ISHG Council 2012

PRESIDENT: Anne Parle-McDermott (Nutritional Genetics, DCU)
SECRETARY: Derek Morris (Psychiatric Genetics, TCD)

Tony Bjourson (Genetics, UUJ)
Tom Moore (Developmental Genetics, UCC)
Tabib Dabir (Clinical Geneticist, Belfast City Hospital)
Frank Barry (Stem Cells, NUI Galway)
Sean Ennis (Medical Genetics, UCD & NCMG)
Debbie Lambert (Genetic Counsellor,
Children's University Hospital, Temple St.)
Harinder Gill (Consultant in Medical Genetics,
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children)
Celine Gervin (Cytogeneticist, NI Regional Genetics Centre)
Gianpiero Cavalleri (Population Genetics,
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)
Caitriona King (Diagnostic Molecular Scientist,
NCMG Crumlin).

ISHG 2011 Award winners

The following prizes were awarded at the ISHG Conference 2011 in UCD.

ISHG Young Investigator Award, Best Postgrad Oral:
Ms Grainne McEntee, DCU.

Best Postdoc Oral:
Dr. Lisa Bradley, Belfast HSC Trust.

Best Postgrad Poster:
Mr Graham Kenny, TCD.

Best Postdoc Poster:
Dr. Elaine Kenny, TCD.

Prizes were presented by Prof Lynn Jorde, University of Utah.

Thank you to everyone who attended.







Grainne McEntee

Lisa Bradley
















Graham Kenny















Elaine Kenny

ISHG Conference 2011 Final Programme

The final Programme for the ISHG Conference in Dublin on Friday 2 September 2011 is now available for download: [Programme] [Brochure]

ISHG Conference 2011

We are delighted to confirm our two excellent international speakers for our annual research meeting in UCD on the 2nd September 2011.

Clinical Speaker:

Prof. Yannick Crow,

Professor of Genetic Medicine,

University of Manchester,

Honorary Consultant, St. Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester Foundation Trust.

Title: From childhood encephalopathy to lupus: Mendelian type I interferon-opathies.

Basic Speaker:

Prof. Lynn Jorde,

President American Society of Human Genetics,

Chair of Department of Human Genetics,

University of Utah School of Medicine.

Title: TBD.

***We are now CALLING for ABSTRACTS for the meeting.

Please fill out the abstract form below and EMAIL to

anne.parle-mcdermott@dcu.ie by Friday 17th June.

The membership/registration forms are also below.***

DOWNLOAD

• Abstract submission form [All abstracts must be submitted on this form, paying attention to the style details]
• Pre-Registration form plus membership [If you ARE attending the meeting]
• Membership-only form [If you wish to be a member, but are NOT attending the meeting]

ISHG Conference 2011

The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Irish Society of
Human Genetics will be Friday

2nd SEPTEMBER 2011 in University CollegeDublin.

More details will follow in due course.

European Human Genetics Conference 2011

The Annual Scientific Meeting of European Human Genetics will take place in
Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands, May 28 - 31, 2011.

Deadline for abstract submission is February 18, 2011, 24.00 hrs Central European Time.