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__________________________________________________________________________ Informa Life Sciences 10th Annual EuroTides 2009 - 2 - 3 December 2009 Holiday Inn Lijnden Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands http://www.informa-ls.com/eurotides __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - October 19, 2009 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, D. Forero, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen Genetic News - featured articles - Gene Wiki: A community-based approach for human gene annotation A recent paper describes the advances of a public online resource for human gene annotation http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000026.html Letter to the editor: http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/contactnews.pl?3791 - The Systems Biology Graphical Notation A recent paper describes unified languages for molecular systems biology http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000013.html Letter to the editor: http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/contactnews.pl?3778 Genetic News - Juggling with White Matter Learning a complex task, such as juggling, which involves visual and movement processes results in changes in the connective white matter in the brain. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000025.html - Variants Associated with Blood Cell Traits Thirty-four new genetic regions are associated with blood cell traits, according to four independent studies published online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000024.html - Genomic Privacy and Detecting Participation in Genetic Research A new study reports an improved method to infer an individual's membership in experimental datasets, and suggests increased restrictions may be needed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000023.html - Reprogramming Gene Plays a Role in Cancer The gene SOX2 is activated in lung and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000022.html - Variants Associated With Bone Mineral Density Thirteen new genetic loci are associated with bone mineral density. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000021.html - An Atomic View of the Ribosome Nobel Laureate Ramakrishnan and his colleague summarize what studies of the structure and function of the ribosome have revealed and their hopes for the future. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000020.html - Protein Link to Long Life The mitochondrial protein complex prohibitin promotes longevity in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans by influencing fat metabolism. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000019.html - Where is the Heritability? A review article asks what strategies should be explored to illuminate the genetics of complex diseases, and examines potential sources of missing heritability. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000018.html - Scanning and Linking For Autism A double-pronged approach to uncovering genetic variants involved in autism is published. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000017.html - Mapping Diversity A working map of regions of genetic variation across the human genome is reported online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000016.html - A Personalized Medicine Research Agenda Scientist group found the raw DNA data of direct-to-consumer genetic tests performed by two companies to be accurate, but they spotted inconsistencies between the two companies' disease-risk predictions. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000015.html - Breast Cancer Evolution The genetic evolution of a breast tumour is reported. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2009/000014.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/printnews.pl?2948 - Write a position announcement http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/positions.pdf 1) Set up account: http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?register 2) Post position(s): http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?login DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - The twelth advanced level workshop on Pharmacokinetic - Pharmacodynamic data analysis: A hands-on residential course using WinNonlin Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Cambridge Sunday 16 - Thursday 20 May 2010 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/2213.html - Quality by Design for analytical methods: a revolution in method lifecycle management? 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