Leroy Hood, founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle.

Five internationally acclaimed genetics researchers, including Leroy Hood, who invented the sequencing technology that led to the decoding of the human genome in 2001, have accepted invitations to present findings Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 at Florida Genetics 2009, the annual symposium of the UF Genetics Institute.

Hood, the founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, will discuss “Systems biology and systems medicine — Catalyzing a transformation from reactive to proactive medicine” at 5 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Health Professions/Nursing/Pharmacy complex auditorium.

A full schedule with complimentary online registration and abstract submission is available at the UFGI Web site at http://www.ufgi.ufl.edu/.

Additional guest speakers include Terry Van Dyke, a professor at the University of North Carolina’s department of genetics; Michael Levine, a professor of genetics, genomics and development at University of California, Berkeley; Anna Di Rienzo, a professor at the University of Chicago’s department of human genetics; and John Doebley, professor of genetics at University of Wisconsin, Madison.