Infectious Disease Genomics and Global Health
Suzhou, China
May 7 - 11, 2012

Organizers:
Julian Parkhill, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Patrick Tan, Genome Institute of Singapore
George Weinstock, Washington University School of Medicine
Ruifu Yang, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Infectious Disease Genomics and Global Health which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday May 7, and will conclude after lunch on Friday, May 11, 2012.

Major Topics:
- Genomics of viral diseases
- Genomics of bacterial diseases
- Genomics of parasite diseases and vectors
- Population genomics
- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Pathogen Evolution
- Host/Pathogen/Vector interactions
- Computational tools

Keynote Speaker:
Gary Weil, Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Invited Speakers:
Bjorn Andersson, Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN Martin Antonio, MRC The Gambia Unit, THE GAMBIA
Stephen Bentley, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Stephen Beverley, Washington University, USA
Gregory Buck, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Swaine Chen, Genome Institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, Duke University Medical Center, USA
Robin Gasser, The University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Yi Guan, The University of Hong Kong, CHINA
Martin Hibberd, Genome Institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Thewarach Laha, Khon Kaen University, THAILAND
Raymond Leger, University of Maryland, USA
Stephan Meister, University of California San Diego, USA
Makedonka Mitreva, Washington University, USA
Lisa FP Ng, A*STAR, SINGAPORE
Julian Parkhill, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute , UK
Gerd Pluschke, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, SWITZERLAND
Gavin Smith, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, SINGAPORE
Yajun Song, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, CHINA
Patrick Tan, Genome Institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Chengshu Wang, Shanghai Institutes for Bilogical Sciences, CAS, CHINA
Jun Wang, BGI Shenzhen, CHINA
George Weinstock, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Charlie Xiang, Zhejiang University, CHINA
Ruifu Yang, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, CHINA

Registration available until May 7, 2012
The on-line registration will be available until the meeting starts. But early registration will help to save cost. Rates vary for corporate/industry, academic (PhD, MD, staff scientists) and student (up to PhD) attendees. Endowed student package costs as low as USD250/CNY1530 before Februrary 24th, 2012.

Abstract Deadline Extended to March 16th, 2012
We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. Selection results for short talks (10-20) and poster presentations will be made by the organizers on the basis of scientific merit and relevance.

Fellowships of up to $500 (USD) are available to participants who have an abstract accepted for poster presentation.

Cold Spring Harbor Asia
No.299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Tel: +86-512-62729029
Fax: +86-512-62729028
Email: mikeji@cshl.edu 
Website: www.csh-asia.org