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The VIIIth Complement Genetics Workshop and Conference
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7th International Workshop on MHC Evolution
Perth, October 6-11, 2002

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SUNDAY Oct. 6th

8.30 at CY O'CONNOR Village in Canning Vale:
Pre-conference workshops will be mainly concerned with collaborations to produce consensus maps of the MHC and complement clusters for different species. Coordinator: C. Amadou.

14.00: Official Opening at Fremantle Town Hall
Introductory talks:
Gojobori - Opportunities in Biotechnology 
Kasahara - History of the genome
Schneider - Lessons for Forensics 
Arnaiz-Villena - Language and Genes
Dijkstra - Applications for the Fish Industry 
Oppenheimer - Human Migration and Culture
Fischer-Lindahl - International Collaboration

MONDAY Oct. 7th 

Round table discussions: 
9.00 - 11.00: Mechanisms in evolution including duplication, recombination, insertion and deletion, control of expression. 
Chairs: Gojobori, Kulski
Panel including : Longman-Jacobsen, Birmingham, Yu, Waldman, Schneider, Miller, Martin.
11.00 - 13.00: Genomic architecture, polymorphism, blocks, clusters, haplotypes and paralogy. 
Chairs: Kasahara, Gaudieri 
Panel including: Inoko, Fischer-Lindahl, Ziegler, Walter, Amadou.
14.00 - 16.00: Evolution of Innate and Specific Immunity. 
Chairs: Nonaka, Wetherall
Panel including: Fujita, Bahram, Schneider, Christadoss, Dijkstra, Oppenheimer, Miller, Steele.
16.30 - 18.30: Reports and Presentations including Genomics software.
Co-ordinators: P Hinchliffe and C McLure

TUESDAY Oct. 8th

 8.30 - 17.00: Abstract presentations

WEDNESDAY Oct. 9th

 08.30 - 17.00: Abstract presentations

THURSDAY Oct. 10th

 08.30 - 17.00: Abstract presentations

FRIDAY Oct. 11th

08.30: Species maps, comparative genomics. 
Chair: Amadou 
10.50: Wrap-ups including 
- Paralogy
- Haplotypes and blocks
- Innate immunity 
Chair: Dawkins 
1210: Future plans. 
Chair: Ziegler

