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Meeting ReportA collection of 90 posts
Reports from conferences and workshops of interest to the scholarly community.
Edublogging at Science Blogging 2008: London
The Science Blogging 2008: London conference will highlight the wide variety of science blogging that has evolved in recent years....
Why is genetics so difficult for students to learn?
This Sunday morning at the International Congress of Genetics, Tony Griffiths gave an interesting presentation with the above title. He identified 12 possible reasons why students have problems learning genetics. His main argument: students should learn...
Mouse models of human cancer and the need for more translational research
One of the opening lectures this Saturday of the International Congress of Genetics was held by Mario Capecchi. His talked was entitled Modeling human disease in the mouse: from cancer to neuropsychiatric disorders. In the first...
In which I became a conference blogger
The 20th International Congress of Genetics started in Berlin yesterday. This is the first time that I attend a meeting as a science blogger. An interesting experience since you look at the talks from a different...
Nobel blogging?
Last night we had the first in a series of Nature Network Berlin dinners scheduled around the International Congress of Genetics. It was a very entertaining evening, not least because of our special guests Oliver Smithies,...