Courses and Conferences
JAX® NOTES Issue 502, Summer 2006
Following is a partial list of upcoming courses, workshops, and meetings sponsored by The Jackson Laboratory. For information on registration, lodging, and other details about these and other events, see the Courses and Conferences Web site.
15th Annual Short Course on Experimental Genetics Of The Laboratory Mouse In Cancer Research, Aug. 20-31, 2006
This is a graduate-level genetics course for predoctoral students, postdoctoral students, and established investigators interested in mouse genetics. It focuses on the mouse as an experimental tool in cancer research.
Topics include: genetics of the laboratory mouse, tools for genetic analysis, developmental genetics and cancer, genetic models in cancer research, genetics of inbred mouse strains, spontaneous and induced mutants, lab animal husbandry, genetic mapping, physical mapping, candidate gene identification, statistical genetics, complex trait analysis, gene expression analysis, strategies in induced mutagenesis, bio-informatics in genetics and genomics, development, growth control and malignancy, and mouse models for cancer research.
Discovery Strategies: The Laboratory Mouse in the Development of New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Neurological Disease, Sept. 18-19, 2006
The Bar Harbor Club,
West Street, Bar Harbor, ME
This conference will convene members of the academic and pharmaceutical communities with research interests in the biology and pathology of neurological disorders. Current approaches for using the mouse as a model for target discovery, validation, biomarkers, and drug efficacy will be examined.
11th Annual Short Course on Genetic Approaches To Complex Heart, Lung, And Blood Diseases, Oct. 19-28, 2006
Highseas Conference Center,
Schooner Head Road, Bar Harbor, ME
This highly acclaimed course covers the application of statistics, molecular biology and genetics to the analysis of complex diseases such as asthma, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Both human and animal model data are presented and considered in-depth.
Workshop On Surgical Techniques In The Laboratory Mouse, Nov. 5-10, 2006
Applied Genomics Training Center,
600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME
This five-day intensive hands-on workshop provides practical training in performing surgery on the laboratory mouse. Topics include basic handling, anesthesia, routes of administration, and procedures for the identification and tracking of individual mice. A wide range of standard and non-standard surgical techniques are also taught, and students are encouraged to submit requests for specific procedures.
Colony Management: Principles and Practices, Dec. 3-7, 2006
Highseas Conference Center,
Schooner Head Road, Bar Harbor, ME
This expanded four-day workshop provides training in the theory and practice of maintaining mouse colonies for production and research. It is designed for colony managers, animal care technicians, students, and Ph.D. scientists.
Courses and Conferences Schedule through October
June 12 - June 13
Workshop on How to Thaw and Surgically Transfer Mouse Embryos
June 24 - June 30
Short Course on Integrative Systems Pharmacology
July 5 - July 8
Frontiers in Microscopy
July 16 - July 28
47th Annual Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics
Aug. 3 - Aug. 6
The Second International Human ES Cell Workshop
Aug. 7 - Aug. 11
Methods in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Aug. 11 - Aug. 13
5th Annual Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium
Aug. 20 - Aug. 31
15th Annual Short Course on Experimental Genetics of the Laboratory Mouse in Cancer Research
Sept. 6 - Sept. 8
Workshop on Shipping and Reconstitution of Cryopreserved Embryos
Sept. 10 - Sept. 16
5th Annual Workshop on the Pathology of Mouse Models for Human Diseases
Sept. 11 - Sept. 14
Cryopreservation of Mouse Germplasm
Sept. 16 - Sept. 22
Short Course on Complex Trait Analysis
Sept. 18 - Sept. 19
Discovery Strategies: The Laboratory Mouse in the Development of New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Neurological Disease
Sept. 27 - Sept. 30
Experimental Tools in Model Systems of Translational Vision Research
Oct. 19 - Oct. 28
11th Annual Short Course on Genetic Approaches to Complex Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
Oct. 29 - Oct. 31
9th Annual Conference on Computational Genomics
For more information, further updates, abstracts, and on-line registration, please visit out web site, or contact The Jackson Laboratory at Ph:207-288-6257, Fax: 207-288-6080, email: discovery@jax.org.
