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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:
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.
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