1999: Genomic Imprinting Conference
Dublin, Ireland: Welcome to the website for the Genomic Imprinting Conference, held in August 1999. Over 150 scientists from throughout the world attended this 3 day conference in Dublin, IRELAND. Many people were unable to attend this conference because of space limitations. Therefore, we have placed the symposium abstracts and speaker presentations on this website. Speakers included: David Haig (USA), Maxwell Lee (USA), Randy Jirtle (USA), Robert Lyle (NETHERLANDS), Rolf Ohlsson (SWEDEN), Rudolf Jaenisch (USA), Wolf Reik (UK), Azim Surani (UK), Bernard Horsthemke (GERMANY), Marcus Pembrey (UK), Andrew Hoffman (USA), David Skuse (UK), Laurence Hurst (UK), Paul Schofield (UK).
ORGANIZER: Amanda McCann (University College of Dublin)
Invited Speaker Presentations
The following is a list of the Environmental Epigenomics conference speakers and their addresses, along with links to their presentation abstracts and recordings. Audio is in MP3 format and video requires Shockwave Flash.
- Luisa Dandolo — Inserm U257, ICGM
24 Rue du Fbg. St. Jacques; Paris 75014; France • p: +33 144 41 24 55 / f: +33 144 41 24 62 / e: dandolo@cochin.inserm.fr - David Haig — Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138; United States • p: 617-496-5125 / f: 617-495-5667 / e: dhaig@oeb.harvard.edu - Andrew Hoffman — VA Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA 94301; United States • p: 650-858-3930 / f: 650-856-8024 / e: arhoffman@leland.stanford.edu - Bernhard Horsthemke — Institut fur Humangenetik, Universitatsklinikum Essen
Essen; Germany • p: +49 201 723 4556 / f: +49 201 723 5900 / e: g.horsthemke@uni-essen.de - Laurence Hurst — Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY; United Kingdom • p: +44 1225 826424 / f: +44 1225 826779 / e: l.d.hurst@bath.ac.uk - Rudolf Jaenisch — Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
9 Cambridge Center; Cambridge, MA 02142; United States • p: 617-258-5186 / f: 617-258-6505 / e: jaenisch@wi.mit.edu - Randy Jirtle — Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center
Box 3433Duke University Medical Center; Duham, NC 27710; United States • p: 919-684-6203 / f: 919-684-5584 / e: jirtle@radonc.duke.edu - Maxwell Lee — Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
720 Rutland Avenue; Baltimore, MD 21205; United States • p: 410-614-3489 / f: 410-614-9819 / e: rnpl@welch.jhu.edu - Robert Lyle — The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Plesmanlaan 121; Amsterdam 1006 CX; The Netherlands • p: +31 20 512 2020 / f: +31 20 512 2011 / e: lyle@nki.nl - Rolf Ohlsson — Department of Animal Development and Genetics, Uppsala University
Norbyvagen 18A; Uppsala S.752636; Sweden • p: +46 18 4712660 / f: +46 18 4712683 / e: rolf.ohlsson@devbiol.uu.ee - Marcus Pembrey — Institute of Child Health, University College London
30 Guilford Street; London WC1N 1EH; United Kingdom • e: mpembrey@picketts.u-net.com - Wolf Reik — Department of Development and Genetics, The Babraham Institute
Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 832312 / f: +44 1223 836481 / e: wolf.reik@bbsrc.ac.uk - Paul Schofield — Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
Downing Street; Cambridge CB2 3DY; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 333893 / f: +44 1223 333786 / e: ps@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk - David Skuse — Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street; London WC1N LEM; United Kingdom • p: +44 171 831 0975 / f: +44 171 831 7050 / e: dskuse@ich.ucl.ac.uk - Azim Surani — Wellcome CRC Institute, University of Cambridge
Tennis Court Road; Cambridge CB2 1QR; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 3341 36 / f: +44 1223 3341 82 / e: as10021@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
Attendee Presentations
- Justin Ainscough — Wellcome/CRC Institute
Tennis Court Road; Cambridge; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 334138 / e: jfxa1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk - Valerie Amarger — Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
BMC Box 597; Uppsala 751 24; Sweden • p: +46 18 471 4903 / f: +46 18 50 44 61 / e: valerie.amargen@bmc.uu.se - David E. Barton — National Centre for Medical Genetics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
Crumlin; Dublin 12; Ireland • p: +353 1 4550515 / f: +353 1 4560953 / e: david.barton@olhsc.ie - David Bonthron — Human Genetics Unit, Level 1, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital
