3rd International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics (ISAFG)

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Link to OFFICIAL CONFERENCE WEBSITE

Dates:
April 7th – 9th 2008

Venue:
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Morrison Street, Edinburgh, UK

Highlights:
The 3rd International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics (ISAFG) will present opportunities to take stock of the current European and International position in animal functional genomics, identifying areas for collaborations and the development of new resources.
Increased exposure through the bringing together of two important conference series: 
1st European Farm Animal Functional Genomics Conference (ARK-Genomics) and
2nd International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics (Michigan State University)

NEW:
Raised profile and higher delegate numbers through EBRC launch event link-up 
The ISAFG event will be run in parallel with the launch of the EBRC, a new world class animal bioscience centre.
The EBRC is the provisional name for a new institute within the University of Edinburgh. It will bring together researchers from the Roslin Institute, Neuropathogenesis Unit, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the Scottish Agricultural College and the Moredun Research Institute to create a critical mass of 450 scientists and support staff working across a wide range of disciplines.
By 2010, EBRC will be based in a new £55M facility on the Easter Bush campus of the University of Edinburgh veterinary school, forming one of the largest groups worldwide with a focus on the biology of companion and production animals.

  • Joint genomics session on Monday with an expected delegate number of 1000
  • Events run in parallel thereafter

Themes:
The conference will be structured around the following themes, each with invited speakers covering major topics in animal functional genomics:
“Genetics and QTLs”, “Bioinformatics and Data Mining”, “Animal Health”, “Functional Genomics meets Physiology”, “Animal Genomics in Industry”, “Proteomics”, “Systems Biology”
The keynote lecture will highlight functional genomics and its impact on Systems Biology.
Additionally there will be 3 open sessions and a poster session. As before, there will be plenty of opportunities for networking.

For registration, abstract submission please go to the official conference website.

Parallel Workshop Sessions:
Interactive sessions on relevant topics and applications. Examples from the previous ARK-Genomics workshop in 2006 include: Reactome, Bioconductor, GO annotation, Microarray normalisation, ArkDB