It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 1st International Conference on Integrative Salmonid Biology (ICISB), to be held in Oslo, Norway, on June 17th – 20th, 2012.
ICISB is intended to provide a forum to discuss recent developments and future plans for salmonid biology and genomics. It is likely that genomic information generated by the salmon and rainbow trout sequencing efforts will have a significant impact on how we approach research on wild and domesticated salmonids across a broad range of themes. With both sequencing efforts approaching completion it is timely that the salmonid community comes together to explore as broadly as possible the opportunities that will emerge from the availability of the sequences, and to highlight scientific challenges that will require concerted international efforts in the years to come.
Oral presentations and posters will offer important insights into the latest knowledge and challenges in the following areas:
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Salmonid genomics and bioinformatics
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Molecular ecology and evolution of salmonids
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Sex determination and sex-specific recombination in salmonids
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Salmonid immune system, pathogens and vaccine development
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Environmental and conservation biology of wild salmonids
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Physiology and nutrition
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Breeding, QTL detection and genomic selection
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Life history biology of salmonids
The ICISB 2012 conference was initiated by and has been made possible through the support of the International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG). The ICSASG was established in 2009 and is comprised of public and private member organizations from Canada, Chile and Norway who are committed to oversee and provide funding for the sequencing effort.
