News & Events
We welcome your feedback (07 January 2015)
This is a preview version of the future FaceBase 2 site. We would appreciate your using the following form to send us any feedback you have on making this site more usable.
Thank you, FaceBase 2 Hub Coordinating Center
2015 FaceBase Annual meeting in Marina del Rey, CA (11 December 2014)
The next annual meeting of the FaceBase Consortium will be held January 8-9 in Marina del Rey, California. We are pleased to announce that this year, the first day of the meeting – Thursday, January 8th – will be open to the general craniofacial research community.
During this day-long meeting, each FaceBase project will introduce themselves and describe the research goals they will accomplish through FaceBase. The Hub Coordinating Center will also give an overview of the new FaceBase website and data browser that will be unveiled in 2015.
We are especially pleased to announce that Dr. Christine Borgman will give a presentation on “TBD” at 1:15pm.
You can find more information here: [link to event page with agenda pdf]
This meeting will be webcast, so craniofacial researchers all over the country are encouraged to join.
To attend this meeting, use the following link to register and indicate whether you will be onsite or wish to attend remotely via webcast. Further instructions will be provided via email.
####Click here to register for the public portion of the FaceBase 2015 Annual Meeting
FaceBase.org is moving to ISI (13 October 2014)
As part of the transition of FaceBase to Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at USC, the facebase.org website is moving to ISI servers the week of October 13th. There will be more updates to the FaceBase online experience in 2015 so stay tuned. We do not anticipate downtime with the move, but if you are having issues with the website, please send an email to facebase [dash] hub [AT] isi.edu.
FaceBase Biorepository is still available (03 October 2014)
Although the FaceBase Biorepository is now closed, samples collected as part of the FaceBase Biorepository are available to researchers interested in collaborating with the University of Iowa on projects focusing on genetics and Craniofacial conditions. To learn more about available samples and sample access please contact Nichole Nidey (nichole-nidey AT uiowa.edu) or Jeff Murray (jeff-murray AT uiowa.edu).
ASHG 2013 Webcasts Now Available (12 November 2013)
Dear Colleague,
Thank you for your participation in the largest ASHG annual meeting to date!
The 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics was held on October 22-26, 2013, in Boston, MA. This year’s meeting had a record-breaking total attendance of 8,484 participants – including scientific attendees, exhibitors, press, and speakers.
Recordings of Invited Sessions and Award Presentations (audio and slides) are now available. Please go to the ASHG web portal to access the webcasts. If you don’t already have a login ID and password, you will need to first create an account. Please note that some speakers declined to have their presentations recorded or posted online.
Highlights from ASHG 2013 include:
- Total number of meeting attendees: 8,484
- Scientific attendees (Members/Non-members/Speakers/Press): 6,777
- Exhibit personnel: 1707
- The 2013 Scientific Program featured six plenary sessions, 405 platform, and 3,469 poster presentations. There were also 21 invited sessions and 12 invited workshops programmed.
- The 2013 Exhibit Hall was the largest ever, featuring 235 companies displaying genetics products, services, and industry publications in 327 booths.
- Over 4,300 tweets* using the #ASHG2013 hashtag:
ASHG looks forward to seeing you next year in San Diego, October 18-22. You are encouraged to submit an Invited Session Proposal or Workshop today! Submissions will be accepted through December 6, 2013.
ASHG Meetings Management
*as of 10/28/13