XX International Congress on Genetics
XX International Congress of Genetics280 of the world's most famous geneticists will present the latest discoveries and developments in the field of genetics and genomics at 10 plenary sessions and 54 sessions of the congress.
Date: July 12-17, 2008
Venue: Germany, Berlin
Congress Website: http://www.geneticsberlin2008.comAbstracts of speeches are accepted until January 15, 2008.
President of the Congress –
Rudi Balling (HZI Braunschweig, Germany)
Co-Chairs of the International Program Committee –
Charles Langley (UC Davis, USA) and Rudi Balling (HZI Braunschweig, Germany)
Honorary Presidents –
Rudolf Jaenisch, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Tomoko Otah
Speakers at the plenary sessions (confirmed):
Richard Axel, Elizabeth Blackburn, Rudolf Jaenisch, Eric Lander, Svante Paabo, Phillip Sharp.
Topics of the meetings:
• aging and longevity;
• biodiversity;
• biochas and biorhythms;
• computer genetics and systems biology;
• development of multicellular organisms;
• epigenetics (dynamics of development) and chromatin;
• evolutionary genomics, adaptation, speciation;
• human evolution;
• human genetics and diseases;
• metagenomics, neurogenetics;
• the world of RNA;
• stem cells;
• synthetic biology.
Registration of participants:
• "early" – until January 15, 2008,
• "standard" – until May 31, 2008,
• "late" – since June 1, 2008.
Registration fee (according to the terms of registration): 420 euros / 550 euros / 600 euros
Students: 200 euro/ 225 euro/ 250 euro
Accompanying persons: 75 euros for all registration periods.
Contacts for registration:
Phone: +49-30-246 03-0
Fax:+49-30-246 03-200
Email: registration@geneticsberlin2008.comAddress of the Congress Secretariat:
K.I.T. GmbH
Association & Conference Management Group & Co. KG
Kurfurstendamm 71
10709 Berlin, Germany
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