ESHG Conference 2012 - Abstract Submission - One month to go!

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European Human Genetics Conference 2012 - June 23 - 26 - Nürnberg, Germany

• Invitation to Nürnberg
• ESHG Scientific Programme
• ESHG Abstract Submission on February 17, 2012
• "Educational Track" throughout the Meeting
• ESHG Young Investigator Awards
• ESHG Conference Fellowships
• Workshops
• Registration
• Technical Exhibition and Satellite Symposia
• European Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Genetics 2012
• More Information
• Satellite Meetings

Abstract Submission Countdown: There are 30 days left to submit your abstract.

Invitation to Nürnberg

Dear colleagues,

The next ESHG meeting will take place in Nuremberg, Germany. On behalf of the German and the European Societies of Human Genetics, I would like to invite you to join us in June 2012. This meeting will continue in the successful tradition of excellent conferences that cover the latest developments in the field of human genetics that are of interest for both clinicians and research scientists. Nuremberg is a lively city with a medieval feel situated in Southern Germany half-way between Frankfurt and Munich. It is well known for its Christkindlesmarkt, its trade fairs, its world famous beer and sausages, and of course its historical sites and museums. The meeting will be filled with exciting and up-to-date scientific sessions, educational lectures and distinguished speakers, hopefully making the conference a success both from the scientific as well as from the social point of view. I hope that you will seize the opportunity to join us in Nuremberg and look forward to seeing you in June 2012.

With best regards
and Season's Greetings,

André Reis

Local Host ESHG 2012
Chairman of the
German Society of Human Genetics

ESHG Scientific Programme

Dear Colleagues,

The Scientific Programme Committee has again endeavoured to set up an exciting programme at the cutting-edge of current human genetics research.
The programme includes Plenary Sessions, Concurrent Symposia, Concurrent Sessions from submitted abstracts, Workshops, Educational Sessions (more education-focussed, broader-view-type of sessions, scheduled throughout the meeting in parallel to the Symposia) and Poster Sessions with ample viewing time.

Plenary Lectures include

• P1 Opening Plenary Session (S. Mundlos, P. Lichter, H. Schunkert)
• P2 What's New? (from submitted abstracts)
• P3 Targeted pharmacological therapies in genetic disorder (H. Dietz, P. de Vries, S. Jacquemont)
• P4 Mendel Lecture (Evan Eichler)
• P5 ESHG Award Lecture

Concurrent Symposia include

• S01. The molecular basis of facial malformations (M. Dixon, D. Wieczorek)
• S02. Mechanisms and consequences of chromosomal/genetic mosaicism (A. Nagy, N. Navin, B. Kerem)
• S03. Epigenetics (P. Sassone Corsi, J. Brüning,  I. Mansuy)
• S04. Statistical analysis of sequence data in complex disease (B. Neale, A. Morris, M. Georges)
• S05. Advances in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (J. Williams, M. O’Donovan, S. Cichon)
• S06. Prenatal diagnosis (R.K.W. Choy, K. Devriendt, H.T. Greely)
• S07. Genomics and drug response (W. Sadee, M. Schwab, H.J. Guchelaar)
• S08. 25 Years Psychosocial research in Clinical Genetics: Making up the balance (joint with EMPAG) (G. Evers-Kiebooms, T. Marteau, E. Bleiker)
• S09. Primary microcephaly (C.G. Woods, A. Verloes, B. Wollnik)
• S10. Cancer genetics (M. Smyth, C. Scheel, R. Seruca)
• S11. De novo mutations: A common cause of common disease? (M. Lynch, E. Eichler, G. Rouleau)
• S12. Molecular basis of Lymphedema (P. Ostergaard, T. Petrova, K. Alitalo)
• S13. Bone diseases and therapeutic perspectives (M.L. Warman, V. Cormier-Daire, B. Lee)
• S14. Intellectual disability: genes, proteins and model organisms (J. Shendure, D. H. Geschwind, A. Schenck
• S15. From DNA sequence to genome function (S. Antonarakis, R. Guigo, C. Ponting)
• S16. Debate on Informed Consent in New Technologies (joint with EMPAG) (C. Netzer, A. Cambon-Thomsen, Z. Deans)

Details on the programme can be found at https://www.eshg.org/programme2012.0.html.

With best regards
and Season's Greetings,

Brunhilde Wirth
Chair of the ESHG Scientific Programme Committe

ESHG Abstract Submission on February 17, 2012

The Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) invites abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the programme as posters or spoken presentations in 18 Concurrent Sessions.
Abstracts can be submitted only online via the website

https://www.eshg.org/abstracts2012.0.html

Deadline for submission: Tuesday, February 17, 2012, 24.00 hrs CET

2012 Submission Topics:

1. Genetic counseling, including Psychosocial aspects, Genetics education, Genetic services, and Public policy
2. Clinical genetics and Dysmorphology
3. Cytogenetics
4. Reproductive genetics
5. Prenatal and perinatal genetics
6. Cancer genetics
7. Cancer cytogenetics
8. Statistical genetics, includes Mapping, linkage and association methods
9. Complex traits and polygenic disorders
10. Evolutionary and population genetics, and Genetic epidemiology
11. Genomics, Genomic technology including bioinformatics methods, gene structure and gene product function and Epigenetics
12. Molecular basis of Mendelian disorders
13. Metabolic disorders
14. Therapy for genetic disorders
15. Laboratory and quality management