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November 29, 2007

African Society of Human Genetics

Welcome to the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) Home Page

The African Society of Human Genetics provides a forum for scientists interested in Human Genetics in Africa to meet, interact, network and collaborate.The Society's aim is to equip the African scientific community and policymakers with the information and practical knowledge they need to contribute to the field of genetics research and to attract global attention to the efforts of African scientists.  A major goal of the society is the organization of a series of annual workshops and meetings in various parts of Africa.

Our most recent meeting, the 5th Annual Meeting of the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG), was held November 2 - 5, 2007 in conjunction with the First Annual Meeting of the Division of Human Genetics and Genome Research and the National Society of Human Genetics of Egypt. The conference theme was: Genomics Research in Africa: Implications for Disease Diagnosis, Treatment and Drug Development. You can read about the many exciting sessions in the detailed conference program. The Conference venue was the National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

For members, please check out the notes of the annual general meeting held during the conference. The photo albums from the conference are also available and you may wish to look at some of the photograhs.

The book of abstracts is also here (note: it is large - ~3.6 MB - and may take a while to open/download). This will be useful for those who could not attend and for anyone who wants an electronic copy.

Thanks to all for an exciting and productive meeting !

Support for meetings has been provided by the:

	National Institutes of Health
	John E. Forgarty International Center
	National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
	National Human Genome Research Institute
	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
	Affymetrix
	Illumina, Inc
	Sequenom, Inc
	National Human Genome Center at Howard University
	Jackson State University, Missisipi, USA
	deCODE Genetics
	Applied Biosystems
	Oxford University Press
	Cambridge University Press

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 2 R13 HG003267-04 from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Members, remember to follow new happenings on the News page.  

To read past messages to the mailing list, check out the listserv archives at:  http://afshg.org/pipermail/listserv_afshg.org/

Photos from past conferences can be found here.