Center Paul Langevin Aussois, 73500 Modane, France How to get to the Centre Paul Langevin at Aussois Behavior Genetics Association Paris Geneve Annency Albertville The purpose of the Behavior Genetics Association is to promote scientific study of the interrelationship of Val disere genetic mechanisms and behavior, both human and animal; to encourage and aid the education and training of Chambery research workers in the field of behavior genetics; and to aid in the dissemination and interpretation to the general public of knowledge concerning the interrelationship of genetics and behavior, and its implications for health, Lyon human development and education. For additional information about the Behavior Genetics Association, please contact Dr. John K. Hewitt, BGA Secretary, Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, MCV Box 3, Richmond, VA Col du 23298-0003. Mont Cenis St. Jean de Maurienne Turin EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1989-1990 1990-1991 Valence Nice President Robert Plomin Carol B. Lynch Modane Tunnel du Frejus President-Elect Carol B. Lynch Lindon J. Eaves Past President Leonard L. Heston Robert Plomin Secretary John K. Hewitt John K. Hewitt Treasurer Gregory Carey Luara Baker Montpelier Member-at-Large Nicholas G. Martin Dorret I. Boomsma Toulouse Briancon Member-at-Large Dorret I. Boomsma George P. Vogler Marseille Marseille Turin Member-at-Large George P. Vogler Pete Driscoll Nice Previous Presidents Previous Dobzhansky Awardees PARIS - 700km GENEVE - 191km MARSEILLE - 441km Th. Dobzhansky, 1972-1973 Steven G. Vandenberg, 1977 LYON - 220km GRENOBLE - 140km TURIN - 123km John L. Fuller, 1973-1974 Elliot Slater, 1978 Gerald E. McClearn, 1974-1975 Ernst W. Caspari, 1979 By Car: Motorway A6 J.P. Scott, 1975-1976 Benson E. Ginsburg, 1980 Irving I. Gottesman, 1976-1977 Sheldon C. Reed, 1981 LYON- CHAMBERY - MONTMELIAN and then National 6 (N6) to MODANE W.R. Thompson, 1977-1978 Gardner Lindzey, 1982 Lee Ehrman, 1978-1979 Peter L. Broadhurst, 1983 From the Southeast and Italy: V. Elving Anderson, 1979-1980 Leonard L. Heston, 1984 Via TURIN or BRIANcON (Col du Montgenevre) John C. Loehlin, 1980-1981 Nikki Erlenmeyer-Kimling, 1985 Norman D. Henderson, 1981-1982 Raymond then TUNNEL DU FREJUS or COL DU MONT -CENTS Cattell, 1986 John C. De Fries, 1982-1983 J .L. Fuller & J.P. Scott, 1987 W. Fulker, By Train: Rapid connections to MODANE from: David 1983-1984 Lee Ehrman, 1988 PARIS, cumAugy (TGV) Steven G. Vandenburg, 1984-1985 Gerald E. McClearn, 1989 LYON, TURIN, MILAN Sandra Scarr, 1985-1986 Ronald S. Wilson, 1986-1987 Peter A. Parsons, 1987-1988 By Air: Airports: CHAMBERY, LYON SATOLAS, TURIN Leonard L. Heston, 1988-1989 Taxis, buses: MODANE-AUSSOIS (7km) Taxis 170FF, Cabs 100FF or bus (free) for grouped arrivals Centre Paul Langevin Contact: Pierre Roubertoux - GNC URA 1294 CNRS Aussois 45 Rue des Saints Peres 73500 MODANE 75006 PARIS FRANCE FRANCE Telephone: (79) 20-33-86 Tele hone (42) 86-21-49 Behavior Genetics Association - 1 cre, c lJ 6- (/'(7 Overview of Program Schedule 20th Annual BGA Meeting, June 1990 Day Time Location Event Topic Wednesday, 2:00pm Entry Registration June 6th 4:00pm Droset Executive Committee Meeting 5:00pm G.Snell Associate Members Meeting Behavior Genetics Association (informal) 5:30pm Bar Reception 8:30pm G.Snell Workshop Genetic aspects of anxiety/depression in humans and 20th Annual Meeting rats: Nature of the syndrome(s) and veracity of the model(s). Organizer: P.Driscoll. Participants: D.Blizard, F.R.Brush, G.Carey, A.R.Cools, D.S. Centre Paul Langevin Janowsky, D.Overstreet, G.P.Vogler. 8:30pm Echelle Workshop Teaching Behavioral Genetics: Problems and Prospects. Aussois Organizers: R.Guttman, B.Ginsburg. 73500 Modane Participants: M.Carlier, W.Crusio, R.Guttman, France S.Maxon, G.McClearn, M.Sokolowski, J.Wilson. Discussants: L.Ehrman, B.Ginsburg. June 6-9, 1990 Thursday, 8:45am G.Snell Symposium Lateralization June 7th 8:45am Theater Symposium Genetics, Behavior and Health 8:57am Echelle Paper Session Methodology Local Host: Pierre Robertoux 8:57am Rateau Paper Session Human-Behavior Genetics 10:18am Echelle Paper Session Social/Regulatory Behavior 10:30am Rateau Paper Session Pharmacogenetics 11:18am Theater Paper Session Personality/Neurogenetics Poster Session The 20th Annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association will be held June 6-9, 1990 in Aussois, 4:00pm Mezzanine 73500 Modane, France. The venue is the Centre Paul Langevin, 23, rue de Coin, Aussois. The center is a 10:00pm Ballroom Dancing conference and resort complex run by the CNRS, the French government's scientific research organization. It is Theater Symposium Applications for LISREL situated 123 kilometers from the Italian city of Turin, 191 kilometers from the Swiss city and 140 Friday, 8:45am of Geneva, Session Drosophila Behavior Genetics kilometers from the French Alpine resort, Grenoble. A map indicating outline information for travel by air, rail June 8th 8:45am Echelle Paper 8:45am Rateau Paper Session Alcohol and Nicotine and road to Aussois from the nearby major cities of France, Switzerland and Italy is cover of the on the inner G.Snell Symposium Evolution of Social Behavior program. The language of the conference will be English, but all registration, accomodation and other fees will be 10:30am payable in French currency (Francs). 