The 2004 HUGO Mutation Detection Course was held the International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK from Thursday 2^nd September to Monday 6^th September.  The Centre for Life is a unique ‘science village’ in the heart of  Newcastle upon Tyne and is dedicated to fostering advancement in the life sciences. The popular HUGO training courses are aimed at post graduate and medical scientists who wish to broaden their experience of mutation detection technology and offer an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and experienced practitioners working in the area.

What are the courses like? Read this report from the 2002 meeting: HUGO Course 2002

Well it is now over, and my thanks to all the demonstrators, companies, lecturers and participants who made such a great course possible.  We'll be sending out a course CD soon and there is a draft lab manual on this site in html format.

HUGO thanks the the following companies and organisations for supporting this course:

AME Bioscience, Biogene, Idaho Technology Inc, Life Knowledge Park, Promega, Softgenetics, TECAN, Transgenomic

News: html versions of available lab and lecture notes now posted

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Course Advisors:  

Prof. Richard G H Cotton (Australia),  Prof. Mireille Claustres (France), Dr. Johan Den Dunnen (Holland), 

Prof. Ann-Christine Syvänen (Sweden),  Prof. Mario Tosi (France)

Course Co-ordinator: Graham Taylor (Leeds)

Lab co-ordinator: Claire Taylor (Leeds)

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