Parasitic Helminths from Genomes to Vaccines
Edinburgh, 6-9 September 1997
This meeting is the first of what is hoped will be a new series of annual
or biannual research meetings in Edinburgh. "Parasitic Helminths from
Genomes to Vaccines" is intended to fill an important gap in the current
round of regular conferences.
There have been recent major advances in helminth research in the fields of
gene discovery, biochemistry and physiology (e.g. neurobiology and
receptors), and the immunology of host-parasite interactions. The value of
a helminth-specific meeting (rather than a general parasitology meeting
such as Woods Hole) has been demonstrated by recent Keystone symposia on
Molecular Helminthology. This meeting hopes to make such helminth-specific
gatherings more frequent and more accessible, especially at the student and
postdoc levels.
The programme will accomodate some 48 presentations, together with 4
invited keynote lectures, and two poster sessions. The presentations,
divided between genome research, biochemistry and immunology, will be
selected from submitted abstracts.
Deadlines
=46or registration and submission of abstracts 30th June 1997
=46or bursary requests 30th June 1997
Registration after the deadline will be =A3150 (accommodation cannot be
guaranteed for late registrants)
=46urther Information
Information on the meeting is updated regularly on the World Wide Web at
http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/mbx/blaxter/PHfG2V/ParasiticHelminths.html
All conference enquiries should be addressed to
registration forms should be requested from
marnie.ferguson at ed.ac.uk
or by mail/phone/fax from
Parasitic Helminths Conference
UnivEd Technologies Limited, UnivEd Training and Conference Centre,
11 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA, Scotland UK
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 9020 Fax: +44 (0)131 650 9019
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Dr. Mark Blaxter email Mark.Blaxter at ed.ac.uk
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology
Ashworth Laboratories, King's Buildings
University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road
EDINBURGH EH9 3JT, United Kingdom
phone: (+44) 131 650 6760 Fax :...650 5450
see http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/mbx/fgn/blaxter/blaxlab.html