Top of Page Abstract list (complement-related topics in bold face):
  1. THE MHC-LINKED OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENE CLUSTER OF THE MOUSE: SEQUENCE, ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON WITH ITS HUMAN ORTHOLOG 
    C Amadou, R Younger, A Ziegler, S Beck, K Fischer Lindahl
  2. GENOMIC DIVERSITY BETWEEN CHIMPANZEE AND HUMAN WITHIN THE ENTIRE MHC CLASS I REGION.
    T Anzai, T Shiina, N Kimura, K Yanagiya, S Kohara, A Shigenari, T K Naruse, J K Kulski, Y Fujimori, Y Fukuzumi, M Yamazaki, H Tashiro, C Iwamoto, Y Umehara, T Imanishi, K Ikeo, T Gojobori, H Inoko
  3. EVOLUTION AND POLYMORPHISM OF MHC NON-CLASSICAL CLASS I GENES.
    A Arnaiz-Villena 
    THE RELATEDNESS OF MEDITERRANEANS AND AMERINDIANS ACCORDING TO HLA GENES 
    A Arnaiz-Villena
  4. IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENETICS OF THE EGG-LAYING MAMMALS. 
    K Belov, L Hellman, A Wright, R D Miller
  5. HUMAN CR1-LIKE EXPRESSES A TRANSCRIPT IN BONE MARROW FOR A C4B BINDING PROTEIN C 
    M Logar, W Chen, D J Birmingham
  6. A CR1 POLYMORPHISM ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTITUTIVE ERYTHROCYTE CR1 LEVELS AFFECTS BINDING TO C4B BUT NOT C3B 
    D J Birmingham, W Chen, H C Schmitt, K Gavit
  7. ANCIENT ALLELIC LINEAGES AND GENETIC EXCHANGE IN XENOPUS LAEVIS CLASS Ia MHC 
    D H Bos, B Waldman
  8. MHC STUDIES RELATED TO PARASITE RESISTANCE IN MERINO SHEEP 
    J Bot, J Karlsson, J Greef, D Groth, J Wetherall, C Witt
  9. MHC VARIATION IN THE MACROPODIDAE. MAINLAND AND ISLAND POPULATIONS OF THE TAMMAR WALLABY (MACROPUS EUGENII). 
    T L Browning, K Belov, R D Miller, M D B Eldridge
  10. GENETIC MAP OF THE SELF/NONSELF RECOGNITION SYSTEM OF A NEAR-BASAL METAZOAN 
    L F Cadavid, L W Buss
  11. CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY IS CRITICAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS 
    E Tüzün, E Goluszko, P Christadoss
  12. CHARACTERISATION OF THE CLASS II REGION OF THE CANINE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) AND ITS APPLICATION TO CANINE INHERITED DISEASES. 
    S Debenham, M Binns
  13. CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF A NOVEL, HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN FROM A PROTOCHORDATE HISTOCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS 
    A W De Tomaso, S V Nyholm, I L Weissman
  14. MHC CLASS I POLYMORPHISM IN RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS): DISEASE RESISTANCE, ALLOGRAFT REJECTION AND BEHAVIOR 
    J M Dijkstra, I Kiryu, U Fischer, B Köllner, T Somamoto,T Nakanishi, M Ototake
  15. MHC CLASS I POLYMORPHISM IN RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS): DISEASE RESISTANCE, ALLOGRAFT REJECTION AND BEHAVIOR 
    J M Dijkstra, I Kiryu, U Fischer, B Köllner, T Somamoto,T Nakanishi, M Ototake
  16. MHC CLASS I LOCI IN RAINBOW TROUT: DUPLICATION, INACTIVATION AND RECOMBINATION 
    I Kiryu, J M Dijkstra, T Nakanishi, M Ototake
  17. MHC (CLASS I) POLYMORPHISM AS DETERMINANT FOR ALLOGRAFT REJECTION IN SHARK AND RAINBOW TROUT. 
    R I Sarder, U Fischer, K Okamura, B Köllner, J M Dijkstra, I Kiryu, K Hashimoto, T Nakanishi, M Ototake
  18. ISOLATION OF SIXTEEN MUTUALLY DIFFERENT MHC CLASS II b-CHAIN CDNA CLONES FROM A MEMBER OF THE CROCODILE ORDER, THE SPECTACLED CAIMAN. 
    M Due, L Vitved, J Salomonsen, K Skjodt
  19. LECTIN PATHWAY OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION 
    T Fujita
  20. HIV-1 INFECTION: A SELECTION FORCE FOR HLA POLYMORPHISM 
    X Gao, P Karacki, P Martin,G Nelson, X Jin, D Vlahov, J Goedert, R Kaslow, S Buchbinder, K Hoots, S O’Brien, M Carrington
  21. POLYGENIC VARIATION OF COMPLEMENT C4 AND RCCX MODULAR STRUCTURES IN RHESUS MACAQUE (MACACA MULATTA) AND HUMANS. 
    N Longman-Jacobsen, E K Chung, Y Yang, R Clark, P R Johnson, C Y Yu
  22. 7.1 AND 8.1: MHC HAPLOTYPES OF SIMILAR ORIGIN HAVE UNDERGONE DIFFERENT DUPLICATION AND INSERTION/DELETION EVENTS 
    N Longman-Jacobsen, S Gaudieri, J F Williamson, R L Dawkins
