April 9, 2009
Symposium focuses on the role of genes in behavior
Each year, the UW Department of Genome Sciences holds its Annual Symposium, involving a series of talks by world-renowned researchers on contemporary topics in genetics, genomics computation, and related tools and technologies. Since its inauguration in 2002, the Annual Symposium continues to be a signature forum for public engagement with the department’s research community and international affiliates.
This year, the Department of Genome Sciences will present its 8th Annual Symposium, Genes and Behavior, on Thursday April 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium, A-420 Health Sciences Center. The symposium is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Speakers include: Jacqueline Crawley, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program; Elizabeth A. D. Hammock, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Ulrike Heberlein, University of California at San Francisco; Anthony Monaco, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics; David Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine; Allan Pack, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and Jonathan Sebat, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
For more information about this event, please visit http://www.gs.washington.edu/news/.
