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Meeting report of the European mouse complex genetics network SYSGENET

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The second scientific meeting of the European systems genetics network for the study of complex genetic human disease using genetic reference populations (SYSGENET) took place at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences in Bilbao, Spain, December 10–12, 2012. SYSGENET is funded by the European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technological Research (COST) and represents a network of scientists in Europe that use mouse genetic reference populations (GRPs) to identify complex genetic factors influencing disease phenotypes (Schughart, Mamm Genome 21:331–336, 2010). About 50 researchers working in the field of systems genetics attended the meeting, which consisted of 27 oral presentations, a poster session, and a management committee meeting. Participants exchanged results, set up future collaborations, and shared phenotyping and data analysis methodologies. This meeting was particularly instrumental for conveying the current status of the US, Israeli, and Australian Collaborative Cross (CC) mouse GRP. The CC is an open source project initiated nearly a decade ago by members of the Complex Trait Consortium to aid the mapping of multigenetic traits (Threadgill, Mamm Genome 13:175–178, 2002). In addition, representatives of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium were invited to exchange ongoing activities between the knockout and complex genetics communities and to discuss and explore potential fields for future interactions.

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  1. Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine, CNRS UMR, 5287, Bordeaux, France

    Anna Delprato

  2. CIC bioGUNE & CIBERehd, Bizkaia Technological Park, 48160, Derio, Spain

    Ana M. Aransay & Juan M. Falcon-Perez

  3. Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre of Infection Research, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Heike Kollmus & Klaus Schughart

  4. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Klaus Schughart

  5. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Klaus Schughart

  6. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain

    Juan M. Falcon-Perez

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Delprato, A., Aransay, A.M., Kollmus, H. et al. Meeting report of the European mouse complex genetics network SYSGENET. Mamm Genome 24, 190–197 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-013-9458-y

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