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EMBO Practical Course

An EMBO Practical Course on
Animal Models for Development, Physiology and Disease

MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics
University of Sheffield, UK
16 - 28 July 2007

Many of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control animal development and physiology have been highly conserved across species, validating the use of a variety of non-mammalian species as models for human development and disease. The objectives of this course are to introduce students to the use of non-mammalian model organisms in biomedical research, and to provide hands-on experience of a range of molecular, genetic and other experimental techniques for dissecting developmental, physiological and disease mechanisms.

The course is aimed at clinician as well as basic scientists with an active interest in using model organisms in the analysis of cellular, developmental and physiological processes. Participating students may be senior pre-doctoral as well as post-doctoral and will be selected on the basis of scientific merit and needs. Students will be expected to have some prior experience of using model organisms in research and should wish to apply their newly acquired skills to problems in developmental biology, physiology, functional genomics or mechanisms of disease. There will be no charge for board and lodging and no course fee.

Course Organizers

Philip Ingham, MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield, UK

Vincent Cunliffe, MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield, UK