| Theme
1: |
GENOMES
(Genomics) |
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| A1. |
Genome analysis and annotation |
Sponsored by: Applied Biosystems |
Convenor: Terry Speed, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Richard Gibbs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| I1. |
Functional genomics: Rnomics |
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard |
Convenor: TBA
Co-convenor: Witold Filipowicz, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| F1. |
Proteomics |
Sponsored by: Applied Biosystems |
Convenor: Stuart Cordwell, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Sydney
Co-convenor: Mike Hubbard, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| C1. |
Functional genomics: Gene networks |
Sponsored by: Science Online |
Convenor: Peter Little, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Co-convenor: Akira Ishihama, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| E1. |
Genome polymorphism (SNPs, simple repeats and indels) |
Sponsored by: Applied Biosystems |
Convenor: Sue Forrest, Australian Genome Research Facility, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Aravinda Chakravarti, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| D1. |
Microbial genomes |
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Convenor: Margaret Katz, University of New England, Armidale
Co-convenor: Chad Nusbaum, Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cambridge, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| G1. |
Organelle genomes |
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Convenor: David Thorburn, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Howy Jacobs, University of Tampere, Finland |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| B1. |
Comparative animal genomes |
Sponsored by: IBM - Solutions for Life Sciences |
Convenor: Chris Moran, University of Sydney
Co-convenor: Alan Archibald, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| H1. |
Comparative plant genomes |
Sponsored by: IBM - Solutions for Life Sciences |
Convenor: Rudi Appels, Murdoch University/WA Department of Agriculture, Perth
Co-convenor: Graham Moore, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| Theme
2: |
GENE MECHANICS
(Molecular Genetics) |
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| B2. |
Chromatin and nuclear architecture |
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Convenor: Rob Saint, Australian National University, Canberra
Co-convenor: Susan Gasser, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| G2. |
Epigenetics |
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard |
Convenor: Jean Finnegan, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
Co-convenor: Shiv Grewal, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| H2. |
Gene silencing |
Sponsored by: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Institute |
Convenor: Peter Waterhouse, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
Co-convenor: Thomas Tuschl, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| F2. |
Telomeres |
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Convenor: Jun-Ping Liu, Monash University, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Richard Hodes, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| E2. |
The cell cycle, DNA replication |
Sponsored by: Genetics Society of America |
Convenor: Helena Richardson, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Steve Reed, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| D2. |
Mechanisms of mutation and DNA repair |
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Convenor: Bernard Kunz, Deakin University, Geelong
Co-convenor: Philip Hanawalt, Stanford University, Stanford, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| A2. |
Chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis |
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Convenor: Andy Choo, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Steve Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| C2. |
Mechanisms of recombination |
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Convenor: David Catcheside, Flinders University, Adelaide
Co-convenor: Jim Haber, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| I2. |
Mobile elements and horizontal transfer |
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Convenor: Hatch Stokes, Macquarie University, Sydney
Co-convenor: Thomas Eickbush, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| Theme
3: |
GENES IN ACTION
(Cell and Developmental Genetics) |
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| A3. |
The cytoskeleton, intracellular trafficking |
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Convenor: Peter Gunning, Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney
Co-convenor: Jenny Stow, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| B3. |
Signalling |
Sponsored by: MERCK Research Laboratories |
Convenor: Tony Tiganis, Monash University, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Roel Nusse, Stanford University, Stanford, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| H3. |
Stem cells and development |
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Convenor: Marilyn Monk, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Co-convenor: Carmen Sapienza, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| E3. |
Gene regulation |
Sponsored by: Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne |
Convenor: Michael Hynes, University of Melbourne
Co-convenor: Jim Pittard, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| D3. |
Chromatin and development |
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Convenor: Merlin Crossley, University of Sydney
Co-convenor: Frances Shannon, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| C3. |
Microbial development and movement |
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Convenor: Paul Fisher, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Judith Armitage, University of Oxford, UK |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| F3. |
Plant development |
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Convenor: Mandy Walker, CSIRO Plant Industry, Adelaide
Co-convenor: Detlef Weigel, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| I3. |
Animal development |
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Convenor: Peter Koopman, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Univ. Queensland, Brisbane
Co-convenor: Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University, Princeton, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| G3. |
Sex chromosomes |
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Convenor: Jenny Graves, Australian National University, Canberra
Co-convenor: Michael Schmid, University of Würzburg, Germany |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| Theme
4: |
GENES IN SPACE AND TIME
(Population and Evolutionary Genetics) |
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| A4. |
Genetics of life history traits |
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard |
Convenor: Ary Hoffmann, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Linda Partridge, University College London, UK |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| B4. |
Theoretical population genetics |
