The Genetics Program offers an annual symposium; usually based on the topic of one of the Genetics 800 seminar courses offered that year. Five or six nationally prominent researchers in the topic of study are brought to campus for a one day event.

October 3, 2004

The Roots of Immunity:
Plant and Invertebrate Defenses Against Pathogens

Our next symposium will be on pathogens on October 3, 2004 at the Kellogg Center, MSU. The symposium is in conjunction with the Microbial Pathogenesis Regional Meeting to be held on MSU campus October 1-3, 2004.

Genetic Symposium Speakers:
Jules A. Hoffmann, CNRS, Inst Biol Mol & Cellulaire, France (insects)
Thomas Boller, Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland (plants)
Man-Wah Tan, Department of Genetics, Stanford University (nematodes)

"Plant and Invertebrate Defenses Against Pathogens" will be the topic for the Fall 2004 GEN 800, Section 001, course offered by Drs. Suzanne Thiem and Sheng Yang He.

Here are a few links to our most recent symposia...

Transcription in Development
May 17, 2003

Exploring the Genetic Basis of Human Disease
March 30, 2002

Gene Expression in Development and Disease Focus Group
June 16, 2001

Global Analysis of Complex Genetic Systems
April 21, 2001

DNA Replication
May 20, 2000

Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms
May 22, 1999