Detalle de: International conference on quantitative genetics 4: big science for complex traits

Five years after the very successful and inspiring meeting in Hangzhou, China, the quantitative genetics community reconvened for the 4th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics to a meeting entitled 'Understanding Variation in Complex Traits'.On 18 June 2012 at 8:57 am, 3 min ahead of schedule, ICQG4 (www.icqg4.org.uk) was kicked off by Bill Hill in one of the cradles of the discipline: Edinburgh.The conference lasted for five full, exciting and exhausting days and was attended by 670 delegates from 46 countries.It was run as a series of plenary sessions lined by hundreds of posters.The whole Wednesday afternoon was reserved for presentations of postgraduates, followed by a ceilidh (the traditional Gaelic social gathering party).Throughout the conference, there was time for chatting, networking and meeting with colleagues, a fundamental component of scientific exchange.