Organiser

Jiri Forejt, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Introduction

The International Mammalian Genome Conference is the annual open conference organised by the International Mammalian
Genome Society. It shuttles between USA, Europe and Japan (in 2007, the conference was held in Kyoto).

This meeting will be aimed at breaking research news on mammalian genomes, epigenomes and phenotypes. The meeting will begin with Bioinformatics Speakers followed by the Student Satellite Meeting. It will continue with sessions on Comparative Genomics/ Computational Biology, Development / Cancer / Biology / Aging, Epigenetics, Immunity / Infection, Modeling Disease, Mutagenesis and Neuroscience / Behaviour.

Preliminary Programme

Sunday November 2, 2008
9.00am – 12.00pm Bioinformatics Workshops

11.00am Student Satellite Symposium Registration

1.00pm – 6.00pm Student Satellite Symposium

6.30pm Welcome Reception and Dinner (Corinthia Hotel)

Monday November 3, 2008
8.00am Registration Open

8.30am – 10.30am Main Conference Session (Modeling Disease)

10.30am – 12.00pm Tea/Coffee and Poster Session

12.00pm – 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm – 3.00pm Main Conference Session (Comparative Genomics/Computational Biology)

3.00pm – 4.30pm Tea/Coffee and Poster Session

4.30pm – 5.30 pm Verne Chapman Memorial Lecture

7.30pm Dinner -Novomestsky Pivovar

Tuesday November 4, 2008
8.00am Registration Open

8.30am – 10.30am Main Conference Session (Modeling Disease II and Rat and Other Genomes)

10.30am – 12.00pm Tea/Coffee and Poster Session

12.00pm – 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm – 3.00pm Main Conference Session (Development/Cancer Biology/Evolution Aging)

4.00pm Session to be announced

Free Time to visit Prague / Free Evening

Wednesday November 5, 2008
8.00am Registration

8.30am – 10.30am Main Conference Session (Neuroscience/Behaviour)

10.30am – 12.00pm Tea/Coffee and Poster Session

12.00pm – 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm – 3.00pm Main Conference Session (Immunity/Infection/Epigenetics)

3.00pm – 3.30pm Tea/Coffee

3.30pm – 5.30pm Main Conference Session (Mutagenesis)

6.30pm Drinks and Concert at Karolinum, Charles University

8.00pm Conference Dinner -Francouzská Restaurace

Speakers

Keynote speakers will include:
Johnathan Flint (Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, UK)
Lee Niswander (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, USA)
Tim Aitman (MRC, UK)
Diethard Tautz (Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany)
Stylianos Antonarakis (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Wolf Reik (The Babraham Institute, UK)
Professor Philip Avner (Institut Pasteur, France)
Barbara Wold (California Institute of Technology, US).

Venue

The conference will take place in the new building (opened in 2007) of the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its adjacent Conference Centre.

Registration

Registration is now closed.