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The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
July 16-28, 2006
This two week course includes daily lectures in the mornings and evenings supplemented by afternoon mini-symposia, workshops tutorials, poster session, and demonstrations. There is special emphasis on student-faculty interaction. The faculty is diverse in terms of disciplines and the students in terms of stage of career and fields of concentration. This diversity makes for an exciting experience for all. Although the course schedule is quite full, there is time set aside to enjoy the natural beauties of Mt. Desert Island.
The content of the annual Short Course focuses on (1) an up-to-date presentation of genetics in experimental animals and humans, (2) the relationship of heredity to disease in experimental animals and humans, and (3) the importance of molecular genetics in the diagnosis and treatment of inherited disorders. The development and uses of modern techniques in bioinformatics, mathematical genetics, genome manipulation, mutagenesis, and phenotyping are taught in lectures and in afternoon workshop sessions. The Short Course includes an implicit focus on translational biology and clinical applications.
Topics include: Bioinformatics
Immunogenetics
Neurogenetics
Neurosensory disorders
Metabolic disorders including cardiovascular disease
Epi genetics
Model organisms of human diseases
Clinical genetics: human congenital anomalies and molecular diagnosis
Systems Biology
Treatment of genetic diseases and gene therapy
Ethical, legal, and societal issues in genetics/genomics
Stem cell biology
Whole genome sequences from humans, mice, and othe
The haplotype map project
History of medical genetics
Chromosome structure, function, and aberrations
Regulation of gene expression
Population genetics, linkage, and complex trait analysis
Genome diversity
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Organized by:
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The Jackson Laboratory |
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Invited Speakers:
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Goncalo Abecasis, Ph.D., University of Michigan
David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
Stylianos Antonarakis, MD, PhD, University of Geneva Medical School
Jeffrey Botkin, M.D., M.P.H., University of Utah
Lawrence Brody, Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Evan Eichler, Ph.D., University of Washington
Clair Francomano, M.D., Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Jeffrey Gulcher, M.D., Ph.D., deCode
Judith Hall, M.D., UBC & BC’s Children’s Hospital
Ada Hamosh, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Medical Institute of Genetic Medicine
Katherine High, M.D., The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/HHMI
Brigid Hogan, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center
Stephen Holland, MD, National Institutes of Health
James Ihle, Ph.D., St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
Laird Jackson, M.D., Drexel University College of Medicine
Lynn Jorde, Ph.D., University of Utah
David Ledbetter, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Roderick McInnes, Ph.D., Hospital for Sick Children
Robert Nussbaum, M.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Svante Paabo, Max Planke-Leipzig
John Phillips, III, MD, Vanderbilt University
Jennifer Puck, M.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Philip Reilly, M.D., J.D., Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
Edward Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marc Vidal, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Kenneth Weiss, Ph.D., Penn State University
John Yates, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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April 17, 2006
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Registration:
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Placement is limited to 125 participants. Applicants need to possess a doctoral or terminal degree or be advanced graduate or medical students. Please submit the following materials via email to the event coordinator (link above).
-A one-page letter briefly describing your current work and/or research interest, your motivation to attend the course, a Curriculum vitae (please limit to two pages), a letter of recommendation from your major advisor or supervisor (for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents),
-Include complete contact information: institute and/or home address, phone and fax numbers and email address.
- If you wish to be considered for a scholarship award, please include your request in your application letter, and provide one letter of recommendation addressing the need for financial support. Scholarship awards are primarily for students, recent graduates in training programs, and those with very limited financial resources.
Applications will be reviewed on a competitive selection basis until the course is full. Accepted applicants will be notified by email, telephone or fax. Registration and payment instructions will accompany notification.
Application deadline is April 17, 2006, however the course usually fills earlier than the deadline.
Applications by women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.
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E-mail:
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eem@jax.org
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