Past symposia GoldenHelix Symposia

Organizing Committee

Godfrey Grech, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta
Anthony G Fenech, Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta
Joseph Borg, Lecturer, Department of Applied Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta
George P Patrinos, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece

Sponsors:
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Affymetrix, Foundation for Medical Services, Mediterranean Bank

Supporters:
Illumina, Qiagen


08.30 – 09.00 Registration

Opening addresses

09:00 – 09.10 Commissioner John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy

09.10 – 09.20 Paul Zahra, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Health, Elderly and Community Care

09.20 – 09.30 Godfrey LaFerla, Professor of Surgery, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta

Session 1
Chairpersons: Roger Ellul-Micallef, Bridget Ellul

09.30 – 09.50 Christian Scerri, Consultant clinical geneticist, Mater Dei Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Malta
The opportunities that an island population can offer to pharmacogenomics

09.50 – 10.10 Ron van Schaik, Associate Professor, Erasmus MC, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vice President; European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics
Clinical implementation of pharmacogenetics: a 6 year experience

10.10 – 10.40 Coffee Break

10.40 – 11.00 Marisa Papaluca Amati, Human Medicines Development and Evaluation Unit, Scientific Support and Projects, European Medicines Agency
Genomic and personalised medicines: how can regulators contribute? [videoconferenced]

11.00 – 11.20 Jean-Luc Sanne, Directorate General for Health, European Commission, Brussels
Personalised medicine in the FP7 Health priority

11.20 – 11.50 Company Lecture
Laura Uribe, Clinical applications Manager, International Markets, Affymetrix, Singapore
Comprehensive analysis of pharmacogenomic variants with the DMET Plus panel

Keynote lecture

11.50 – 12.30 George P Patrinos, Assistant Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece, Secretary-General; European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics
Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break - A standing lunch will be provided at the meeting

Session 2
Chairpersons: Alexander Felice, Janet Mifsud

13.30 – 14.00 Anthony G Fenech, Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Malta; AND Godfrey Grech, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pathology, University of Malta
Molecular aspects of pharmacogenomics

14.00 – 14.30 Company Lecture
Andrew Webb, Senior Director, Head of Personalized Healthcare, Global Market Development, Qiagen Manchester, Ltd, UK
Personalized healthcare – the new clinical paradigm

14.30 – 15.00 Company Lecture
Gustav Karlberg, MKTG Manager Europe, Europe, Illumina Ltd, UK
Illumina Next Generation Sequencing and arrays: applications in pharmacogenomics

15.00 – 15.30 Alessio Squassina, Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari; AND Joseph J Borg, Lecturer, Department of Applied Biomedical Sciences, University of Malta
Pharmacogenomic application in the managenent of classical and complex disorders

15.30 – 16.00 Discussion

16.00 – 16.15 Concluding remarks - Organizing committee members

Related file downloads:

• Scientific Program, Malta, Dec 3rd 2011
• 1st announcement, 5th Pharmacogenomics Day, Malta