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| Date: | 12.07.2008, 08:30h to 17.07.2008, 17:30h |
| Location: | Messe Berlin GmbH
Internationales Congress Centrum ICC Berlin
Neue Kantstraße / Ecke Messedamm
14057 Berlin Berlin Deutschland |
| Keywords: | Biotechnology - Stem cell research - Genetic research/engineering - Genome analysis - Neuroscience - Human genetics - Disease - Technology ethics |
| Details: | The field of Gentics continues to witness impressive advances in understanding the herediary basis of the structure, function and evolution of living systems. The next International Congress of Genetics (ICG), to be held in Berlin, Germany, July 12 - 17, 2008, will address the latest developments in this existing frontier of science. Genomics, the study of complete genomes, has revolutionized genetic research. Complete and annotated genome sequences and comprehensive maps of polymorphism from many model organisms are available, including the genomes of man and its closest relative the chimpanzee. Genome architectures and structure function relationships of complex macromolecular assemblies are being elucidated in ever greate depth. Genome-wide transcriptome and proteome analyses are widely available. Importantly, comparative genomics provides deep insights into evolutionary mechanisms underlying genetic variation, adaption ans speciation. Genomic polymorphisms among humans reveal a rich picture of our recent evolutionary history as well as the genetic, epigenetic and environmental contributions to disease risk. Powerful technologies to generate both inheritable and transient genetic perturbations are at hand. These include site-directed gene replacement and RNA imterference wich provide new insights into functional gene networks. A major challenge in the effective integration of the burgeoning data into a new understanding of networks of functional interactions among genes across the diversity of living organisms. Impressive progress is already made in the bioinformatic and mathematic integration of genomic data. Computational analyses of genomic data and the simulation of models of biological systems are yielding the new discipline of computational genetics as well as the first steps toward synthetic biology. The XX. International Congress of Gentics, Berlin 2008, will review recent developments in genetics and address the following topics: 1 DNA and chromosome dynamics 2 Genomics, proteomics, metabotomics 3 Genome - environment interactions 4 Population genetics 5 Genetic basis of speciation 6 Evolution of man 7 Development of multicelular organisms 8 Biodiversity 9 Microbial systems 10 Plant model organisms 11 Epigenetics 12 Human genetics / Human disease 13 Neurogenetics 14 Genetics of behaviour 15 Ageing and longevity 16 Stem cells 17 Pharmacogenomics 18 Computational genetics / Systems biology 19 Synethetic biology 20 Technology / Instrumentation 21 Biotechnology and agricultural applications 22 Genetics and society / Teaching genetics |
| Organizer: | German Genetics Society (GfG) |
| Contact: | Address: K.I.T. GmbH Association & Conference Management Group & Co. KG Kurfürstendamm 71 10709 Berlin Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 24 60 30 Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 24 60 32 00 Email: info@geneticsberlin2008.com |
| Webpage: | http://www.gfgenetik.de/dokumente/Berlin.pdf |
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