative costs, conference materials, coffee breaks, a buffet luncheon and mixer. HGVS members: CAN $109 (HGVS members receive a 25% reduction in meeting registrations. To join HGVS click here). |
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Closing date is 19th September 2004 however the earlier you submit the more chance you will have of presenting. All those who send abstracts MUST register to have their abstract considered. Later abstracts MAY be considered. Registrations without presentations are also accepted. |
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A satellite meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting |
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| A. Athanassiadou, Greece | Analysis of Parkinsons Disease |
| J. Barton, USA | Electronic Detection |
| S. Beck, UK | Human Epigenome Project |
| A. Brookes, UK | Phenotype in Databases |
| C. Cantor, USA | Mass Spectrometry Analysis |
| N. Carter, UK | Arrays |
| S. Chanock, USA | Cancer Genetics |
| H. Clausen-Schaumann, Germany | Force Sensors |
| R. Cotton, Australia | Collecting Mutations |
| R. Davis, USA*(not yet confirmed) | Molecular Inverted Probes |
| J.T. den Dunnen, Netherlands | The Diagnostic Lab |
| P-Y. Kwok | Genotyping and Methods |
| K. Lohman, USA | Parallel Sequencing |
| M. Nilsson, Sweden | Ligation Amplification |
| G. Patrinos, Netherlands | Locus Specific Databases |
| S. Quake, USA | Micro Fluidics |
| R. Sandaltzopoulos, Greece | Single Molecule Detection |
| J. Schouten, Netherlands | MLPA |
| S. Sunyaef, USA | Prediction of Effect |
| A-C Syvanen, Sweden | Genotyping |
| M. Trau, Australia | Nanoparticles |
| G. Traverso, UK | Protein Truncation Test |
| J. Van Ness, USA | Isothermal Amplification |
| R. Wooster, UK | Cancer Genome Project |
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Coordinator Rania Horaitis horaitis@mail.medstv.unimelb.edu.au |
