Notes on the International Genome Project Meeting

Meeting Highlights: 15th International Mouse Genome Conference

After the official opening of the meeting by Ian Jackson (MRC Human Genetics Unit, UK), John McPherson (Washington University, USA) gave his plenary lecture Mapping and sequencing the mouse genome. He started with a report on the status of 'the other genome' (human), stating that they now have y2.9 Gb of sequence, 1.75 Gb of which is 'finished' and 99% of which is aligned to the chromosomes. Ch...

The Zeitgeist of Challenging the Evidence. A Perspective on the International Consensus Meeting on Periprosthetic Joint Infection

 Background: The economic burden of the treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is high and the treatment of PJI has a high degree of international controversy. Several papers have declared the International Consensus Meeting on Periprosthetic Joint Infection (ICMPJI) to be the "flawless pledge of international academics" to overcome the challenges of musculoskeletal infections. The p...

The Italian Contribution to the International Solanaceae Genome Project (sol)

*) CNR-IGV, Institute of Plant Genetics, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici,Italy **) Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy ***) Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy ****) ENEA, Casaccia Research Center, P.O. Box 2400...

THE 13th INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGY

roceedings of the international consensus meeting on periprosthetic joint infection

tenth section: operative environment chairmen: javad parvizi md, frcs; thorsten gehrke, md