International Symposium on Kidney Development and Tissue Engineering will be held at Kastelli Research Centre, Oulu, Finland on August 23-24, 2007. The organisers of the event are Biocenter Oulu and EuReGene, European Renal Genome Project Research consortium, The Society of Finnish Developmental Biology. Available downloads are the event programme (pdf, 33K), a map of the city of Oulu (pdf, 140K) and a map of the university campus (pdf, 704K).

The 10th International Developmental Nephrology Workshop will be held in Pécs, Hungary on August 28-30, 2007. You can access details about the scientific program, the social program, as well as registration information at https://www.pcongress.hu/. Travel awards are available on a competitive basis. The deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2007.

The meeting has the goal of deepening physiology and pathophysiology of endothelin with a particular eye to the use of endothelin antagonists. Since the successful trials on pulmonary hypertension, a growing interest in the use of endothelin antagonists and endothelin converting enzyme inhibitors in diseases involving the cardiovascular, nervous, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and reproductive systems have been registered. You can visit our website under construction at http://www.et-10.it.

EuroMouse is the second joint meeting of European Research Projects investingating the functional genomics of the mouse. The conference aims to demonstrate the added value of supporting mouse functional genomics research at a European Level and debate prioroties for the future direction of mouse functional gemomics research in Europe.

Day 1: Presentations from EuroMouse Projects

day 2: focused presentations and discussions on prioroties for mouse functional genomics

for more information visit www.prime-eu.org

Please check back for future scientific meetings and training activities related and/or organised by the EuReGene consortium.