Co-funding Institute(s):
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Sixth International Conference on Unstable Microsatellites and Human Disease
January 17, 2009 - January 22, 2009
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
DescriptionThe goal of the meeting was to continue to focus upon the most recent advances in understanding repeat instability of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and proteins and their relationship to human diseases, inherited and other (see below). This meeting has a proven record of rapidly sharing new information and stimulating scientific exchange and collaborations, and it has served as an excellent venue for training young scientists (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and principal investigators). The multidisciplinary nature of the research field requires the gathering of clinicians, diagnosticians, pathologists, geneticists, and molecular biologists. This is the premier meeting on these mutations and diseases; works that have been presented as podium or poster presentations have been published in the best journals, including <em>Science</em>, <em>Nature</em>, <em>Nature Genetics</em>, <em>Cell</em>, <em>Molecular Cell</em>, <em>Neuron</em>, <em>American Journal of Human Genetics</em>, <em>Human Molecular Genetics</em>, <em>Molecular and Cellular Biology</em>, and <em>Journal of Biological Chemistry</em>.
Contact for additional information: Dr. John D. Porter, NINDS (301) 496-5739
Additional Information: Conference Web Site