A conference on “Inherited Disorders and their Genes in Different European Populations: Exploring Human Genetic Variability” (Chair: Peter De Knijff, Leiden) will be held in San Feliu de Guixols, Spain on 15-19 November 2001. For further information contact Dr J Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Tel: +33 388 76 71 35. Fax: +33 388 36 69 87. E-mail: euresco{at}esf.org. www: http://www.esf.org/euresco