Events

The British Medical Association is holding a one-day conference supported by the Wellcome Trust and organised in association with the Genetic Interest Group, the Society for Genomics Policy and Population Health, the Clinical Genetics Society and the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics. This conference is an opportunity for all interested professionals, families and researchers to meet and discuss the way forward together.

Venue:  British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP

To celebrate the 15th anniversary year of its founding, Nature Genetics, in partnership with the Wellcome Trust, is holding a conference covering research strategies progressing from genome-wide association studies to untangling the mechanisms of common diseases.

Venue: Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

A continually popular annual event which attracts wide academic and commercial attendance. Confirmed speakers include: Jon Draper, Paul Gokhale, Austin Smith, Clive Svendsen, Shinya Yamanaka.

Venue: The University of Sheffield

The organisers of this International Conference extend a warm invitation to all those interested in the research and applications of Stem Cells.

Venue: Renold Building, The University of Manchester

Venue: Seminar Room, Level 3
Centre for Stem Cell Research
Cambridge

Speakers include Tim Allsop (Stem Cell Sciences) and Siddarthan Chandran (Brain Repair Centre, University of Cambridge). See website for further details.

This two-day conference will bring together postgraduate researchers from different disciplines, including the humanities, and the social, natural and medical sciences, to explore the bioethical foundations and implications of their research.

Places are limited to 30 postgraduate students, of which 15 will be reserved for those giving presentation.