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A joint symposium of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Understanding the impact of genetic variability in drug response is an important component of the implementation of personalised medicine. However, rapid and widespread introduction of robust and acceptable genetic tests is yet to happen. This symposium will review the reasons for this and the current state of play with regard to the translation of research findings into clinical practice.

Who should attend?
Academics, industrial and regulatory scientists interested in the issues, as well as clinical practitioners and those concerned about patient and physician acceptance of genetic testing of drug response.
Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London

Hosted by Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this 3-day course provides an introduction to public health genomics. The course is geared to professionals interested in developing skills and tools for the integration of genomics and related technologies into health practice using a population health lens, and is divided into 3 modules. Each one can be taken independently as a one-day course. CMEs, CEUs or course credits may be provided to participants.

Estimated cost for the course will be $200/day; which includes tuition, course materials, continental breakfast, two snack breaks, and lunch.  The final program cost will be determined in early 2008 and posted on the course website. Space for each module will be limited to 72 people.

Venue: The Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Mr Amit Pundik, PHG Foundation Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge University.  Part of the Cambridge Bioethics Forum seminar series.

Venue: Wilkins Rooms, Downing College, Cambridge.

The 6th annual ISSCR meeting includes sessions on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function and Clinical Translation.
The keynote speaker is Sir John Gurdon, University of Cambridge.

Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA

The aim of this conference is to explore some of the complex and challenging issues that emerge from the governance of biobanks.

This conference is an initiative of the Governing Genetic Databases Project, funded by the Wellcome Trust and based at the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, and organised in conjunction with the Centre for Genetics and Law, Universities of Melbourne and Tasmania, Australia.

Venue: St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK