GEMS presents two annual meetings on scientifically relevant subjects as determined by our Board of Directors. Use the links below to view information about future and past Meetings.
Upcoming Meeting
Fall 2010
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Past Meetings
GEMS 27th Spring Meeting on "High Throughput Screening for Chemical
Genomics and Computational Toxicology":See a summary of the meeting here
GEMS 27th Annual Fall Meeting was held on Monday October 5, 2009 at the William and Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
See a summary of the meeting here
GEMS 27th Annual Fall Meeting was held on Monday October 5, 2009 at the William and Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Invited speakers addressed the topic, "Dissecting genome structure, genetic traits, and basis for complex diseases"
Sponsors presented exhibits
Awards were presented for the best platform presentations and for best posters.
For a summary of the meeting, see the article by Eddy Ball in the November 2009 issue of NIEHS's eFactor (see newsletter link).
GEMS 2009 Spring Meeting was held on April 13, 2009 at the US Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, North Carolina
- Topic -- Genome Architecture: The Role for Copy Number and Structural Variation
- A
major goal of genetic and genomic research is to understand how the
genetic differences between individuals (genotypes) at the sequence and
structural levels translate into variation in disease susceptibility,
behavior, and many other organism-level characteristics (phenotypes).
To understand the role that sporadic and induced mutations may play in
the evolution of genome architecture and the inheritance of differences
in behavioral, disease susceptibility, etc., we must understand the
consequence of sequence and structural variants at both the population
and molecular (systems genetics and biology) level.
- The two programs presented in sequence (spring and fall 2009) will build upon: 1) the present knowledge base on genome architecture of 2 critical research model organisms and the human and 2) the role that environmental toxicant interaction with individual genome structural variants play in heritable behavior and disease through mutation, evolution, and population genetics.
- For a summary of the meeting, see the article by Eddy Ball in the May 2009 issue of NIEHS's eFactor (see newsletter link)
GEMS 26th Annual Fall Meeting was held on October 6, 2008 in the Radisson Hotel at Research Triangle Park, NC.
- Invited speakers addressed the topic of "Inflammation in Cancer"
- Sponsors presented exhibits
- There was a student award competition for the best platform presentation and best posters
- For a summary of the meeting, see the article by Eddy Ball in the November 2008 issue of NIEHS's eFactor (see newsletter link)