  23. A NOVEL MOUSE CLASS I GENE FAMILY ENCODED OUTSIDE THE MHC: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION 
    M Kasahara, Y Watanabe
  24. DEVELOPMENT OF A TYPING TECHNIQUE FOR PERB11.1 (MICA) BASED ON PHYLOGENETIC CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF CURRENTLY RECOGNISED ALLELES 
    E Korendowych, J F Williamson, S Gaudieri, R L Dawkins
  25. THE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF MHC CLASS I DUPLICATION BLOCKS 
    J K Kulski, T Shiina, T Anzai, S Kohara, H Inoko
  26. FORENSIC APPLICATIONS OF MHC POLYMORPHIC FROZEN BLOCKS 
    R Laird, S Gaudieri, N Jacobsen, R Dawkins
  27. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF HERV-K(C4) IN THE MHC CLASS III REGION. 
    M Mack, K Bender, P M Schneider
  28. LINKAGE AND ALLELIC POLYMORPHISM OF MHC CLASS I AND TAP2 IN DUCKS 
    C Mesa, K Thulien, K Magor
  29. LONG DISTANCE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN HLA MICROSATELLITES IN TWO HUMAN POPULATIONS. 
    K A Mather, M President, S Easteal, J Hollenbach, W Klitz, G Huttley, G Thomson
  30. USING THE GENOMIC MATCHING TECHNIQUE (GMT) AS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR DETERMINING PARENTAGE IN LIVESTOCK. 
    C McLure, S Gaudieri, P Carnegie, B Stewart, R Dawkins
  31. CONTENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE MHC CLASS I LOCI IN A MODEL AMERICAN MARSUPIAL, MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA 
    K B Miska, R D Miller
  32. CONTENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE MHC CLASS I REGION IN MONOTREMES. 
    K B Miska, L Hellman, R D Miller
  33. CTL RESPONSES TO THEILERIA PARVA-INFECTED CATTLE MAY BE FOCUSED ON A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS 
    L Murphy, D Mckeever, S Ellis
  34. GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MHC AND COMPLEMENT GENES IN A BONY FISH, MEDAKA 
    M Nonaka, M Y Matsuo, D Umetsu, S Hayashi
  35. XENOPUS MHC: "CLASS I REGION" ALLELIC LINEAGES AND FATES OF DUPLICATED MHCS 
    Y Ohta, L Du Pasquier, M Nonaka, R Lohr, M F Flajnik
  36. LINKAGE ANALYSIS OF MHC GENES IN NURSE SHARK 
    Y Ohta, M Nonaka, M F Flajnik
  37. WERE THE POLYNESIANS THE FIRST ARGONAUTS OF THE PACIFIC? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? 
    S Oppenheimer
  38. WHY SHOULD GLOBIN GENE MUTATIONS PROTECT AGAINST OTHER SERIOUS INFECTIONS AS WELL AS MALARIA? 
    S Oppenheimer
  39. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF SEAHORSE (HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA) 
    A Rahman, V Baranov, T Matsunaga
  40. GENOME EVOLUTION: A STUDY OF MHC PARALOGOUS GENES IN THE HUMAN GENOME 
    V Rand, S Beck
  41. RAPID EVOLUTION IN THE MHC GENES IN THE THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK 
    T Reusch, A Langefors
  42. ANALYSIS OF C-TYPE LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR GENES IN THE CHICKEN MHC – GENOME PARALOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE NK COMPLEX 
    S Rogers, J Kaufman
  43. LECTIN-LIKE NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR GENES OF BONY FISHES 
    A Sato, J Klein
  44. IDENTIFICATION OF ORTHOLOGOUS HLA CLASS I GENES IN NEW WORLD MONKEYS 
    H Sawai, Y Kawamoto, N Takahata, Y Satta
  45. THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF THE COMPLEMENT C4 GENES: A MODEL FOR GENE EVOLUTION DRIVEN BY DISEASE ASSOCIATION AND PROTECTION? 
    P M Schneider
  46. COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSES AMONG HUMAN, CHIMPANZEE AND RHESUS MACAQUE MHC CLASS I AND CLASS III REGIONS ELUCIDATED BY GENOMIC SEQUENCING. 
    T Shiina, S Kohara, T Anzai, Y Umehara, H Oizumi, N Kimura, K Yanagiya, E Masada, K Ikeo, L Walter, E Gunther, T Gojobori, H Inoko
  47. MECHANISM OF SOMATIC AND GERMLINE EVOLUTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE GENES 
    E J Steele
  48. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MHC PARALOGOUS GROUP IN THE HAGFISH 
