ISHG Conference 2012

The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics will take place on Monday 3rd September 2012 in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Two leading international scientists will give keynote lectures at this year’s meeting: Prof. Andrew Wilkie of University of Oxford and Prof. Han Brunner of Radboud University Nijmegen.

The call for abstracts is now open and will close on Friday 8^th June. The abstract form is available at this link.

The society is delighted to announce that it will hold an event as part of the Dublin City of Science 2012 Public Engagement Programme entitled “Your Genes, Your Health, Your Future”. The event will take place on the evening of Monday 3rd September after the Annual Scientific Meeting in RCSI. More details of this event fill follow in due course.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Insights into Successful Rare Disease Research

When: Monday, 26 March 2012 from 09:30 to 13:30
Where: O'Callaghan Davenport Hotel Merrion Square, Dublin 2

The workshop will bring together National and International speakers and Irish researchers. Keynote presentations on the elements involved in successful research in the area of rare disease will be followed by a panel discussion on the barriers, solutions and opportunities in rare disease research.

For further information look at http://rarediseaseresarch.eventbrite.ie/