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Subject:
Tidewater VA Gen. Soc. Spring Seminar
Date:
Tue, 9 May 2006 08:31:49 EDT
To:
GEN-EVENTS-L(a)rootsweb.com
The Tidewater Virginia Genealogical Society announces
its annual one-day Spring Seminar which will be held on
Saturday, May 20, 2006 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the
Newport News Main Street Library in the Hilton area.
The Spring Seminar is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
"Trace Your Roots with DNA" will be the subject of the
morning speaker Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak.
Her latest book co-authored with Ann Turner, Using Genetic
Tests to Explore Your Family Tree, has been featured in
Newsweek, The New York Times, on NPR, and in the Book
of the Month Club.
Afternoon session will be a Computer Workshop by
TGS leaders.
Seminar fee: $35 for members and $40 for non-menbers, i
ncludes a box lunch or $5.00 less if you bring your own.
Late registration fee of $5.00 if postmarked after May 13.
Day of seminar late registrations will be taken at 9:00 a.m.
with no lunch available.
For details and registration information, please visit
the TGS website, www.rootsweb.com/~vatgs or
call 757-988-1055.
For directions to the Main Street Library see web page,
www.newport-news.va.us/library/libsys/locat/mainst/mainst.htm.
Scott Wagner, Publicity Chair
Tidewater Genealogical Society
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Jacques L'Heureux, Columbia, Maryland
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A company is using the genetic homogeneity of French Canadians to find
new drug targets -- and redefine human disease.
In the 17th century, 15,000 French immigrants bravely made their way to
eastern Canada. Some headed further west, many returned to France, but a
hardy few stayed in Quebec. Starting with a total of just 2,600 people
between 1608 and 1760, this group would grow 800-fold over the next 10
or so generations, with little marriage outside the group. The result is
the Quebec "founder" population -- a genetically homogenous group of
individuals that is ideally suited to the genetic study of disease.
Geneticists have long taken advantage of founder populations -- so named
because only a few ancestors founded the entire population -- such as
the Ashkenazi Jews and Icelandic people. Members of these groups share
long stretches of DNA, which simplifies genetic studies of disease by
reducing the background noise of other genetic variations.
Today's best-known gene-hunting company, deCODE genetics, an Icelandic
gene and drug discovery company, has identified genes for diabetes,
heart disease, and asthma within the small Icelandic population. Now a
biotech company, Genizon BioSciences, is finding similar success with
the French Canadians of Quebec. Based in Quebec, the company is taking
advantage of new advances in genomics to find disease genes that have
been hard to detect with other methods.
The full article by Emily Singer can be read in Technology Review.
To stay abreast of Franco-American news, visit the Franco-American
Connection website at
http://www.francoamericanconnection.com/
or subscribe to the Franco American Connection blog at
http://francoamericanconnection.blogspot.com/
Jacques
List and website admin
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Translation website: http://world.altavista.com/
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