    T Suzuki, T Ota, A Fujiyama, M Kasahara
  49. BOTH KIR- AND LY49-LIKE GENES EXIST IN MULTIPLE COPIES IN THE HORSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF NATURAL KILLER RECEPTORS 
    T Takahashi, M Yawata, M Kasahara
  50. RETROTRANSPOSON ACTIVITY IN SOMATIC CELLS OF HUMANS: AN IN SILICO ANALYSIS. 
    G Thomson, D I K Martin
  51. EVOLUTION OF MHC CLASS I AND CLASS II LOCI AMONG THREE CLOSELY RELATED TROUTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST. 
    T F Turner, J P Wares, D Alň
  52. THE TRANSPORTERS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIGEN PROCESSING (TAPS) IN THE CHICKEN ARE HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC AND INFLUENCE THE PEPTIDE REPERTOIRE OF CLASS I MOLECULES. 
    B A Walker, S Milne, S Beck, J Kaufman
  53. THE RAT MHC: COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSIS 
    L Walter, T Shiina, S Kohara, R Sudbrak, P Hurt, R Reinhardt, H Himmelbauer, H Inoko, R Dressel, E Günther
  54. A QUANTITATIVE GENETIC TRAIT FOR HUMAN LUPUS: LOW AND HIGH GENE DOSAGES AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF COMPLEMENT C4 IN SLE PATIENTS. 
    Y Yang, E K Chung, B P Tsao, B Zhou, G C Higgins, R M Rennebohm, C A Blanchong, N Longman-Jacobsen, D J Birmingham, B H Rovin, La Hebert, C YY
  55. GENETIC DIVERSITY AND SOPHISTICATION OF COMPLEMENT C4A AND C4B AND RP- C4- CYP21- TNX MODULES IN THE HUMAN MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC). 
    E K Chung, Y Yang, B Zhou, M Lokki, C A Blanchong, K N Jones, G C Higgins, R M Rennebohm, C Y Yu
  56. DIFFERENCE IN THE INTRINSIC STRENGTH OF THE HUMAN COMPLEMENT SYSTEM: A STUDY OF C4A AND C4B GENE DOSAGE VARIATIONS IN THREE POPULATIONS. 
    Y Yang, C A Blanchong, B Zhou, E K Chung, C M Bailey, K Jones, R Rennebohm, G Higgins, C Y Yu, M Kovács, I Karádi, L Varga, G Fust
  57. NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR DEFINITIVE ANALYSES OF HUMAN COMPLEMENT C4A AND C4B GENE DOSAGE VARIATIONS IN SLE. 
    E K Chung, Y Yang, G Higgins, R Rennebohm, C Y Yu
  58. GENETIC CONTROL OF IL4-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF THE HUMAN STAT6 SIGNALING PATHWAY 
    W J Zhang, M J Chorney, W A Koltun
  59. UNORTHODOX TESTICULAR EXPRESSION OF HLA CLASS I AND HLA-LINKED OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENES 
    A Ziegler, S Beck, G Dohr, A Ehlers, A Volz, J Younger, B Uchanska-Ziegler
  60. PARALOGOUS AND SYNTENIC CLUSTERS AND COMPLEX DISEASE: IMPORTANCE OF MHC AND COMPLEMENT GENES 
    J A Berry, S Gaudieri And R L Dawkins
  61. ANALYSIS OF HLA-DR ANTIGENS IN HIGH RESPONDERS AGAINST PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SERINE REPEAT ANTIGEN IN UGANDA. 
    Hashiba, B A Okech, T G. Egwang, K Udaka, T Horii
  62. COMPARATIVE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN AND MOUSE MHC 
    A Kumánovics, T Takada, E P Jones, K Fischer-Lindahl
  63. FIRST EVIDENCE OF AN ANCESTRAL MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY CLASS I SEQUENCE COMMON TO HUMANS AND PIG 
    C Renard, M Vaiman, P Chardon
  64. DO MARSUPIAL AND MONOTREME MHC CLASS II ORTHOLOGS EXIST IN EUTHERIANS? 
    K Belov, M Lam, L Hellman, D Colgan
  65. CHARACTERISING AND COMPARING SHORT CONSENSUS REPEATS WITHIN CR1 AND CR1L 
    C A Mclure, S Gaudieri, R L Dawkins
  66. COMPARISON BETWEEN AMPHIOXUS AND VERTEBRATE GENOME ALLOWS TO EVIDENCE "EN BLOC" DUPLICATIONS DURING VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTO MHC REGION 
    P Pontarotti, L Abi-Rached, A Gilles, T Shiina, H Inoko
  67. CONSERVED SYNTENY ACROSS BILATERIAN. 
    E Danchin, L Abi-Rached, A Gilles, P Pontarotti
  68. AN EVOLUTION BASED HYPOTHESIS ON THE ORIGINS AND MECHANISMS OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: THE RETROVIRUS 
    G W Boyd
  69. CHALLENGES IN LIVESTOCK GENOMICS: USE OF A NEW SPECIES MARKER 
    C Stewart, C Mclure, R Laird, J Berry, J Williamson, R Dawkins
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