Activities GoldenHelix Symposia
The Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research is a non-profit organization that aims to educate and provide training opportunities to scientists in South Eastern Mediterranean and Latin American regions and support the organization of high profile scientific symposia, the GoldenHelix Symposia®.
The Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research, apart from the organisation of GoldenHelix Symposia® is involved in scientific collaborative projects in the field of translational research.
• The Golden Helix Institute has actively participated to develop a number of National/Ethnic Genetic databases and related projects that record the incidence of genetic diseases and the corresponding mutation spectrum in various populations and ethnic groups. These databases are hosted in the Golden Helix Server.
• Other educational events of The Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research are scientific conferences with other scientific societies. The topic of those conferences is targeted to a wide range of scientists, from undergraduate students to university faculty members, to achieve knowledge transfer to society.
Educational events
15 April 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2nd Pharmacogenomics day. Click here for the program.
12-14 May 2010, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Co-organisation with FDA (Food and Drug administration)
Click here for more information.
• Furthermore, the Golden Helix Institute organizes the Pharmacogenomics days, a free educational event that is organized in major cities with large academic hospitals. The goal of this event, which is organized in the local language, is: (a) to provide timely updates on the field of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine to the local biomedical scientists and healthcare providers, (b) to inform them on the application of pharmacogenomics in fields such as psychiatric disorders, oncology, and (c) to bring together faculty members from universities and research institutes from the local scientific arena working in the field of pharmacogenomics in order to initiate collaborative projects in this field to the benefit of society.
• Finally, other activities include the provision of the Golden Helix fellowships to under-graduate and post-graduate students to participate in the GoldenHelix® Symposia, to publish special issues from educational activities, and to inform the general public on issues pertaining to Genetics and Society.
