Hi All. A useful event for postgrads wanting to present their work and get feedback:

The Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society (PFGS) annual colloquium is to take place at Lancaster University on the 11th and 12th December 2008. The colloquium this year goes under thetitle of "Social and biosciences - a critical collaboration".

The colloquium provides an opportunity to postgrads and recent post docs to share their recent work with their peers and gain valuable feedback. The colloquium also has presentations from experts in a range of fields and this year will have a keynote speech from Professor Ruth Chadwick (Cardiff University) and Dr Steve Sturdy (Deputy Director of the Genomics Forum). Other sessions will include public policy and ethical issues raised by obesity testing as well as patenting.

The colloquium is open to all postgraduate students and recent post docs in any discipline with an interest in this research area. All accommodation and refreshments are provided and travel bursaries of up to £60 per student are available.

Those wishing to present a paper should submit an abstract of 200 words (maximum) in either plain text or MS Word format, together with a short biography, to pfgs08@googlemail.com by Friday 7th November 2008. Papers should be around 20 minutes in length. Submissions should include: name and title, paper title, affiliation, email address, telephone number and postal address.

For more information and to download a registration form visit: http://www.pfgs.org