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May 15, 2002
Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholars to Meet in Queensland, Australia
Leading biomedical scientists from around the world will meet June
25-28 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia, to discuss research ranging
from the genetic origins of cancer to new treatments for infectious
diseases.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's international research scholars
will gather to share their research. Scientists from Australia, Uganda
and Israel, for example, will compare work on malaria and other
parasitic diseases. Researchers from Canada, Russia and other nations
will discuss how biomedical science can best use new genomic
techniques. Other sessions will bring together scientists from nations
as diverse as India and Argentina, Hungary and Mexico, to discuss
biological research ranging from protein folding to virology.
HHMI President Thomas R. Cech, a Nobel laureate, will open the
meeting at the Novotel Palm Cove Resort (north of Cairns) on Tuesday
evening, June 25. One hundred twenty-one of HHMI's international
research scholars from 29 countries will present scientific talks on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 26-28.
Since 1991, HHMI has awarded over $100 million in five-year grants
to support the work of outstanding biomedical scientists at their own
institutions around the world. In many cases, HHMI support has enabled
scientists to carry out research in the face of difficult economic
conditions, providing critical funds for supplies, the support of
graduate students, travel to meetings and other needs.
HHMI's international program complements its mission of carrying out
research with its own scientific teams at 69 locations across the
United States.
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