Report from HUGO at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics

November 9, 2009 · Posted in HUGO Events 

 This is a guest post from Conover Talbot, Jr. of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

imageThe warm beaches of Waikiki provided a pleasant contrast to last year’s chilly streets of Philadelphia, but on the Hawaii Convention Center floor, the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) 59th annual meeting was all business. 

HUGO joined forces with the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee and met with over 200 interested registrants who were keen to know more about HUGO and its new initiatives, its mission, and pending initiatives.  Many sought information on the coming HUGO HGM2010 annual meeting in Montpellier but topics covered a wide range from the Organisation’s mission to specific scientific issues. We were also able to answer numerous specific questions about the naming of human genes and gene variants. 

Some, who remembered HUGO largely from its role in the Human Genome Project and concern for ethics, had heard of HUGO’s new projects and sought information on the focus of the new official society journal, The HUGO Journal , and were keen to submit articles online.

ASHG’s lively booth traffic reflected HUGO’s increased visibility and pointed towards an exciting Human Genome meeting next May in France, where we look forward to welcoming many old and new colleagues.

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