The Human Genetics Society of Australasia is holding a scientific meeting within the AH & MR Congress.The meeting will be held between Tuesday 16th - Thursday 18th November 2010.

For more information about HGSA or the ASIEM, ASGC ASoC and AACG SIGs  please visit www.hgsa.org.au 

Invited Speakers

• Prof Patrick Aubourg, University of René Descartes, FR
• Dr Sherri Bale, GeneDx, USA
• Prof Michael Bamshad, University of Washington, USA
• Prof Michael Bennett, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
• Prof Peter Clayton, University College London, UK
• Prof Andrew Faucett, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
• Dr Melanie Gillingham, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
• Dr Simon Patton, Central Manchester University Hospitals, UK
• Prof Lisa Shaffer, Signature Genomic Laboratories, USA 

• Prof Nigel Laing, University of Western Australia, WA
• Prof Georgia Chevenix-Trench, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, QLD
• Dr Mark Corbett, SA Pathology, SA
• Prof Richard Cotton, Howard Florey Institute, VIC
• Dr Rony Duncan, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, VIC
• Dr Paddy Grattan-Smith Jnr, Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW
• Prof Sean Grimmond, University of Queensland, QLD
• A/Prof Jane Halliday, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, VIC
• Prof Alan Mackay-Sim, Griffith University, NSW
• Dr Jillian Nicholl, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA
• Dr Greg Peters, University of Sydney, NSW
• Dr Dianne Petrie, The Association of Genetic Support of Australasia, NSW
• Prof David Ravine, Western Australian Institute of Medical Research, WA
• Prof Pamela Russell, Queensland University of Technology, QLD
• Prof Ingrid Scheffer, University of Melbourne, VIC
• Dr Graeme Suthers, University of Adelaide, SA
• Dr Paul Verma, Monash Institute of Medical Research, VIC
• Dr Joy Yaplito-Lee, Genetic Health Services Victoria, VIC

Themes to be covered at the 2010 Congress

• Interrogating exomes, genomes and transcriptomes
• CNVs and SNVs in health and disease
• Neurometabolic Disorders
• New genetic therapies and therapeutic technologies
• New genetic testing technologies; practical, clinical and societal
• implications
• Whose Gene! Whose Mutation!

Participating SIGs

• ASIEM - Australasian Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• ASGC - Australasian Society of Genetic Counsellors
• ASoC - Australasian Society of Cytogeneticists
• AACG - Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists

Registration Rates

Student Travel Grants
For HGSA student travel grants, please contact your relevant State Branch or Special Interest Group.

New Investigator Award (NIA)
The prize will be given for the best original research presented at the HGSA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) by a New Investigator. The prize will be valued at $500. The person must be a student (proof required), have been a researcher for <10 years and be a member of the HGSA. Individuals need to nominate whether they wish to be considered for the award when submitting their abstract/s.

AACG Clinical Genetics Fellows Prizes
The AACG will give a prize of $500 each to two Clinical Genetics Fellows (in training) for the 2010 HGSA meeting. To be eligible, the Clinical Genetic Fellow must be a student member of the AACG. These prizes will be awarded for the two best submitted abstracts (one for best oral and one for best poster presentation). The Scientific Program Committee will select the successful abstracts. Applicants must specify that they wish to be considered for one of these prizes at the time of submitting their abstract for the ASM.

Karen Snow-Bailey Award
This award, amounting to $500, is provided by the MGSA, and is to be awarded to the best presentation submitted by an MGSA student member. Student includes those MGSA members participating in the current round of MHGSA examinations.

'Understanding Human Variation' Workshop

The Ella Latham Lecture Theatre, Royal Children's Hospital
14th November 9:30am - 4:00pm
Click here for program and registration information

MGSA Workshop

The Molecular Genetics Society of Australasia will be holding an all-day workshop on Monday, November 15th. This will be held in the Ella Latham lecture theatre at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville.
The focus of the workshop will be:

    * Quality issues in molecular genetic testing
    * New Technologies in molecular genetic testing

The day will comprise presentations from invited speakers and there will be no abstract submissions.

Please note: Registration for the workshop will be directly to the MGSA and is separate to the HGSA meeting registration.

Details and further information will be posted on this site and through the MGSA list serve at a later date.

HGSA Program

Monday 15th November 

 Tuesday 16th November

Wednesday 17th November 

Thursday 18th November