Room assignments and further information
will be posted in September 2008. An
asterisk (*) denotes meetings that are by
invitation or pre-registration only.
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Monday, November
10, 2008 |
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1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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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. |
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3:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
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*ASHG
Board of Directors Meeting #1 |
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Tuesday, November
11, 2008 |
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7:30 am - 4:00 pm |
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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. |
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8:30 am - 3:30 pm |
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ASHG
Undergraduate Workshop |
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
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*ASHG
Social Issues Committee Meeting |
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11:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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*ASHG
Program Committee Meeting #1 |
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3:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
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Registration Open |
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3:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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*ASHG
Board of Directors Meeting #2 |
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4:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
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*ASHG
Information & Education Committee
Meeting |
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6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
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*IFHGS
Committee Meeting |
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8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
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Opening
Mixer |
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Wednesday,
November 12, 2008 |
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7:30 am – 6:30 pm |
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Registration Open |
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8:00 am – 9:30 am |
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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
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8:00 am – 10:00 am |
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ASHG
Invited Session
- Using DNA Sequence to Detect
Variation Related to Human
Disease—The Promises and Challenges
of Medical Sequencing
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10:00 am – 11:30 am |
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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
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10:00 am – 12:00 Noon |
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ASHG
Invited Session
- Organismal and Cellular Phenomics of
Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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10:30 am – 6:30 pm |
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ASHG Exhibits and Posters
Open |
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
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Curbstone
Consults Session #1 |
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12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm |
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ASHG
Trainee-Mentor Luncheon
(advance
ticket purchase required--check
appropriate box on registration
form) |
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
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ASHG
Presidential Address |
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1:30 pm – 3:30 pm |
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ASHG
Plenary Platform Presentations |
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |
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ASHG
Special Session
- Hardy-Weinberg Law 100th Anniversary
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4:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
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Poster
Session I |
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6:30 pm – 8:00 pm |
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ASHG Career
Networking Reception & Job Fair |
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8:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
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ASHG
Trainee-Networking Event
(pre-registration required--check
appropriate box on registration
form) |
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Thursday, November
13, 2008 |
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7:30 am – 6:30 pm |
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Registration Open |
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8:00 am – 10:30 am |
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Concurrent Platform Sessions I
(sessions will be listed in
September 2008) |
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8:00 am – 6:30 pm |
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Posters
Open |
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10:30 am – 6:30 pm |
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Exhibits
Open |
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11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
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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
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
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*AJHG
Editorial Board Meeting |
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2:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
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Concurrent Platform Sessions II
(sessions will be listed in
September 2008) |
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4:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
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Poster
Session II |
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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
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UCSC
Interactive Workshop: Useful
Databases for Geneticists
(advance sign-up required--check
appropriate box on registration
form by September 19, 2008) |
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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
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Curbstone
Consults Session #2 |
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8:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
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ASHG
Presidents’ Symposium |
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Friday, November
14, 2008 |
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7:45 am – 4:30 pm |
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Registration Open |
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8:00 am – 10:30 am |
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Concurrent Platform Sessions III
(sessions will be listed in
September 2008) |
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8:00 am – 1:30 pm |
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Posters
Open |
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8:30 am – 3:30 pm |
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ASHG High School Workshop |
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm |
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Poster
Session III |
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10:30 am – 1:30 pm |
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Exhibits
Open |
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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
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UCSC
Interactive Workshop: Useful
Databases for Geneticists
(advance sign-up required--check
appropriate box on registration
form by September 19, 2008) |
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12:30 pm – 1:30 pm |
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*ASHG
Program Committee Meeting #2 |
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1:30 pm – 2:15 pm |
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William
Allan Award Presentation |
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2:15 pm – 3:15 pm |
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ASHG
Membership/Business Meeting |
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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
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Distinguished Speakers’ Symposium |
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Saturday, November
15, 2008 |
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7:45 am – 11:30 am |
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Registration Open |
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8:00 am – 10:30 am |
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Concurrent Platform Session IV
(sessions will be listed in
September 2008) |
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11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
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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
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
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*ASHG
Awards Committee Meeting |
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
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Trainee
Awards |
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2:15 pm – 2:30 pm |
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C. W.
Cotterman Award |
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2:30 pm – 2:50 pm |
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Curt
Stern Award |
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2:50 pm – 3:15 pm |
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Award
for Excellence in Education |
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
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Leadership Award |
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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ASHG
Plenary Session
- Genome-Wide
Association Studies and Their
Follow-up
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7:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
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Special
Evening at the National Constitution
Center (by advance ticket
purchase only--check appropriate box
on registration form) |