The 20th International Mammalian Genome Conference

November 12 - 16, 2006

Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC, US

Early registration and abstract deadline is July 31, 2006.

Student scholarship application deadline is July 1, 2006.

The topics of the sessions will be Comparative Sequence Analysis; Stem Cells; Neuroscience/Behavior; Immunity/infection; Modeling Human Disease by Genome Manipulation/Mutagenesis and also by Complex-Trait Analysis, Epigenetics, and Non-coding Genetic Elements. This year, we will broaden our view to delve into the genomes of other mammals as well in a session titled, Rat and Other Genomes.

There will be a student symposium on Sunday, November 12 from 1 PM to 8 PM. Some student scholarships are available.

Additional information about this meeting can be found at http://www.imgs.org under meetings or by contacting Darla Miller at millerdr@ornl.gov