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Comparative Genomics one-day International Conference

The University of St Andrews and the Scottish Bioinformatics Forum will be hosting:

Comparative Genomics one-day International Conference

18th August 2009
Location: Bute Building, University of St Andrews

Confirmed Speakers:

• Prof Alan Archibald FRSE  - Roslin Institute, UK
• Prof Andy Waters - University of Glasgow, UK
• Prof Mark Blaxter - University of Edinburgh, UK
• Prof Geoff Barton - University of Dundee, UK
• Prof Dannie Durand - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Prof Neil Hall - University of Liverpool, UK
• Dr Matthew Hegarty - Aberystwyth University, UK
• Prof Ian Korf - UC Davis Genome Center, USA
• Dr Zemin Ning - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
• Prof Ziheng Yang FRS - University College London, UK

Comparative genomics is a new field of increasing power. Thousands of genome sequences are now available, and the amount of data on genomes continues to increase. This presents enormous opportunities to make discoveries of biological and medical interest, but also requires new approaches. The bottleneck has shifted from the effort required to obtain genomic data, to the effort required to analyse them. However, exciting and novel results are already emerging, in a vast range of areas within biology and medicine. Internationally renowned invited speakers and a poster session will present new developments in this cutting-edge field.

full details and registration

see here for further details
contact: Dr Daniel Barker