Meeting Announcement

[Karuna Sampath]

2nd TLL Life Sciences Symposium: Genomics in Cell and 
Developmental
Biology

29 and 30 January 2004

Abstract Deadline: 20 December 2003

Organized by Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL), Singapore

TLL symposia are annual low-cost meetings held at the Temasek Life 
Sciences Laboratory, Singapore. The upcoming symposium (29 and 
30 January 2004) aims to highlight research that primarily utilizes 
genomic approaches to study some outstanding questions in the areas 
of cell and developmental biology using various model organisms. It 
will be held at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, located within the 
campus of the National University of Singapore. The symposium will 
begin in the morning of Thursday, 29 January 2004 and will conclude 
with dinner on Friday, 30 January 2004. The program will consist of 
both oral and poster presentations.  

Invited Speakers:

Julie Ahringer (ICDB, Cambridge, UK)
Julius Brennecke (EMBL, Heidelberg)
Charlie Boone (University of Toronto, Canada)
Ken-Shiung Chen (NTU)
Joseph Ecker (Salk Institute, USA)
Hui Shan Guo (TLL)
Ka Yin Leung (NUS)
Nancy Hopkins (MIT, Cambridge, USA)
Yoshiaki Ito (IMCB)
Vishy Iyer (UT Austin, USA)
Laszlo Orban (TLL)
Jinrong Peng (IMCB)
Sergio Moreno (CRI Salamanca, Spain)
Naweed Naqvi (TLL)
Huck Hui Ng (GIS)
Srinivasan Ramachandran (TLL)
Nick Talbot (University of Exeter, UK)
Patrick Tan (NCC)

We strongly encourage postdocs and students to submit abstracts for 
poster presentations. A number of abstracts will be selected for short 
oral presentations. The deadline for abstract submission is 20 
December 2003.  

Registration fees: FREE (no meals), S$50 (with meals) Payment for 
meals should be made on-site in cash (1 US dollar is approximately = 
1.7 Singapore dollars).  

Information about Registration/Abstract Submission is available at 
http://www.tll.org.sg/events/eventsmain.asp  

For more information and assistance with hotel reservations, please 
contact the meeting coordinator, Ms. Shireen Lian (email: 
shireen at tll.org.sg) 

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Karuna Sampath
Senior Scientist
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
1 Research Link
National University of Singapore
Singapore 117604
Phone: (65) 6872 7090; fax: (65) 6872 7007; email: karuna at tll.org.sg