49th Annual Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics

Scope/Topic

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

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.

Poster Session

There will be a poster session at which presentations by attendees are strongly encouraged. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please prepare a one page abstract to be compiled with others in booklet form for the course. Abstracts must fit on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11" page with 1" margins. The attending author's name must be underlined. Abstracts of your poster presentation should be submitted in a pdf file or Word document as an E-mail attachment no later than May 1, 2008.

Continuing Medical Education Information:
Eastern Maine Medical Center is accredited by the Maine Medical Association and the AMA Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Eastern Maine Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 73 AMA PRA Category I Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Organizers

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Victor McKusick, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Juergen Naggert, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
David Valle, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Speakers

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

A core faculty is complemented with prominent researchers invited to present new developments in the field.  A list of confirmed speakers to date is below.  Additional speakers will be added as invitations are accepted.

Goncalo R. Abecasis, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Susan L. Ackerman, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Stylianos E. Antonarakis, MD, PhD, University of Geneva Medical School
Greg Barsh, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University Medical Center
Lawrence C. Brody, Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Carol Bult, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington
Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gary Churchill, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Garry R. Cutting, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harry C. Dietz, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Leah Rae Donahue, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Clair A. Francomano, M.D., Harvey Institute for Human Genetics
Thomas Gridley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Judith G. Hall, M.D., UBC & BC’s Children’s Hospital
Ada Hamosh, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Katherine A. High, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Steven M. Holland, MD, National Institutes of Health
Ken Inoki, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ethylin Wang Jabs, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Laird G. Jackson, M.D., Drexel University College of Medicine
Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Ian D. Krantz, M.D., The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David H. Ledbetter, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Charles J. Lowenstein, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Christa Lese Martin, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Andrew S. McCallion, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Victor A. McKusick, M.D., The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joshua T. Mendell, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jeffrey C Murray, M.D., University of Iowa
Joseph H. Nadeau, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Juergen Naggert, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Maynard V. Olson, Ph.D., University of Washington
Kenneth Paigen, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
John A. Phillips, III, M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Jennifer M. Puck, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Philip R. Reilly, M.D., J.D., Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
Derry C. Roopenian, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Lucy B. Rowe, B.A., The Jackson Laboratory
Edward M. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Schoold of Medicine
David Serreze, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Lindsay S. Shopland, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory/ Unviersity of Maine
Joseph S. Takahashi, Ph.D., Northwestern University / HHMI
David Valle, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Marc Vidal, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Richard M Weinshilboum, M.D., Mayo Clinic
John R. Yates, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute

Schedule

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

The preliminary outline of the course schedule (.pdf) is available for review. 

Schedule updates will be made as plans are finalized.  Please contact the event planner  (link above) with any questions you might have regarding the schedule. 

Registration

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Applications are closed for 2008.

The 2009 course dates are July 19-31. Application will be opened later this fall.

Accommodations/Travel

Jul 20, 2008 - Aug 1, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

To assist participants with travel expenses during the high summer tourist season, the conference office books a large room block at a local full service hotel to provide shared double occupancy rooms at a discounted rate.  Accepted participants will be provided with more information regarding this option and may pay the registration fee and lodging fee, or just the registration fee and find their own accomodations. Transportation between the room block hotel and the laboratory is provided free of charge.  Those staying elsewhere are responsible for their own local transportation arrangements.

Travel


Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

Bus

(seasonal, late May-early September)

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 6 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

Area information:

 

Event Contact: Nancy Place p: 207-288-6257The Jackson Laboratory is a tobacco-free campus.

This course is partially funded by a grant from The National Insitute of Child Health and Human Development HD007306.
Supported in part by March of Dimes Foundation Grant No. 4-FY08-518.

The Titanium Sponsor for our 2008 conference season is Lab Diet and Test Diet