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Building a Better Mouse II a Success

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<p>Over 200 scientists from all over the world gathered for the <a href="http://www.vcscb.org/bbm" target="_blank">Building a Better Mouse (BBM) II</a> conference on July 12-14, 2007 at <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/viewbook/" target="_blank">Vanderbilt University</a> in <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/nashville/" target="_blank">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.</p> <p>Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D., professor of Biology and founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), led off the conference with a keynote address on July 12. Jaenisch is renowned for creating the first transgenic animals and has been recognized as a leader in the field of therapeutic cloning using embryonic stem cells.</p> <p>Other speakers included Janet Rossant, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, who gave the second keynote address; Allan Bradley, Ph.D., Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, England; and Gordon Keller, Ph.D., Director of the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Toronto.</p> <p>The conference was organized by Mark Magnuson, M.D., Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology; Christopher Wright, D.Phil., Director of the Program in Developmental Biology; Ronald Emeson, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Center for Molecular Neuroscience; and Maureen Gannon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology &amp; Biophysics.</p> <p>For conference highlights, please refer to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter news articles below or see the BBM II Photo Gallery.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=5613" target="_blank">Conference to explore &lsquo;Building a better mouse&rsquo;</a> - June 8, 2007</li> <li><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=5691" target="_blank">Conference outlines advances in mouse genomic engineering</a> - July 20, 2007 </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>