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Division of Intramural Research (DIR) Calendar

A listing of workshops, conferences and meetings from researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NHGRI.

2008-2009 Events

• Division of Intramural Research (DIR) 2009 - 2010 Seminar Series
  
  
• Darwin @ 200: Evolution, Genomics, Medicine
  A symposium celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin
  When: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  Where: Masur Auditorium

  Agenda

  Welcome - Alan Guttmacher, M.D., Acting Director, NHGRI
  Opening Remarks - Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., Scientific Director, NHGRI
  Darwin's Quest for Human Origins - Donald Johanson, Ph.D., Arizona State University
  The Genetic and Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Change in Vertebrates - David Kingsley, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  Algorithmic Reconstruction of Genome Evolution - David Haussler, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  The Long and Short of It: Finding the Genes Controlling Canine Morphological Traits - Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., Chief, Cancer Genetics Branch, NHGRI
  Sialic Acids: A "Hotspot" in Human Evolution and Medicine? - Ajit Varki, M.D., University of California, San Diego
  Recent Evolutionary Adaptations in the Human Lineage - Pardis Sabeti, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology
  Closing Remarks - Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D.

Past Events

• The 2008 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research
  September 10, 2008
  The sixth annual Jeffrey M.Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research will be presented on Wednesday, September 10, from 11 a.m. until noon by Brian J. Druker, M.D. director, Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute and JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research. The lecture will be presented at Masur Auditorium, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Building 10 on the NIH campus.
  
  
• Current Topics in Genome Analysis 2008
  January 15 - April 22, 2008
  A series of fifteen lectures from a mixture of local and outside speakers covering the major areas of genomics. Lectures are geared towards of first-year graduate students, are practical in nature and are intended for a diverse audience.
  
  
• The 2007 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research
  October 16, 2007
  The fifth annual Jeffrey M.Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research was presented on Tuesday, October 16 by Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., founding director of the Broad Institute and one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project
  
  
• NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) 10th Anniversary Symposium
  October 16, 2007
  To commemorate NISC's 10th anniversary, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) held a one-day symposium in the Masur Auditorium of the Clinical Center, on the Bethesda, Maryland campus.
  
  
• 2007 Pigment Cell Development Workshop
  June 14-15, 2007
  The International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies Development Group is hosting a small meeting in the field of pigment cell development with particular emphasis on research in differentiation, gene expression and embryology. This conference will explore these themes by gathering experts in a broad range of fields spanning basic transcriptional mechanisms through the clinical impact of pigment cell research. Special attention will be given to available resources and technologies for pigment cell research.
  
  
• Current Topics in Genome Analysis 2006
  September 5 - December 5, 2006
  The 13-part lecture series covering the major areas of genomics. The seventh edition of the course, the lectures are geared at the level of first year graduate students, are practical in nature and are intended for a diverse audience.
  
  
• The 2006 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research
  October 20, 2006
  The fourth annual Jeffrey M.Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research was presented on Friday, October 20 by Michael Stratton, Ph.D., the Head of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, U.K. and Professor of Cancer Genetics at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.
  
  
• Current Topics in Genome Analysis 2005
  January 11 - April 19, 2005
  Syllabus, videocasts and handouts for the 13-part lecture series covering the major areas of genomics. The lectures are geared at the level of first year graduate students, are practical in nature and are intended for a diverse audience.
  
  
• The 2005 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research
  September 13, 2005
  The third annual Jeffrey M.Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research was presented on Sept. 13, 2005 by Dr. Harold Varmus, a 1989 Nobel Laureate and the president and CEO of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
  
  
• The 2004 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research
  November 30, 2004
  The second annual Jeffrey M.Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research was presented by Dr. Lee Hartwell, a 2001 Nobel Laureate and the president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
  
  
• 2004 Pigment Cell Development Workshop
  April 28-30, 2004
  A meeting designed to coalesce the remarkable recent progress in the field of pigment cell development with research aimed at gaining new insights into differentiation, gene expression and embryology. This conference will explore these themes by gathering experts in a broad range of fields spanning basic transcriptional mechanisms through the clinical impact of pigment cell research.
  
  
• Third NIH Conference on Holoprosencephaly (HPE)
  April 18-20, 2004
  The conference will focus on normal and abnormal, early embryonic midline development and laterality. Topics in individual sessions will include new findings on HPE, oral/facial clefting, laterality defects with emphasis on congenital heart defects, psychosocial research on HPE families and HPE in diverse populations.
  
  
• International HapMap Community Analysis Meeting [capconcorp.com]
  April 18-20, 2004
  A two and a half day meeting to discuss data analysis and methodological issues relevant to the International Haplotype Map Project. (Hosted on the Capitol Consulting Web site)

• Chemistry and Biology: Partners in Decoding the Genome
  March 15-16, 2004
  A symposium that will highlight for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the larger biomedical research community the unique and exciting scientific insights resulting from the application of modern chemical approaches to the study of important problems in biology and genomics.
  

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