4th Intl Conference on Birth defects and Disabilities in the Developing World
4-7 October 2009 –
With the substantial control of infections and nutritional disorders, birth defects have emerged as a major global cause of death and disability. Every year an estimated 7.8 million children are born in the world with a serious genetic or acquired birth defect. Of these 3.3 million die each year. The impact of birth defects is particularly severe in developing countries where 90% of births and 95% of deaths of children with serious birth defects occur. The conference is timely as most developing countries lack comprehensive programs for care and control of birth defects, either because their importance is underestimated or because they perceive lack of resources. This conference will demonstrate why both these notions are incorrect
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M62 Skeletal Dysplasia Meeting (Attendance by Invitation Only)
14th October 2009 –
This newly established annual meeting is aimed at specialists who may be involved in the management of patients with skeletal dysplasias including geneticists, radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, endocrinologists and metabolic physicians.
It is an informal forum allowing attendees to present cases for discussion regarding known and unknown diagnoses or clinical management issues. In addition there are 1 or 2 set presentations by invited speakers, for example, “Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia” and “C-spine problems in bone dysplasias”.
For those involved to date this meeting has been of significant clinical and educational interest.
Dyscerne 2nd Partner Meeting
15-16 October 2009 -
The DYSCERNE main partners will be holding their annual meeting in October at the 
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The American Society of Human Genetics: 59th Annual Meeting
20 October 2009 – 24 October 2009 – Honolulu, HAWAII
The Society's annual meeting is held each fall in a major U.S. or Canadian city and attracts over 4,500 attendees, plus exhibitors. ASHG members and others are selected to present their research findings at platform and poster sessions. Abstracts of work submitted for presentation at the annual meeting are published in print and online versions. ASHG members may register for the annual meeting at reduced rates.
Highlighting each annual meeting are symposia, workshops and other sessions focusing on important research and clinical developments in human genetics that are presented by prominent professionals selected and invited by the program committee.
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Rare Diseases II: Hearing and Sight Loss 25-30 October 2009 - Sant
The meeting will bring together experts in sensory neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics, cell biology, modelling, translational research and therapy. It aims at promoting exchanges between the scientists of the two fields and beyond, at stimulating the emergence of new research projects at the interface between disciplines and at training young researchers in this interdisciplinary field.
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EPPOSI: 10th Workshop on Partnering for Rare Disease Therapy Development
26-27 October 2009 -
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