Registration is open for the 2013 Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease and Midwest Zebrafish Conference

The 2013 Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease and Midwest Zebrafish Conference
30 June – 3 July 2013 • Hilton Milwaukee Downtown, 509 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Contact:
Dr. Michael Carvan
School of Freshwater Sciences
carvanmj@uwm.edu

More information and registration can be found at http://home.freshwater.uwm.edu/aamhd2013/

The 2013 Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease and Midwest Zebrafish Conference will bring together researchers from all over the world to address emerging issues of human disease biology and the role aquatic animal models can play. The Program Committee has designed a meeting with an aim to highlighting recent advances in human biomedicine and environmental health in which aquatic animal models played an important role as well as promising new applications and directions.

Aquatic animals have played important roles in advancing our understanding of the origins of human disease and for the study of strategies for prevention and/or therapy. In many cases, the best choice for an animal model of human disease is aquatic; the most-widely known is zebrafish. The Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease Conference is unique in that it does not simply focus on one species or one disease but provides a breadth of current approaches not found in other venues. The 6th conference in this series that brings together researchers from the U.S. and around the world that employ aquatic animal models in their studies of human diseases is to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Midwest Zebrafish Conference is a gathering of scientists and researchers that focus on the use of zebrafish in their basic biological and biomedical research. These two conferences will be held jointly such that investigators using different models and employing different approaches can engage in dialog and exchange ideas. The program has been designed by recognized leaders in the field to provide state-of-the-art information on advances in the use of aquatic animals in biomedical research and the technologies employed.