Key Dates
31 JanAbstract Submission
31 May - 4 JunConference
Organising & Scientific Committee

Richard G. H. Cotton, Chair (Australia)
Johan T. den Dunnen (Netherlands)
Ivo Gut (France)
Andreas Hadjisavvas, Local Organiser (Cyprus)
Mats Nilsson (Sweden)
Ann-Christine Syvänen (Sweden)

Organising Secretariat

Lauren Hardman
Rania Horaitis
Heather Howard

Sponsors

10th International Symposium on Mutations in the Genome

28th May - 1st June 2009
Paphos, Cyprus

This meeting aims to bring together all those interested in Mutation Detection methods and their application in Biology, Medicine and Agriculture. It is a forum where developers of methodology can exchange ideas, and those responsible for diagnostics can compare results with specific methods.

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Those in agriculture, microbiology and non-medical fields are encouraged to attend. It is also a source of new commercialisation opportunities and partnerships. These meetings are now recognized and attended by the specialists in Mutation Detection and are continuing to be the only such grouping of scientists anywhere else in the world. We hope you can attend.

The next Mutation Detection Symposium will be held at the 5-star Coral Beach Hotel and Resort in the area of Coral Bay in the town of Paphos, Cyprus. Paphos has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1980. These symposia have a tradition of a wonderful cultural program that compliments the scientific program allowing all participants to freely interact and exchange ideas in magnificent surroundings with plenty of time for communication between the invited inventors and major users and committed audience who have experience in mutation detection.

The organising committee welcomes applications from anyone with an active research interest in mutation detection, but in order to achieve maximum interaction and discussion, the number of registrants is limited to 200. Abstracts need to be sent as indicated no later than 31st January 2009.

Reports of previous meetings:

Xiamen 2007:

Santorini 2005: "Technophiles seek genomic imperfections with the Greek gods at Atlantis", Scott H.F., Nature Genetics Vol. 37, No. 10 p 1019 - 1021.

Palm Cove 2003: A meeting report and selected papers from the last meeting in Palm Cove, Australia, July 2003: Human Mutation: Vol. 23, No. 5 (2004)

Bled 2001: A meeting report and selected papers from the meeting in Bled, Slovenia, April 2001: Human Mutation: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2002)

List of Invited Speakers

J. Hagan Bayley* a-hemolysine nanopores
Bruce BudowleMass spec. methods for human mDNA typing & microbial forensic applications
Richard Cotton The Human Variome Project
Volker Deckert Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Cees Dekkers*Nanocarbon tubes
Johan T. den DunnenTBA
Michael Fenech DNA Damage
Andreas HadjisavvasTBA
Yoshihide Hayashizaki Handheld device
Ivo GutTBA
Finlay Macrae InSiGHT pilot- database from pilot to central databases
Kalim Mir Microscopy based methods of detection
Mats NilssonTBA
Tomi PastinenAllele-specific gene expression
S.R. Quake* An application of Fluidigm technology
Steve Sommer Detection of small amounts of mutation
Ann-Christine SyvanenTBA
Sean Tavtigian Pathogenicity of variants
Graham Taylor High throughput sequencing in diagnostic labs
Carl Wittwer New Developments in Melting Curve Analysis
James Watson*The personal genome
Others To be announced

(* to be confirmed)

Registration Fees

Registration includes administration costs, and all meals.

Category "Earlybird" Standard
Standard TBA TBA
Student TBA TBA