'Recent technological advances in molecular biology and proteomics have enabled the development of a number of important new clinical tools for the diagnosis and treatment of companion animal diseases. The aim of this one day meeting is to provide an opportunity for clinicians and veterinary scientists to discuss the technologies that are already moving from the bench and into practice, and to highlight the emerging veterinary clinical research questions which will shape the future of veterinary medicine' says Dr. Charlotte Lawson, Meetings Producer for EuroSciCon.

This meeting is being Chaired by Professor Michael Day (University of Bristol) and will feature talks by Dr. Brian Catchpole (Royal Veterinary College), Professor David Argyle (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Jane Dobson (University of Cambridge), Professor Stuart Carter (University of Liverpool), Rosanne Jepson (Royal Veterinary College) and Vivien Ryan (Univeristy of Liverpool)

We welcome abstracts for this meeting. These will be accepted for poster and oral presentations and will also be published in the proceedings. There will be a prize for the best poster. Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html