UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PROGRAMME IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

CALENDAR - JANUARY 1998

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



MOLECULAR MEDICINE SEMINAR SERIES



These lectures are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month and are hosted by the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology. The seminar starts at 5.00 p.m. in Room 4279 of the Medical Sciences Building at University of Toronto. For further information please contact Anne Smith by phone at 416-586 8470 or by email at [email protected]



January 6, 1998:

Dr. Alexander Kamb, Vice President of Research, Ventana

Genetics Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Title: Genetic approaches toward pharmaceutical targets





January 20, 1998:

No seminar.













STATISTICAL METHODS IN HUMAN GENETICS RESEARCH SEMINAR AND JOURNAL CLUB



This seminar usually meets weekly on Friday mornings at 10 a.m. in Room 6-702, 6th Floor of the Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue. The seminar will resume on January 16 in the new year. The schedule for the month of January is as follows.



January 16, 1998 :

Journal Club -

Celia Greenwood:

Comparison of parametric and nonparametric methods. Reading:

Lio P, Morton NE.

Comparison of parametric and nonparametric methods to map oligogenes by

linkage.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 May 13;94(10):5344-5348.





January 23, 1998:

Research

Joanna Szyda:

Missing data in transmission disequilibrium testing



January 30, 1998:

Journal Club -

Andrew Paterson: Molecular genetics of non-Mendelian disorders



Please direct inquiries, and requests to be added to the email distribution list to: Dr. Shelley Bull, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, [email protected], telephone 416-586-8245; or to Dr. David Tritchler, Ontario Cancer Institute, [email protected], telephone

416-946-2064.













GENETICS AND ETHICS RESEARCH NETWORK



This Genetics and Ethics Research Network is a forum for dialogue between geneticists and ethicists at the University of Toronto. Regular meetings and seminars are held on the 4th Monday of the month at 12 noon in Room 968 of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute (600 University Avenue). The format of the sessions will alternate between an hour long seminar and a business meeting with short seminar. The Research Network now has an email listserv to allow for easy communication. For further information please contact: Dr. Charles Weijer, Mount Sinai Hospital by phone at 416-586-4800 ext. 2695 or by email [email protected] (The Research Network is sponsored by the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.)



PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO MEETING OF THIS GROUP IN JANUARY. MEETINGS

WILL RESUME IN FEBRUARY, 1998.











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