HGM2008

• 25 Sep - Clinical Genomics
• 25-26 Sep - Complex Diseases: Approaches to Gene Identification and Therapeutic Management
• 26 Sep - Know Your Genome
• 27 Sep - Collection of Human Gene Variation
• 27 Sep - Genome Annotation to Database
• 1-2 Oct - Genomics, Model Organisms and Disease
• 1-3 Oct - Working with the Human Genome Sequence

Clinical Genomics

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
25 September 2008
Please view the Final Programme (PDF 35k)

The objective of this meeting is to reach out to research-minded clinicians of varied backgrounds, and help them to understand the relevance of genomics in the future of medicine. HUGO is looking forward to welcome leading scientists in the field of genomics to inspire a gathering of young clinicians. This will promote blending of basic, translational and clinical researchers at the interface of genomics and medicine.

For registration, please go to the web site at http://miracle.igib.res.in/clinicalgenomics/

For further information and participation, click the adjacent image or please contact:

• Dr. I.C. Verma dr_icverma@yahoo.com
• Dr. Dwaipayan Bharadwaj db@igib.res.in
• Dr. Nikhil Tandon ntandon@aiims.ac.in
• Dr. Anurag Agrawal a.agrawal@igib.res.in

Complex Diseases: Approaches to Gene Identification and Therapeutic Management

Kolkata, India
25-26 September 2008
Please view the Invited Speakers (PDF 15k)

Considerable progress has been made in the identification of genes that underlie pathogenesis of complex diseases. However, the progress has been slow, especially because of limitations of large sample size requirements in case-control or family-based studies. Further, even for those complex disorders for which genetic underpinnings have been revealed, approaches to using this information for therapeutic management remain elusive. The focus of this Satellite Symposium will be to discuss novel approaches for gene identification and therapeutic management in comparison with the widely-used approaches.

For further information and participation, please contact:

• Organising Secretary: Dr. Susanta Roychoudhury susanta@iicb.res.in or susanta_rc@yahoo.co.in

Know Your Genome

National Physical Laboratory Auditorium, New Delhi, India
26 September 2008
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A one day Workshop is being organized at Delhi on 26th September, 2008 for the school and junior college children. The objective of this meeting is to expose the younger generation to the current excitement in genomics sciences. This Workshop is being planned as a one-day satellite workshop just a day prior to the opening of the HGM2008 at Hyderabad.

For further information and participation, please contact:

• Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu s.sivasubbu@igib.res.in or sridhar031@yahoo.com

Collection of Human Gene Variation

HICC, Hyderabad, India
27 September 2008, 08:00-15:00

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in the Human Variome Project Forum to be held in Hyderabad, India on the 27th of September 2008. This meeting is designed to run as a satellite to the Human Genome Meeting run by the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) that will be held 27 - 30 September 2008 and will finish just prior the HGM Plenary session. This day is primarily for those attending the Hyderabad meeting to hear and speak about mutation collection, etc and network with attendees.

Convener Human Variome Project: Prof. Richard Cotton D.Sc.

For further information please contact Ms Heather Howard (heather@variome.org), or find details on the web site at: http://www.humanvariomeproject.org/India08/.

Genome Annotation to Database

HICC, Hyderabad, India
27 September 2008, 09:30-13:30

This is a satellite meeting of the forthcoming Human Genome Meeting (HGM2008) which will be held from 27th to 30th September 2008, at HICC, Hyderabad. The objective of this satellite meeting is to reach out to scientists of computational biology background, and discuss the challenges of functional annotation of human genome towards facilitating Systems Biology. Further, this meeting will provide an opportunity for young researchers to understand the advancement in the field of computational biology.

For further information and participation, please contact Dr. Debasis Dash - email: ddash@igib.res.in

Chairs: T. Gojobori (Japan) and M Vidyasagar (India)
Speakers: Madan Babu (UK), Jane Loveland (UK), Jean Thierry-Mieg (USA), *Eddy Rubin (USA), Akhilesh Pandey (USA), Alok Bhattacharya (India), GPS Raghava (India), Yoshio Tateno (Japan)

* Confirmation awaited

Genomics, Model Organisms and Disease

Bangalore, India
1-2 October, 2008

The symposium is being organized as a satellite meeting to the international Human Genome Symposium being held in India this year (Sept 2008). The focus of the satellite symposium is to highlight genomic approaches in model organisms and the relevance of these genomic approaches in furthering understanding of complex diseases and drug discovery. The range of model organisms covered includes invertebrates (Drosophila and C. elegans), and vertebrates (Zebrafish and mouse) with a few related talks on human disease. The topics to be covered are: i) whole genome chemical and siRNA screens; ii) microarray screens in disease models; iii) genetic approaches for target validation.

Scientific Organisers: Gaiti Hasan (NCBS, TIFR), Sandhya Koushika (NCBS, TIFR), Maithreyi Narasimha (DBS, TIFR), Partha Majumder (Co-Chair, NOC, HGM2008), Samir Brahmachari (Chair, NOC, HGM2008).

For further information and participation, please contact:

• Nidhi Srivastava nidhisri@ncbs.res.in
• or check out the NCBS Events web site

Working with the Human Genome Sequence

In association with HUGO, Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
1-3 October 2008

Full details on the Working with the Human Genome Sequence site.