The EJHG publishes short announcements (free of charge for ESHG members) regarding meetings in Europe, positions available and other announcements of interest to the Human Genetics community in Europe
Poster Award
Poster award for 300 ECU each presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the ESHG, Paris, June 1–5,1994
Graduate student (poster 317)
A. Jordanova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Computer prediction in SSCP analysis
Undergraduate student (poster 406)
Anne Laurent, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Faculté Pharmacie, Paris
Myotonic dystrophy: Evaluation of the steady state mRNA levels of the myotonin-protein kinase gene in skeletal muscle of congenitally affected patients.
NIGMS Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository has human cell cultures available in the following categories: inherited metabolic disorders, biochemically mutant cell cultures with characterized mutations, wellcharacterized chromosomally averrant cell cultures, extended family pedigrees, a human diversity and vanishing-populations collection, and human/rodent somatic cell hybrid mapping panels. The 1992/1993 catalog includes 5,270 cell cultures and 275 DNA samples. The 1992/1993 catalog supplement, which includes new cultures and a revised human/rodent ideogram section, is now available. Investigators are also encouraged to contact the Repository to submit specimens from individuals with well-documented genetic diseases or somatic cell hybrids retaining human chromosomes or derivative human chromosomes not currently in the collection. For additional information contact the Repository at:
401 Haddon Avenue
Camden NJ 08103 (USA)
Phone: (609)-757-4848 from outside the United States
(800)-752-3805 from within the United States
Fax: (609)-757-9737
Fifth European Neurofibromatosis Group Meeting
April 6–8, 1995, Leuven, Belgium
Second announcement and call for abstracts:
September 1994.
Enquiries and further information:
Eric Legius
Centre for Human Genetics
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven (Belgium)
Tel: (32) 16 345903
Fax: (32) 16 346051
European School of Medical Genetics 8th Course
March 19–25,1995, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy
Directors
Victor A. McKusick (Baltimore)
Giovanni Romeo (Genoa)
Topics
Introduction to human molecular genetics and linkage analysis; cytogenetics; population genetics; clinical dysmorphology; cancer genetics; model systems, and genetic counselling and community genetic services.
Format
Morning lectures, afternoon workshops in groups of 15–20 students.
Venue and Accommodation
Grand Hotel del Castelli, Sestri Levante. Full board per day per person approx. 95,000–130,000 lire depending on the room.
Language
English.
Fee
400,000 lire covering tuition fee, course book, coffee breaks, welcome party, excursion, certificate of attendance.
Application
Send by regular mail a short CV, a letter of recommendation, a brief description of your scientific interests and a certificate of your fluency in English to:
Ms Caterina Cogorno
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Istituto G. Gaslini
I-16148 Genoa (Italy)
Tel: +39 10 5636 400/(370)
Fax: +39 10 3776590
Human-Rodent Somatic Cell Hybrid Mapping Panels
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository has mapping panels available for distribution as cell cultures or DNA. Regional mapping panels, consisting of human-rodent somatic cell hybrids with deletion or derivative human chromosomes, are currently available for human chromosomes 4, 5, 11, 15, 17, and 18. Regional mapping panels for other human chromosomes will become available in the near future. In addition, a new version of mapping panel No. 2 is now available. Version 2 consists of 24 human-rodent somatic cell hybrids each retaining a single intact human chromosome. In version 2, the original hybrids retaining human chromosomes 1 and 20 have been replaced. The new monochromosomal hybrid for chromosome 1, GM/NA13139, is a humanmouse hybrid in which 96% of the cells retain the human chromosome, and the monochromosomal hybrid for chromosome 20, GM/NA13140, is a humanmouse hybrid in which 68% of the cells retain the human chromosome. All panels have been characterized at a minimum by (1) G-banded chromosome analysis, (2) in situ hybridization using biotinylated total human DNA, and (3) Southern blot hybridization.
For information or a repository catalog, contact
The NIGMS Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository,
Coriell Cell Repositories,
Coriell Institute for Medical Research,
401 Haddon Avenue,
Camden, NJ 08103 (USA)
Phone: (800) 752-3805 in the United States,
(609) 757-4848 from other countries;
Fax: (609) 757-9737
Course in Preventive Medicine
Prenatal Screening for Neural Tube Defects, Down Syndrome and Other Common Genetic Disorders
October 15–17, 1994, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy
Directors
Luciano Formulare (Genoa); Giovanni Romeo (Genoa); Franco Santi (Genoa), and Nicholas Wald (London).
Faculty
Campogrande (Turin); J. Canick (Providence, USA);
S. Canini (Genoa); C. Camaschella (Turin);
P. De Biasio (Genoa); C. Delozier Blanchet (Geneva);
D. Ganshirt-Ahlert (Munster); J. Haddow
(Scarborough, USA); R. Harris (Manchester);
U. Nicolini (Milan); G. Palomaki (Scarborough, USA), and J. van Lith (Groningen).
Topics to Be Covered
Biochemical screening for neural tube defect; Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities; programme implementation; new screening possibilities (CF, fra X, thalassemia, hemochromatosis), and community genetic services.
Venue and Accommodation
Hotel Vis à Vis, Via delta Chiusa
I-16039 Sestri Levante-Genoa (Italy)
Tel: +39 185 42661; Fax: 480853
Only a limited number of single rooms will be available. Full board per day per person: single room 150,000 lire; double room 130,000 lire.
Language
English and Italian.
Fee
350,000 lire covering tuition fee, course book, coffee breaks, certificate of attendance, welcome party.
Applications
Send your CV and a letter of recommendation to:
Ms Caterina Cogorno
Direzione Scientifica
Istituto G. Gaslini
I-16148 Genoa (Italy)
Tel:+39 10 5636461
Fax: 3776590
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ESHG Announcements. Eur J Hum Genet 2, 253–254 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1159/000472365
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000472365