Speakers Include *tentative

Brenner, Sydney
(The Molecular Sciences Institute, Inc.)
The next human genome sequence

Brookes, Anthony J.
(Karolinska Institute, Stockholm)
Using Intra-Genic SNPs to Study Complex Disease: Tools, Systems, and Practical Experience

Cantor, Charles R.
(Sequenom, Inc.)
Applications of automated mass spectrometry in genomics

Cargill, Michele
(MIT Center for Genome Research)
Understanding Human Sequence Variation

Cohen, Daniel
(Genset)
Common Disease Susceptibility Genes: Discovery and Biological Significance

Galas, David J.
(Keck Graduate Inst. of Appl. Life Sci.)
( To be announced)

Holden, Arthur L.
(The SNP Consortium, Ltd.)
( To be announced)

Inoko, Hidetoshi
(Tokai University Medical School)
( To be announced)

Itakura, Mitsuo
(University of Tokushima)
( To be announced)

Ito, Takashi
(Kanazawa University)
Functional genomics of protein-protein interactions

Kerlavage, Anthony R.
(Celera Genomics)
Comparative Genomics and the Future of Biological Knowledge

Ko, Minoru S. H.
(National Institute on Aging, NIH)
Embryogenomics and New Gene Discovery

Matsubara, Kenichi
(International Institute for Advanced Studies)
Opening Remarks

McDade, Ralph
(Luminex Corp.)
Genotype to Phenotype using Suspension Arrays

Patterson, Dale
(PE Biosystems)
The development of integrated protein analysis systems for the study of biological systems

Powell, Jeff
(Curagen Corporation)
Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics: Identifying Drug Response Genes and Variants to Facilitate Personalized Medicine

Sakaki, Yoshiyuki
(University of Tokyo/Riken)
Complete sequence of chromosome 21 and its biological implication

Sasaki, Takuji
(National Institute of Agrobiological Resources)
Progress in rice genome sequencing

Shimizu, Nobuyoshi
(Keio University)
( To be announced)

Stefansson, Kari
(Decode Genetics, Reykjavik)
( To be announced)

Sugano, Sumio
(University of Tokyo)
Oligo-capping and full-length enrich cDNA library

Tabata, Satoshi
(Kazusa DNA Research Institute)
Complete genome structure of a flowering plant, Arabidopsis thaliana

Uhlen, Mathias
(Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
High-throughput DNA-analysis for the study of human disease

Wilson, Richard
(Washington University School of Medicine)
A First Pass Through the Human Genome

Wing, Rod A.
(Clemson University Genomics Institute)
Application of the CUGI Rice Genome Framework Project to Sequence Rice Chromosomes 10 and 3