Newswise Bethesda, MD -- The Genetics Society of Americas (GSAs) biennial meeting, Model Organisms to Human Biology Cancer Genetics, June 17-20, 2012, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, will bring together investigators who study cancer relevant biology in model organismssuch as fruit flies, yeast, fungi, mice and other organismswith investigators studying human cancer. Each session includes two invited speakers -- one from the model organism research community and the other focusing on human cancer research.

The program also includes a mini-symposium on ModENCODE, with presentations by Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health (NIH); Robert Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle; and Gary Karpen, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In addition, there will also be a speaker from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH.

I. MEDIA REPRESENTATION -- Representatives of the media are cordially invited to attend the scientific keynotes, plenary and poster sessions. Eligible media will receive complimentary registration (see III. MEDIA PARTICIPATION below). Media may register by contacting Phyllis Edelman, pedelman@genetics-gsa.org

For hotel registration, please go to the meeting site at http://www.mohb.org.

II. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM For the complete program and Schedule of Events, see http://www.mohb.org/2012/pages/program.shtml .

Keynote Speakers: Sunday, June 17, 2012: Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Monday, June 18, 2012: Angelika Amon, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (sponsored by NIGMS in celebration of their 50th anniversary) Tuesday, June 19, 2012: Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Plenary Sessions: Invited Plenary Scientific Sessions will offer the opportunity to learn about the latest research in the fields listed below. In addition to the invited speakers listed below, each session will include four talks chosen from the submitted abstracts. All names listed are co-chairs and speakers.

Session 1: Understanding Tumor Genomes: A View Into the Abysso Elaine Mardis, Ph.D., Washington University o Lynda Chin, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center

Session 2: Cell Defects 1: Cell Proliferation and Cell Cycle Regulation o Stephen Elledge, Ph.D., Harvard University o Jacqueline Lees, Ph.D., MIT

Session 3: Cell Defects 2: Genome Stability and DNA Repair o Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University o Sue Biggins, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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