Special GENETICS issue on multiparental populations published

The journal GENETICS highlights articles on the study of multiparental populations in its current issue. As the limitations of two-parent cross designs have become obvious, geneticists are struggling with analysis of experimental populations that have more than two segregating alleles. The articles in the MPP collection, along with their data and transparent methods, should stimulate discussion and, … Read more…

Rat Genomics: Abstract Deadline Approaching

Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, England Rat Genomics and Models 1-4 December 2014 The abstract deadline of 20 October is now approaching for the 9th Rat Genomics and Models conference. This meeting will focus on the use of the rat (Rattus norvegicus) as a model for studying the aetiology of complex diseases in humans, including … Read more…

Rat Genomics and Models Meeting

Registration is now open and abstracts are currently being accepted for the upcoming 2014 Rat Genomics and Models meeting in Hinxton, UK:   Rat Genomics and Models 1-4 December 2014 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK Abstract and Bursary Deadline: 20 October   |    Registration Deadline: 3 November The 9th Rat Genomics and Models conference will focus on … Read more…

International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Meeting and Call for Symposia

The Program Committee is now soliciting proposals for symposia and satellites for the next Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society to be held at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 2-7, 2015. The deadline for priority consideration of symposium proposals is October 17, 2014. Program highlights include: Keynote Speaker:  George … Read more…

Call for IBANGS symposium proposals

Call for symposium proposals for 17th Annual Genes, Brain and Behavior meeting in Uppsala, Sweden May 19-22, 2015 Further information is available here: http://www.ibangs.org/assets/documents/callforsymposiumproposals.pdf