The annual meeting of the Garrod Association was held in
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Final Program New
Garrod Symposium Registration Form 2012
Garrod Symposium OMICs: Discovery and Diagnosis and Satellite Conference
Garrod Symposium Abstract Submission Form 2012
Garrod Membership and Dues 2012
The StaR Summit 2012 with its theme “Bridge to Better Therapies” is being held in Winnipeg this year on Monday May 7th and Tuesday May 8th immediately following the Garrod and CanPKU meetings and some may wish to extend their trips to Winnipeg to attend this excellent summit.
As posted on its website star.proreg.ca “The StaR Child Health (Standards for Research in Child Health) is a group of methodologists, clinicians and policy makers who seek to enhance the quality, ethics and reliability of pediatric clinical research by promoting the use of evidence-based standards or guidance for clinical studies with children.”
This year Sylvia Stockler will be hosting a workshop on Creating Framework to improve Evidence of Treatments for Rare Diseases and Cheryl Greenberg will be presenting on Translating Knowledge in Hereditary metabolic diseases- the Hypophosphatasia Story.
For more information please visit www.starchildhealth.org.
Canadian MPS Society’s 2012 Research Grants – Request for Applications
Please see attached applications for the Canadian MPS Society’s 2012 Research Grants
Information is also available at:
http://www.mpssociety.ca/page/research%20grants%20-%20requests%20for%20applications.aspx
2012-1: Research into MPS disease
This grant will be for $50,000.00 over one year, with a funding decision to be announced March 31, 2012. Priority will be given to research into types of MPS other than MPS II and MPS IV B (see below for MPS II and MPS IV B grants).
Click here to download the application package. Application deadline is February 15, 2012.
2012-2: Research into MPS II disease (Hunter syndrome):
This grant will be for $100,000.00 over two years ($50,000.00 per year), with a funding decision to be announced March 30, 2012. Application deadline is February 29, 2012.
Click here to download the application package. Application deadline is February 29, 2012.
2012-4: Research into MPS IV B disease (Morquio B syndrome):
This grant will be for $50,000.00 over one year, with a funding decision to be announced March 30, 2012. Application deadline is February 29, 2012.
Click here to download the application package. Application deadline is February 29, 2012.
SSIEM Academy, 23rd-24th November, 2011
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam The Netherlands
Applications are open to clinicians and laboratory scientists training in
inherited metabolic disease. The application process is online and is
available on the SSIEM website from 9th May to 30th June, 2011.
Details can be obtained at: http://www.ssiem.org/ssiemacademy/
Programmes
Joint Clinicians & Laboratory Scientists
Neurotransmitters
Selected Case Discussions submitted by delegates
Clinicians
Glycogen Storage Disorders Part 1
Glycogen Storage Disorders Part 2
Seizures due to inborn errors
Laboratory Scientists
Glycogen Storage Disorders
CDG syndromes
Mitochondrial Disease
Canadian MPS Society’s 2011 Research Grants – Request for Applications
Dear Garrod members
The Canadian MPS Society is pleased to request applications for two 2011 research grants: its $50,000 2011-2 research grant for research into MPS II disease (Hunter syndrome); and its $40,000 2011-4 research grant for research into MPS IV B disease (Morquio B syndrome).
2011-2: Research into MPS II disease (Hunter syndrome):
This grant will be for $50,00.00 over one year, with a funding decision to be announced March 30, 2011.
Canadian MPS Society 2011-2 Research Grant RFA 10 20 10
2011-4: Research into MPS IV B disease (Morquio B syndrome):
This grant will be for $40,00.00 over one year, with a funding decision to be announced March 30, 2011.
Canadian MPS Society 2011-4 Research Grant RFA FINAL (2)
More information can be found by clicking on the following link and visiting the research page of the website
http://www.mpssociety.ca
Thank you
Pranesh Chakraborty