Rat Genomics & Models

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
December 6 - 9, 2007

Session topics and discussion leaders are planned as follows:

Neuroscience and Behavior
Jonathan Flint, Thomas Olsson

Cardiovascular Diseases
Anna Dominiczak, Norbert Hübner

Metabolism and Inflammation
Hella Markholst, Rikard Holmdahl

Tumor Biology
Jim Shull, Toshikazu Ushijima

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Howard J. Jacob, Roland Wolf

Informatics & Systems Biology
Anne Kwitek, Tim Aitman

Genome Resources
Tadao Serikawa, Edwin Cuppen

Manipulating the Rat Genome
Zsuzsanna Izsvak, John Mullins

Comparative Disease Genomics
Peter Harris, Todd Scheetz

Keynote addresses:
Richard Gibbs, Baylor College of Medicine
New Initiatives in Rat Genomics

Allen Cowley, Jr. Medical College of Wisconsin
Integration of Rat Genetics and Physiology

Ewan Birney, Ensembl Project, European Bioinformatics Institute
Enhanced Tools for Comparative Genetics/Genomics Research


Cold Spring Harbor has a long tradition of talks selected from openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit. We anticipate the discussion leaders will give research talks.