Edinburgh EH4 2XU; United Kingdom • p: +44 141 651 1040 / f: +44 131 651 1059 / e: bonthron@ed.ac.uk - Carole Charlier — Genetic, B43, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege
20 bd de Colonder; Liege 4000; Belgium • p: +32 4 366 4126 / f: +32 4 366 4122 / e: carole.charlier@ulg.ac.be - Karen Ruth Davies — Department of Development and Genetics, The Babraham Institute
Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 496 356 / f: +44 1223 496 030 / e: karen.davies@bbsrc.ac.uk - Robert Feil — The Babraham Institute
Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 496332 / f: +44 1223 496332 / e: robert.feil@bbsrc.ac.uk - Anne Ferguson-Smith — Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
Downing Street; Cambridge CB2 3DY; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 333 761 / f: +44 1223 333 786 / e: afsmith@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk - Mathias Frevel — Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue; Cleveland, OH 44195; United States • p: 216-445-9653 / f: 216-444-3164 / e: frevelm@ccf.org - Valirie Grandjean — Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
Downing Street; Cambridge CB2 3DY; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 339 543 / f: +44 1223 333 786 / e: vg2l4@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk - Richard Gregory — Programme in Developmental Genetics, The Babraham Institute
Babraham Hall, Babraham; Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 496 335 / f: +44 1223 496 030 / e: richard.gregory@bbsrc.ac.uk - Edith Heard — Unite de Genetique Moleculaire Murine, Institut Pasteur
25 rue du Docteur Roux; Paris 75724; France • p: +33 1 45 68 86 53 / f: +33 1 45 68 86 56 / e: eheard@pasteur.fr - Megan Hitchins — Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital
Goldhawk Road; London W6 OXG; United Kingdom • p: +44 181 383 3533 / f: +44 181 383 3922 / e: m.hitchins@rpms.ac.uk - Fumitoshi Ishino — Gene Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
4259 Nagatsutacho; Midori-ku 226-8501; Japan • p: +81 45 924 5812 / f: +81 45 924 5814 / e: fishino@bio.titech.ac.jp - Rosalind John — Wellcome/CRC Institute
Tennis Court Rd; Cambridge CB2 1QR; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223-334138 / e: rmj22@cus.cam.ac.uk - Claudine Junien — Clinique Maurice Lamy (secteur bleu) Porte 15, Hospital Necker Enfants Malades
149-161 Rue de Sevres; Paris 75743; France • p: +33 1 44 49 44 79 / f: +33 1 47 83 32 06 / e: junien@necker.fr - Tom Moore — Department of Developmental Genetics, Barbraham Institute
Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 496252 / f: +44 1223 496032 / e: tom.moore@bbsrc.ac.uk - Mitsuo Oshimura — Department of Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Tottori University
Nishimashi 86; Yonago, Tottori 683-8503; Japan • p: +81 859 34 8260 / f: +81 859 34 8134 / e: oshimura@grape.med.tottori-u.ac.jp - Malfalda Pinto — Spain
- Aharon Razin — Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Human Genetics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Medical School
Jerusalem 91120; Israel • p: +972 2 675 8172 / f: +972 2 6 415848 / e: razina@md2.huji.ac.il - Andrea Riccio — Centro Di Endocrinologia e Oncologia, CNR, Napoli
Via S. Pansini, 5; Napoli 80131; Italy • p: +39 81 7462056 / f: +39 81 7703285 / e: riccioan@cds.unina.it - Rachel Smith — Developmental Genetics Programme, The Babraham Institute
Babraham Hall, Babraham; Cambridge CB2 4AT; United Kingdom • p: +44 1223 496 325 / f: +44 1223 496 030 / e: rachel.smith@bbsrc.ac.uk - Masako Tada — Mammalian Development Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics
YATA 1111; Mishima, Shizuoka 441-8540; Japan • p: +81 559 81 6830 / f: +81 559 81 6828 / e: matada@lab.nig.ac.jp - Jorn Walter — Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics
Ihnestr. 73; Berlin D-14195; Germany • p: +49 30 841 31274 / f: +49 30 841 31285 / e: walter@mpimg-berlin-dahlem.mpg.de - Chris Williamson — MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
Harwell, Oxfordshire; United Kingdom • p: +44 1235 834 393 / f: +44 1235 834 446 / e: c.williamson@har.mrc.ac.uk - Yinhua Yu — UT M.D. Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.; Houston, TX 77030; United States • p: 713-792-3790 / f: 713-794-1807 / e: yyu@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu