ISHG Conference 2010

The 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics meeting will take place in Belfast City Hospital on FRIDAY 10th SEPTEMBER, so please mark your diaries asap. We have secured 2 excellent international speakers as follows:

Prof. Arnold Munnich,
Hopital Necker-Enfants Malade and University Paris-Descartes.

Prof. David Schwartz,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, US.

*We are now CALLING for ABSTRACTS for the meeting. Please fill out the abstract form below and EMAIL to IrishHumGen2010@gmail.com by FRIDAY 11th JUNE. Abstract selection will be announced in July.

Please forward this information to all your colleagues with an interest in Human Genetics. The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) has provided a fellowship for the best postgraduate oral presentation at the previous two meetings for attendance at their annual meeting. It is likely that this will also be offered this year.

The membership/registration forms are also below. Please note that this year you have the option of joining the European Society for Human Genetics for an addition €35.

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DOWNLOAD:

• Registration form plus membership [.pdf] [If you ARE attending the meeting]


• Membership-only form [.pdf] [If you wish to be a member, but are NOT attending the meeting]


• Abstract submission form [.doc] [All abstracts must be submitted on this form, paying attention to the style details]

Anyone for BioEconomy?

This meeting is related to the HUGO meeting in Montpellier. Here's some information from the organisers:

One of the greatest promises of science today is for the harnessing of living processes for human health, for bioenergy, for environmental remediation, and for food production.

One possibility is that the new bioeonomy will be fundamentally based on genomics, genomic reconstruction, and computational systems biology. This symposium will examine the advancement of such genomic technologies and related bioinformatics platform, related economic opportunities in the internet, reconstruction of new organisms and the unlimited opportunities for enterprises to support discovery, production and services in this arena such as biofuels and genetically engineered food products.

HUGO, OECD and MRC have joined force to analyse this problem and to develop an analytical paper on the topic. This symposium will launch this effort.

If you would like more information, the website is here: http://www.bioeconomy2010.org

ISHG 2009 Abstracts now on-line

The ISHG09 abstracts have been published in the Ulster Medical Journal, and are now available here.

The reference is: Ulster Med J 2010;79(1):33-42

European School of Genetic Medicine courses

Several new courses are available from the ESGM - please visit their website for more details: http://www.eurogene.org/courses-esgm

ISHG Council 2009

PRESIDENT: Collette Hand (UCC: linkage and medical genetics)
SECRETARY: Anne Parle-McDermott (DCU: nutritional genetics)

COUNCIL:
Frank Barry (UCG: gene therapy)
Tony Bjourson (UUJ: Genetics)
Tabib Dabir (Clinical Geneticist, Belfast City Hospital)
Sean Ennis (UCD & NCMG, Medical Genetics)
Lisa Jeffers (Genetic Counsellor, Belfast City Hospital)
Sally-Ann Lynch (Clinical Geneticist, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children)
Peter McGrattan (Cytogeneticist, NI Regional Genetics Centre)
Alice Stanton (Clinical pharmacology/cardiology RCSI)
Derek Morris (TCD: Psychiatric genetics)
Caitriona King (NCMG Crumlin, diagnostic molecular scientist)

ISHG 2009 Award winners

The following prizes were awarded at the ISHG Conference on 18 September 2009.

Young Investigator Award (Best Postgraduate Oral Presentation)
Jillian Casey, UCD

Best Postgraduate Poster Presentation
Emma Quinn, TCD

Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation
Graeme Clark, QUB

Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation
Ciara Vangjeli, RCSI

Outcomes from the Conference

The 2009 ISHG Conference in Dublin was a hugely successful and enjoyable event, and we are very grateful to our speakers and everyone else involved. A special word of thanks is due to our sponsors, without whom the event would not have been possible.

ISHG09 SPONSORS

Affymetrix	www.affymetrix.com
Agilent Technologies	www.agilent.ie
Amicus Therapeutics	www.amicustherapeutics.com
Applied Biosystems	www.appliedbiosystems.com
Genzyme	www.genzyme.ie
Mason Technology	www.masontechnology.ie
Medical Supply Company	www.medical-supply.ie
Shire	www.shire.com