International Congress of Genetics

Genomics revolutionized genetic research. Now, complete annotated genome
sequences are available for the human, our closest relative, the chimpanzee,
and for many other model organisms. Multiple genomes have been compared and
scrutinized for past and ongoing processes of variation, adaptation and speciation. Traces of the foregoing RNA world show it to be far more influential than previously suspected. Comprehensive maps of genome variation and polymorphism paint a rich picture of our population and evolutionary history and illustrate new strategies that will explain genetic, epigenetic and environmental contributions to disease risk. Transcriptomes comprehensively documenting gene expression and proteomic data sets are being built into functional networks and systems. Bioinformatics and modeling of genomic data attempt to predict and explain the functional architecture of genomes across the diversity of organisms.

The Congress in Berlin will present the latest genetic and genomic insights in ten plenary lectures and 54 concurrent symposia. 280 of the world’s most prominent geneticists will speak.


Scientific Topics:
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• Aging and longevity
• Biodiversity
• Clocks and rhythms
• Computational genetics and systems biology
• Development of multicellular organisms
• Epigenetics and chromatin
• Evolutionary genomics, adaptation, speciation
• Human evolution
• Human genetics and human disease
• Metagenomics
• Neurogenetics
• RNA world
• Stem cells
• Synthetic biology

For more information on the scientific program and associated activities, please visit:

www.geneticsberlin2008.com