Preliminary Schedule of Events

 

 

Room assignments and further information will be posted in September 2008. An asterisk (*) denotes meetings that are by invitation or pre-registration only.

 

indicates ASHG-sponsored scientific sessions/events open only to scientific registrants.

 

Monday, November 10, 2008

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm   NSGC Traveling Short Course
Survival Skills for the 21st Century: How to Shape Your Future as a Genetic Counselor. For details and registration, click here.
3:00 pm - 10:00 pm   *ASHG Board of Directors Meeting #1

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

7:30 am - 4:00 pm   NSGC Traveling Short Course
Survival Skills for the 21st Century: How to Shape Your Future as a Genetic Counselor.  For details and registration, click here.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm   ASHG Undergraduate Workshop
9:00 am - 11:00 am   *ASHG Social Issues Committee Meeting
11:00 am - 4:00 pm   *ASHG Program Committee Meeting #1
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration Open
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm   *ASHG Board of Directors Meeting #2
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm   *ASHG Information & Education Committee Meeting
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm   *IFHGS Committee Meeting
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening Mixer

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

7:30 am – 6:30 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 9:30 am Concurrent Education/Social Issues Sessions I

 

  • The Future Face of Genetics Education
  • Confound It! Analysis and Interpretation Issues in Population-Based Genetics Research
  • Benefits and Risks: Assessing the Experience with Open Data Access Models for Genome-Wide Association Studies
  • Shaping the future of Personalized Medicine

 

8:00 am – 10:00 am ASHG Invited Session
  • Using DNA Sequence to Detect Variation Related to Human Disease—The Promises and Challenges of Medical Sequencing
10:00 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Education/Social Issues Sessions II

 

  • Using the UCSC Genome Browser and Galaxy Toolkit
  • Genetics Education by the News and Entertainment Media: Paradox or Paradigm?
  • The Social, Ethical and Biomedical Implications of Ancestry Testing: Exploring New Terrain
  • From Family History to Medical Records: Electronic Integration of Health Information

 

10:00 am – 12:00 Noon ASHG Invited Session
  • Organismal and Cellular Phenomics of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes
10:30 am – 6:30 pm ASHG Exhibits and Posters Open
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Curbstone Consults Session #1
12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm ASHG Trainee-Mentor Luncheon

(advance ticket purchase required--check appropriate box on registration form)

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm ASHG Presidential Address
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm ASHG Plenary Platform Presentations
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm ASHG Special Session
  • Hardy-Weinberg Law 100th Anniversary
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Poster Session I
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm ASHG Career Networking Reception & Job Fair
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ASHG Trainee-Networking Event

(pre-registration required--check appropriate box on registration form)


Thursday, November 13, 2008

7:30 am – 6:30 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Platform Sessions I (sessions will be listed in September 2008)
8:00 am – 6:30 pm Posters Open
10:30 am – 6:30 pm Exhibits Open
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Concurrent Invited Scientific/Education Sessions I

 

  • Non-Coding RNA: Red-Headed Step-Child of the Human Genome
  • Double the Trouble: Bidirectional Expression of Triplet Expansion Mutations in DM1, SCA8, FXTAS and HDL2
  • Novel Insights Into Telomere Structure and Function
  • Statistical Methods for Genome-Wide Association Studies
  • The Role of Autophagy in Cellular Homeostasis and Genetic Disease
  • Why Aren’t We Extinct? Revisiting “Our Load of Mutations”
  • Innovative RNA Biology: A New Paradigm for the Treatment of Genetic Disorders

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   *AJHG Editorial Board Meeting
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Platform Sessions II (sessions will be listed in September 2008)
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Poster Session II
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm UCSC Interactive Workshop: Useful Databases for Geneticists

(advance sign-up required--check appropriate box on registration form by September 19, 2008)

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Curbstone Consults Session #2
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ASHG Presidents’ Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2008

7:45 am – 4:30 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Platform Sessions III (sessions will be listed in September 2008)
8:00 am – 1:30 pm Posters Open
8:30 am – 3:30 pm ASHG High School Workshop
10:30 am – 12:30 pm Poster Session III
10:30 am – 1:30 pm Exhibits Open
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm UCSC Interactive Workshop: Useful Databases for Geneticists

(advance sign-up required--check appropriate box on registration form by September 19, 2008)

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm   *ASHG Program Committee Meeting #2
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm William Allan Award Presentation
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm ASHG Membership/Business Meeting
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Distinguished Speakers’ Symposium

Saturday, November 15, 2008

7:45 am – 11:30 am Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Platform Session IV (sessions will be listed in September 2008)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Concurrent Invited Scientific/Education Sessions II

 

  • Genetic and Phenotypic Studies of Orofacial Clefts (Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate): A Model for Dissection of Complex Human Disorders
  • Models of Success: In Search of a Better Understanding and Improved Treatments of Genetic Disease
  • Fragile Sites and Human Disease
  • The Proximal 15q Syndrome: A Template for Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetics of Sex Differences in Health and Disease
  • Host Genetics of Infectious Disease in the Whole Genome Scan Era
  • The Continuum of Translation Research in Genomic Medicine-Beyond Gene Discovery

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   *ASHG Awards Committee Meeting
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Trainee Awards
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm C. W. Cotterman Award
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm Curt Stern Award
2:50 pm – 3:15 pm Award for Excellence in Education
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Leadership Award
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
 
ASHG Plenary Session
  • Genome-Wide Association Studies and Their Follow-up
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Special Evening at the National Constitution Center

(by advance ticket purchase only--check appropriate box on registration form)

 

   
   

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