"7th ISABS Conference in Forensic, Anthropologic and Medical Genetics" will take place in Bol, Island of Brač, Croatia, June 20-24, 2011. This event will feature the latest advances in forensic genetics, molecular medicine and related areas. Just as importantly, it will be a forum for exchange of pertinent information, ideas and technical developments in the form of lectures, technical hands-on workshops, round-table discussions and poster presentations. More...

Beside we are creating two unique workshops on prenatal diagnostics and protein glycosylation in diagnostics and therapy and on legislation pertinent to DNA databases.

Topics

• Genome-based applications in forensic science
• Forensic DNA phenotyping
• Forensic DNA databases
• Genetic analysis of forensic non-human material
• Forensic and comparative genetics
• Molecular anthropology
• Analysis of ancient DNA
• DNA analysis in victims of mass disasters

• Genetic basis of disease
• Personalized genomics
• Molecular diagnostics: current technology and applications
  
• Molecular therapy
• Best practices in translational & personalized medicine

Workshop

• Prenatal diagnostics
• Protein glycosylation in diagnostics and therapy
• Legislation pertinent to DNA databases
• DNA autopsy in unexplained deaths
  

List of speakers

• Zvia Agur (Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Bene Ataroth, Israel)
• Zwi Berneman (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium)
• Frederick Bieber (Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
  
• Malcolm Brenner (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)
  
• Zoran Budimlija (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA)
  
• Theresa Caragine (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Forensic Biology, New York, NY, USA)
• Michael D. Coble (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA)
  
• Robert Deans (Regenerative Medicine, Athersys Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA)
• Henry Erlich (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA)
  
• Christopher Evans (Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
  
• Dennis Gastineau (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Mitchell Holland (Eberly College of Science, Penn State University, PA, USA)
  
• Edwin Huffine (Bode Technology Group, Springfield, Virginia, USA)
• Sree Kanthaswamy (California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA)
  
• Jean-Pierre Kocher (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Gunnar Kvalheim (Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
  
• Doron Lancet (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
  
• Henry C. Lee (University of New Haven, West Haven and Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory, Meriden, CT, USA)
  
• José Antonio Lorente (University of Granada, Granada, Spain)
• Marilyn Menotti-Raymond (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA)
• Marc Penn (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA)
• Carmen Perez-Terzic (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Mahendra Rao (Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA, USA)
• Antti Sajantila (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
• David I. Smith (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
  
• Mark Stoneking (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany)
• Andre Terzic (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Daniel Vanek (Forensic DNA Service, Prague, Czech Republic)
• George Vasmatzis (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
  
• Samuel Volchenboum (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)
• Scott Waldman (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
  
• Eske Willerslev (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Ada Yonath (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
  
  

MORE SPEAKERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON