7th Conference on Small Genomes

The meeting was held November 13-17, 1999, at The Doubletree Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, and was Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy, The Office of Naval Research, and the National Science Foundation

General Information

- Thanks to all participants for a very successful meeting

DOE Office of Science DOE Microbial Genome Program ORNL Microbial Biogeo- chemistry Group			Background: This was the seventh in a series of meetings on the sequence and function of small bacterial genomes. The conference is the continuation of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) conference series on Small Genomes, which originated in 1992 and was last held in Lake Arrowhead, California, in 1998. NO REFUNDS ON REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE OFFERED AFTER NOVEMBER 1, 1999. THE AGENDA IS AVAILABLE Organizing Committee: Dr. Jizhong Zhou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Jeffrey H. Miller, University of California, Los Angeles Dr. George Weinstock, University of Texas at Houston Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Lawerence Berkley National Laboratory. Dr. Richard Mural, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dr. Monica Riley, The Marine Biological Laboratory Dr. Elisabeth Raleigh, New England Biolabs Inc. Dr. Anthony V. Palumbo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Topics: Microbial genome sequencing, microbial diversity, and microbial genome programs Bioinformatics and functional genomics Genomic technology and functional genomics Genetic and biochemical technology for defining gene functions Cellular processes, regulatory networks, and evolution Systematic functional analysis of genome sequences Applied functional genomics Speakers: Agenda		Participation: The agenda lists all talks given at the meeting. In addition, more than 60 Posters were presented. Sponsors: DOE, NSF, and ONR sponsored a number of travel awards for attendance at the meeting. Location: The meeting was held in the Washington D.C.area at the Doubletree Hotel near National Airport in Arlington Va. Exhibitors: Epicentre Technologies eBioinformatics GSI Lumonics MoBiTech Future Meetings: Genomes 2000: International Conference on Microbial and Model Genomes organized by Institute Pasteur for April 11-15, 2000 Paris, France. The 8th Conference on Small Genomes, Jeffery H. Miller, University of California at Los Angeles

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Kim Smith, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038; Phone 423-576-4860; Fax423-576-8646; E-mail smithky@ornl.gov