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TheHumanMutationRateMeeting(THMR2015)
A meeting dealing specifically with research on topics related to human mutation rates will be held at the Max
PlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryAnthropologyfrom25th27thFebruary2015.
Thismeetingaimsatbringingtogetherresearchersfromdifferentfieldsthatareinterestedinestimatingtherateof
mutationsinhumansandapes,theapplicationoftheseratestodateeventsinthepast,thedifferencesinmaleand
female mutation rates, the evolution of the mutation rate, the molecular and chemical mechanisms leading to
germlineandsomaticmutations,andothertopicsrelatedtothehumanmutationrate.
Theregistrationandabstractsubmissiondeadlinewas15thDecember2014.
Registration for the meeting was free of charge and coffee breaks and small meals are included as part of the
conference. Unfortunately, we are not able to support participants by funding travel or accommodation. The
meetingwillstartontheeveningof25thFebruary2015toallowgueststoflyinonthefirstdayofthemeeting.

InvitedSpeakers
RichardDurbin
KelleyHarris
JeanJacquesHublin
AgnarHelgason
MichaelLynch
KaterynaMakova
MollyPrzeworski
DavidReich
AylwynScally
MikkelSchierup
MichaelStratton
ShamilSunyaev

Organizers:
DavidReich
KayPrfer

OrganizingCommittee
ViolaMittag
ManjushaChintalapati
StphanePeyrgne
JooTeixeira
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This meeting is funded by the Max Planck Society and supported financially by Harvard Medical School and
AlexandervonHumboldtStiftung.

2015,MaxPlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryAnthropology,Leipzig

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