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Theme: Fundamental and applied research with vertebrate
animals: current highlights and future prospects
Objective: To promote cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts
from diverse animal models and to create a collective vision
of the future of animal research.
Representative Topics: Human Disease Models; Genetics, Gene
Mapping, and Cloning; Transgenics and Knockouts; Alternatives;
Animal Welfare and Laws; Biosecurity
Format: The format of each session will consist of invited
talks, followed by contributed platform talks and posters,
followed by a round-table discussion.
International Executive Committee: John L. VandeBerg, U.S.A.,
Chair; Antenor Andrade, Brazil, Co-Chair; Sylvia Ortiz, Brazil;
Ekatarina A.B. Rivera, Brazil
International Advisory Committee: Gilles Demers, Canada;
Maria de Fatima Santos, Portugal; Jean-Louis GuÈnet,
France; Rafael Hern·ndez, Mexico; Gerhard Hunsmann,
Germany; Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Thailand; William H. Stone,
Spain; Suren Zakian, Russia
Official Language: English and Portuguese, with simultaneous
translation
Events: Reception, Tuesday evening (Oct. 21); Banquet, Thursday
evening (Oct. 23); Conclusion of Congress, noon on Friday
(Oct. 24); Accompanying Guest Tours
Summary of Previous Workshops that Led to the First International
Congress on the Future of Animal Research
http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/jour_online.asp?id=jour_online
See
volume 41, no. 1, 2000 for the 1999 report.
See volume 43,
no. 2, 2002 for the 2001 report.
For more information, please contact Barbara
Gault
(210.258.9780).
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