Fourth Annual Symposium ~ July 8th, 2008

Our thanks to all who attended and participated in the second symposium, making it such a successful event.

Events

LECTURE: Dr. Susan Ackerman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory
"Novel mechanisms of neurodegeneration revealed by forward genetics"

LECTURE: Dr. David Beier, Harvard Medical School
"Using mouse mutagenesis to study organogenesis, birth defects, and brain development"

LECTURE: Dr. Manolis Dermitzakis, Sanger Center, UK
"Population genetics and genomics of gene expression in humans and primates"

LECTURE: Dr. Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
"The power of canine disease gene mapping: lessons learnt"

LECTURE: Dr. Sarah E. Millar, University of Pennsylvania
"Wnt signals in the specification, regeneration and neogenesis of ectodermal appendages"
 

POSTER SESSION: Congratulations to the winners of the poster contest, which included nearly forty poster presentations.