Symposium on Cell Biology & Cloning to Be Presented by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers of Journal Cloning.

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LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 11, 2000

A symposium on cell biology and cloning, Structure and Function of a Cell Nucleus, will be held on January 13, 2001. It is the first of a series of meetings on this subject organized in association with Cloning, the peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

On October 8, Cloning published the paper announcing the successful interspecies nuclear transfer of genes from the endangered gaur bull to a bovine mother. This complete program for this symposium, which will be held in conjunction with the 27th Annual Conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society in Omaha, NE, is available online at www.bioconferences.com/clo.

The symposium will be chaired by the editor in chief of Cloning, Ian Wilmut, Ph.D. (Roslin Institute, Midlothian, Scotland, and senior editor, Tanja Dominko, D.V.M., Ph.D., (Advanced Cell Technology, Worcester, MA). The Symposium will cover meiotic vs. mitotic chromatin structure and function, transcriptional repression prior to MET, genomic imprinting, chromatin structure and gene expression, the relationship between DNA replication and transcription, the role of the nuclear envelope, and somatic vs. embryonic cell cycles.

Following are the Symposium's sessions and chairmen (The symposium's sessions which will be held at the Henry Doorly Zoo): "Control of Nuclear Behavior by Oocyte Cytoplasm," Hugh Clarke, Ph.D., McGill University; "Consequences of Chromatin Structure for Chromatin Activity," Alan P. Wolffe, Ph.D., Sangamo BioSciences; "Differences Between Cycling and Quiescent Mammalian Cells," Gregory H. Leno, Ph.D., Infigen, Inc.; "Regulation of Embryonic Gene Expression," Hans Scholer, Ph.D., Center for Animal Transgenesis & Germ Cell Research, University of Pennsylvania; "Genomic Imprinting," Robert Feil, Ph.D., The Babraham Institute; "Role of Nuclear Envelope," Manfred J. Lohka, Ph.D., University of Calgary; "Somatic Centrosome and the Cell Cycle," Cal Simerly, Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University; and "Nuclear-Mitochrondrial Intergenomic Communication," Justin St. John, Ph.D., University of Birmingham.

"Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. established the journal Cloning, the only journal dedicated to the subject, because this rapidly growing area of research requires a highly authoritative and focused peer-reviewed publication," said Mary Ann Liebert, president and CEO of the publishing company (www.liebertpub.com). "Likewise, the symposium, which is chaired by Ian Wilmut and Tanja Dominko, the Journal's editor-in-chief and senior editor, will bring together leaders in the field to present and discuss the latest developments."

Cloning, a quarterly journal published in print and online and indexed in EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, focuses on the latest progress in mammalian cloning. It covers original work on cloning, allied technologies such as molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating de-differentiation and nuclear reprogramming, stem cells, germ-line genetic engineering, tissue regeneration, transgenics, nuclear transfer, oocyte maturation, and other related fields.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is universally known for establishing the first peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biomedical research such as AIDS and gene therapy. Such journals include AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses and Human Gene Therapy. The company's biotechnology publication, Genetic Engineering News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 60 publications is available at www.liebertpub.com

To view a free sample issue of Cloning online, visit www.liebertonline.com/clo. For sample copies please call 914/834-3100 ext 678 or email [e-mail].