Conference Student Scholarships: Functional Consequences of Structural Variation in the Genome
Scholarship Deadline: September 14, 2010 (Midnight US Mountain Standard Time)
Sequencing of genomes has led to the discovery of a spectrum of both small-scale and large-scale genetic variation among individuals. Changes in copy-number and genome structural variation are common in most mammalian species and affect a wide range of phenotypic traits. The goal of this symposium will be to explore the relative impact of structural variation to common and rare human genetic diseases; discuss our understanding of ‘normal’ patterns of structural variation and its origin based on examining additional human genomes using new sequencing technologies; explore the extent of intraspecific variation in other organisms and their importance in phenotypic traits; and discuss the adaptive importance of this form of variation during the evolution of mammalian species.
Keystone Symposia is offering scholarships to students and post-docs this conference season. These scholarships, of up to $1000 each, are to be used to help defray the expenses associated with conference attendance, including air (on a U.S. air carrier), ground transportation and lodging costs. Receipts will be required to receive reimbursement.
Abstracts submitted for poster presentation will be used as the basis for awarding the scholarships. Conference organizers will select the scholarship recipients based on the quality of science of the abstract and the relevance of the abstract to the conference topic. Only one application per abstract is accepted.
Keystone Symposia
221 Summit Place #272
PO Box 1630
Silverthorne, CO 80498
www.keystonesymposia.org
Financial Assistance / Student Scholarships
Phone: +1 (800) 253-0685 or
Ksenia Shambarger - +1 (970) 262-1230 extension 140
Fax: +1 (970) 262-0311