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Convenor: Oliver Mayo, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Sydney
Co-convenor: Reinhard Bürger, University of Vienna, Austria |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| H4. |
Empirical population genetics |
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Convenor: David Heckel, University of Melbourne
Co-convenor: Andrew Clark, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| C4. |
Ecological genetics |
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Convenor: Jane Hughes, Griffith University, Brisbane
Co-convenor: James Mallet, University College London, UK |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| E4. |
Genetics of social behaviour |
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Convenor: Ross Crozier, James Cook University, Townsville
Co-convenor: Gene Robinson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 2 - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| F4. |
The tree of life |
Sponsored by: Science Online |
Convenor: Geoff McFadden, University of Melbourne
Co-convenor: Patrick Keeling, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| G4. |
Evo-Devo |
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Convenor: Eldon Ball, Australian National University, Canberra
Co-convenor: Michael Akam, University of Cambridge, UK |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| D4. |
Molecular phylogenetics |
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard |
Convenor: Lars Jermiin, University of Sydney
Co-convenor: Chris Simon, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| I4. |
Human populations, primate evolution |
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Convenor: Simon Easteal, Australian National University, Canberra
Co-convenor: The late Ryk Ward, Oxford University, UK |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| Theme
5: |
OUR GENES
(Human Genetics, Behaviour Genetics) |
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| A5. |
Clinical genetics |
Sponsored by: Amersham Biosciences |
Convenor: Eric Haan, Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Co-convenor: Judith Allanson, Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario, Canada |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| E5. |
Cancer genetics |
Sponsored by: Contact Singapore |
Convenor: Nick Hayward, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane
Co-convenor: Edison Liu, Genome Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| F5. |
Complex traits |
Sponsored by: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Institute |
Convenor: Simon Foote, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Trudy Mackay, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| B5. |
Predictive medicine |
Sponsored by: IBM - Solutions for Life Sciences |
Convenor: Ron Trent, University of Sydney
Co-convenor: Martin Bobrow, University of Cambridge, UK |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| D5. |
Cell death |
Sponsored by: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Institute |
Convenor: David Vaux, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Bruce Hay, Caltech, Pasadena, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| C5. |
Learning, memory and cognition |
Sponsored by: Neurosciences Victoria |
Convenor: Jozef Gecz, Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Co-convenor: Seymour Benzer, Caltech, Pasadena, USA |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| G5. |
Genetics of behavioural disorders |
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Convenor: David Hay, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
Co-convenor: James Kennedy, University of Toronto, Canada |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| H5. |
Developmental neurobiology |
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Convenor: Barry Dickson, IMP, Vienna, Austria
Co-convenor: Michael Brand, MPI Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics, Dresden, Germany |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| I5. |
Genetics of sensory perception |
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Convenor: Coral Warr, Monash University, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Piali Sengupta, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 1 - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| Theme
6: |
USING GENES
(Applications of Genetics) |
Sponsored
by: Invest
Australia |
| E6. |
Human gene therapy |
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Convenor: Ian Alexander, Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney
Co-convenor: Adrian Thrasher, Institute of Child Health, London, UK |
| | Location: Corryong 1 - Wednesday 9th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| A6. |
Mutation detection |
Sponsored by: Sequenom |
Convenor: Dick Cotton, Genomic Disorders Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Pui-Yan Kwok, University of California San Francisco, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| H6. |
Forensic genetics |
Sponsored by: Applied Biosystems |
Convenor: Alastair Ross, National Institute of Forensic Science, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Ron Fourney, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Canada |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Friday 11th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| B6. |
Genetics of xenobiotic development |
Sponsored by: Glaxo Smith Kline |
Convenor: John McKenzie, University of Melbourne
Co-convenor: Stephen Powles, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Monday 7th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| C6. |
Animal breeding, cloning |
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Convenor: Mike Goddard, Agriculture Victoria, Melbourne
Co-convenor: Robin Tervit, AgResearch, Ruakura, New Zealand |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Tuesday 8th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| D6. |
Plant breeding, forestry genetics |
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Convenor: Tony Brown, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
Co-convenor: Kazuo Watanabe, University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| | Location: John Batman Theatre - Tuesday 8th July - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| F6. |
Animal-pathogen interactions, immunity |
Sponsored by: Novartis Animal Health |
Convenor: Otto Schmidt, Adelaide University
Co-convenor: Uli Theopold, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 10.00am - 12.00pm
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| G6. |
Plant-pathogen interactions |
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Convenor: David Jones, Australian National University, Canberra
Co-convenor: Jane Glazebrook, TMRI Syngenta, San Diego, USA |
| | Location: Bellarine 2 - Thursday 10th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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| I6. |
Conservation genetics |
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Convenor: Dick Frankham, Macquarie University, Sydney
Co-convenor: Katherine Ralls, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA |
| | Location: La Trobe Theatre - Friday 11th July 2003 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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