10:30am Echelle Paper Session Cognitive Abilities 10:30am Rateau Paper Session Abnormal Behaviors 11:18am Theater Paper Session Neurogenetics On-site registration will take place at the conference center from 2:00pm, Wednesday, June 6, and during the Business Meeting day on Thursday, June 7. On Wednesday evening there will be a reception from 5:30pm to 7:00pm and, after 4:00pm Theater R. Plomin) dinner, there will be a workshop on the genetics of anxiety and depression in humans and animals, organized by (Chair: Peter Driscoll, and a workshop on teaching behavioral genetics organized by Ruth Guttman and Benson 6:30pm Bar Reception Ginsburg. Contributed paper sessions will begin on Thursday, June 7, at 8:45am. A reception and banquet will 7:30pm Dining Room Annual Banquet Award Presentations Dobzhansky and Thompson Memorial Awards be held on Friday evening, and on Saturday afternoon, after the formal end of conference a free sessions, (presented by L.Heston) excursion will be organized in the Vanoise National Park. Non-registered guests may attend banquet the annual "L'heredite et le mileu; l'heredite du mileu" for a fee of 50FF. Guided bicycle rides are available for a small charge, and the local host an Presidential Address will be organizing (Robert Plomin, Pennsylvania State University) excursion in the Alps and a tour of the chateaux of the Loire Valley if there is sufficient interest. Those interested in exploring these and other recreational possibilities should contact the local host, Pierre Robertoux, directly. (Pierre Robertoux, 45 rue de Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, FRANCE, Telephone 42-86-21-49, Saturday, 8:00am Droset Executive Committee Meeting Facsimile 42- 86 -22- of Change 50. Note: From the United States, these numbers must be prefixed with 011-33-1. June 9th 9:00am Theater Symposium Behavior Genetics 9:00am G.Snell Symposium Neurobehavioral Genetics Selected Lines: Pharmacogenetics Registered participants and their families or guests are welcome to stay at the Centre Paul Langevin for 9:00am Echelle Symposium 9:00am Session Intelligence additional days at the same special rates for accomodation and meals that are available during the meeting. Rateau Paper 10:20am Rateau Paper Session Physiology and Development 12:00pm Meeting adjourns Meals will be available in the Dining Room at the following times: 7:45am - 8:30am Breakfast 12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch 7:00pm - 8:15pm Dinner 2 - Conference Overview Conference overview - 3 Symposia Schedule 20th Annual BGA Meeting, June 1990 Thursday morning, June 7 Friday morning, June 8 (continued) Time Location Symposium Chair Time Location Symposium Chair 8:45am - 11:30am G.Snell Brain and Behavioral Lateralization P.L. Robertoux 10:30am - 12:00pm G.Snell Genetics and the Evolution of Social Behavior. B.E.Ginsburg Time Topic Speaker Time Topic Speaker 8:45am Introduction: Geschwind hypothesis: A Framework for a Genetic P.L. Robertoux 10:30am The Effects of Social Organization on Evolution. J.P.Scott Analysis of Handedness. 11:00am Genetic, Behavioral and Evolutionary Consequences of DFreedman 9:00am Asymmetry and Lateralization in the Mouse: A Genetic Perspective. R.L. Collins "Lineal Fissioning". 9:20am Biological Action of Androgens on Central Nervous System. H.Degrelle 11:30am Communicative Genes as Organizers of Social Bevhavior. B.E.Ginsburg, R.Buck 9:40am Immune System and CNS Asymmetries. P.J.Neveu Saturday morning, June 9 10:00am Coffee Break Time Location Symposium Chair 10:20am Association of Certain Traits with the Major Histocompatibility P.Robertoux 9:00am - 12:00am W.E.Crusio Complex. G.Snell Neurobehavioral Genetics. Time Topic Speaker 10:40am Is there a Functional Link between the Major Histocompatibility MNosten-Bertrand 9:00am Behavioral Consequences Absent Corpus Callosum in D.Wahlsten Complex, Testosterone, Brain Asymmetry and Handedness in Mice? of Inbred Mice. 11:00am General Discussion. 9:30am The Acallosal Mouse Strain I/Ln: Behavioral Comparisons H.P.Lipp, R.Waanders Time Location Symposium Chair and Effects of Cross-breeding. 8:45am 11:30am Theater Genetics, Behavior and Health: Illustrations from SATSA R.Plomin 10:00am Coffee Break. Time Topic Speaker 10:20am Behavioral Development in Inbred and Fuller BWS Mice: R.H.Benno, P.A.Cooper, 8:45am Genetic and Environmental Covariance Structure for Health and J.R.Harris, C.S tacey Correlation with Cerebellar Foliation Pattern. M.E.Hahn Well-being. 10:50am A Genetic-correlational Study of Hippocampal Structural and J.H.F.van Abeelen, 9:10am Type A Behavior and Physiological Risk Factors for Coronary D.A.Heller, U.DeFaire, Neurochemical Variation and Variation in Exploratory J.H.H.M.van Daal, Heart Disease.