Opening Mixer - Grand America, Imperial Ballroom

Registrants and their guests are invited to attend the Opening Mixer on Tuesday evening, October 25, from 8:00 PM until 11:00 PM at the Grand America Hotel & Towers. All registrants are encouraged to attend the mixer. It offers a relaxed atmosphere in which attendees can become acquainted and reacquainted with colleagues. Light snacks and cash bars will be provided.

Trainee-Mentor Luncheon - Convention Center, Room 250A

Sponsored by the ASHG Information and Education Committee, the Trainee-Mentor Luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, October 26, 2005, at 11:30 AM in the Salt Palace Convention Center. This event provides a wonderful opportunity for students in the field of human genetics to sit and chat informally with senior members of the Society about career goals, achievements, training programs, and many other career options within the various disciplines of genetics. This year we have made a special effort to include mentors who are active in a variety of fields including executives in private industry, editors of scientific journals and journalists as well as academicians, professors, clinicians, genetic counselors. The luncheon is held on the first day of the meeting so that students can continue their discussions with these mentors at some other time during the course of the meeting. Trainees at any level (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows) are invited to attend.

The cost for the luncheon is $15 USD per trainee. Seats may be reserved only by registering in advance by the early registration deadline of September 9. Tickets will be mailed with all details before the meeting. Tickets are non-refundable.

Mentors are chosen for this event by the chair of the Information and Education Committee. For those chosen to serve as mentors, lunch is complimentary. (NOTE: Mentors should not order tickets for themselves when completing the online registration form.)

Mock Study Section Workshop/Boxed Supper - Convention Center, 251A/B

Ever wonder what really goes on in a study section grant review? Come see for yourself when NIH review staff and ASHG members who have served on study sections act out the review of several grant applications. This will give you a chance to see how evaluations are made, and get your questions answered. The Mock Study Section will be held on Thursday from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM and includes a simple box supper in the $15 registration fee. All participants must register in advance and are not included in the meeting registration fee. Tickets are non-refundable.

Attendance is limited to the first 250 people who register, so do so as soon as possible. More details and a full session summary will be posted this summer.

HapMap Tutorial: How to Use the HapMap Data - Convention Center, Ballroom A-D

The Wellcome Trust and the NIH/NHGRI offer a 2-hour tutorial on effective HapMap usage scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 27, 2005, from 6:30-8:30pm, in Ballroom ABCD of the Salt Palace Convention Center. This tutorial will include a HapMap introduction by Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti (Johns Hopkins University), use of the HapMap for association studies, tag SNP selection, and improving analyses using chips with pre-selected SNPs, by Dr. Mark Daly (Broad Institute), and a guide to the HapMap web pages by Dr. Lincoln Stein (CSHL). Other speakers include Dr. Toshihiro Tanaka (RIKEN), Dr. Michael Boehnke (University of Michigan), and Dr. Augustine Kong (deCODE), who will each give a short presentation on HapMap applications. Educational reference materials will be provided. Box dinner is included.

The registration deadline for this tutorial has been extended. You must register for this tutorial by Friday, October 14th, 2005, in order to participate. There is no additional fee, but participants must first be registered for the ASHG Meeting.

Please register at http://www.capconcorp.com/hapmaptutorial.

Old West Night Convention Center, Ballroom A/B

Join us on Saturday, October 29th for Old West Night! First, you’ll enjoy authentic cowboy style cuisine. Then, dance the night away to live country and western music, and learn the latest country line dances from our professional dance instructors. Your ticket includes a “cowboy style” buffet with Ribs, BBQ chicken, honey baked pork and beans, potato salad, pineapple-raisin coleslaw, cornbread, cherry cobbler, peach cobbler, lemonade, soft drinks, coffee and tea. For those over the age of 21, two drink tickets will be provided for beer and wine. Tickets to this event must be purchased separately and are not included in the registration fee. Tickets must be purchased in advance--no tickets will be available for sale at the meeting.

Admission to Old West Night

Regular Registrants	$40.00
Adult Guests	$40.00
Student Registrants	$30.00
Children (ages 3 – 20)	$20.00
Infants/Toddlers (2 years and under)	FREE