the 5th Annual Zebrafish Disease Models Meeting
Fishing for Answers: Zebrafish Models of Human Development and Disease
Suzhou, China
April 16 – 20, 2012

 

Organizers:
Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
A. Thomas Look, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Elizabeth Patton, Medical Research Council, Edinburgh, UK
Jinrong Peng, Zhejiang University, China
Leonard Zon, HHMI/Children's Hospital Boston, USA

We are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Zebrafish Disease Models Meeting "Fishing for Answers: Zebrafish Models of Human Development and Disease" which will be held at the Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday April 16, and will conclude after lunch on Friday April 20, 2012.

Major Topics:
- Solid Tumors
- Cancer Genetics and Biology
- Novel Therapeutics in Cancer and Infection
- Immune Response to Infection
- Hematopoiesis
- Innate Immunity and Disease
- Development and Disease
- Other Disease Models

On-line registration available until April 16th, 2012
Early registration will help to save cost. Rates vary for corporate, academic and student attendees. Endowed student package costs as low as USD250/CNY1530 before Feb 9th, 2012.

Abstracts due February 9th, 2012
We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. Selection results for short talks (10-20) and poster presentations will be made by the organizers on the basis of scientific merit and relevance.

Fellowships of up to $820 (USD) are available for students and postdoctoral fellows with abstracts. Applicants should indicate their interest by sending an e-mail to Xi Shen (xishen@csh-asia.org ) by January 31, 2012.

Keynote Speakers
Philip Ingham, A*STAR, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, SINGAPORE
David Lane, A*STAR, SINGAPORE
Shuo Lin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Manfred Schartl, Biocenter of the University Wuerzburg, GERMANY

Invited Speakers
James Amatruda, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Keith Cheng, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
Philip Crosier, University of Auckland School of Medicine, NEW ZEALAND
Peter Currie, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
Jeroen Den Hertog, Hubrecht Laboratory, THE NETHERLANDS
Wolfram Goessling, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Zhiyuan Gong, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Joan Heath, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, AUSTRALIA
Philippe Herbomel, Institut Pasteur, FRANCE
Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics, JAPAN
Dave Langenau, Harvard Medical School, USA
Graham Lieschke, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
Paul Liu, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, USA
A. Thomas Look, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Anming Meng, Tsinghua University, CHINA
Marina Mione, Harvard University, USA
Trista North, Harvard Medical School, USA
Elizabeth Patton, MRC Human Genetics Unit & Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, UK
Jinrong Peng, Zhejiang University, CHINA
Lalita Ramakrishnan, University of Washington, USA
Stefan Schulte-Merker, Hubrecht Institute, THE NETHERLANDS
B.E. Snaar-Jagalska, IBL Molecular Cell Biology, NETHERLANDS
Herman Spaink, Institute of Biology, NETHERLANDS
David Traver, University of California, San Diego, USA
Nikolaus Trede, Huntsman Cancer Insitute, USA
Astrid Van Der Sar, VU university medical center, NETHERLANDS
Zilong Wen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, CHINA
Jen-Leih Wu, Institute of zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN
Yong Zhou, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CHINA
Leonard Zon, HHMI/Children's Hospital Boston, USA