Upcoming symposia GoldenHelix Symposia
December 2nd-4th, 2010 - Athens, Greece, Divani Palace Acropolis hotel
GOLDEN HELIX® SYMPOSIUM "Genetic Analysis in Translational Medicine"
GOLDEN HELIX® SYMPOSIUM "Genetic Analysis in Translational Medicine"
Organizing committee:
George P. Patrinos (Patras, GR)
Federico Innocenti (Chicago, IL, USA)
Paolo Fortina (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Nancy Cox (Chicago, IL, USA)
Invited speakers:
Ansorge Wilhelm (Lausanne, CH)
Carter Nigel (Hinxton, UK)
Cassiman Jean-Jacques (Leuven, BE)
Cavalleri Gianpiero (Dublin, IRL)
Cox Nancy (Chicago, IL, USA)
den Dunnen Johan (Leiden, NL)
Drmanac Radoje (Mauntain View, CA, USA)
Drmanac Radoje (Mauntain View, CA, USA)
Emanuel Beverly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Fortina Paolo (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Grosveld Frank (Rotterdam, NL)
Grosveld Frank (Rotterdam, NL)
Innocenti Federico (Chicago, IL, USA)
Joos Thomas (Tubingen, DE)
Knudsen Eric (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Kricka Larry (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
le Caignec Cedric (Nantes, FR)
Luzzatto Lucio (Toscane, IT)
Mytilineos Joannis (Ulm, DE)
Patrinos George (Patras, GR)
Petersen Michael (Athens, GR)
Stocker Christian (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Taylor Graham (Leeds, UK)
Traeger-Synodinos Jan (Athens, GR)
Tsiatis Athanassios (Baltimore, MD, USA)
van Schaik Ron (Rotterdam, NL)
Ylstra Bauke (Amsterdam, NL)
TENTATIVE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
15:00-19:30: DELEGATE REGISTRATION
20:00: WELCOME COCKTAIL
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
08:30-08:45: Opening addresses
SESSION 1 – OMICS
08:45-09:15: Transcription and microRNA profiling (Erik Knudsen, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
09:15-09:45: Genome-wide association studies for complex traits (Nancy Cox, Chicago, IL, USA)
09:45-10:30: 1st Keynote lecture: Jean-Jaques Cassiman (Leuven, BE)
Policies and guidelines for genetic testing
Policies and guidelines for genetic testing
10:30-10:45: COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:15: Unraveling the molecular mechanism of human fetal globin gene silencing (George P. Patrinos, Patras, GR)
11:15-11:45: Genetic mapping in epilepsy predisposition and treatment (Gianpiero Cavalleri, Dublin, IE)
11:45-12:15: Application of proteomics in disease diagnostics (Thomas Joos, Tubingen, DE)
12:15-12:45: COMPANY LECTURE: ILLUMINA: Mark Ross
Characterizing somatic mutations in cancer genomes using Illumina sequencing
Characterizing somatic mutations in cancer genomes using Illumina sequencing
12:45-13:05: COMPANY LECTURE: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS: TBA
13:15-14:00: LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 2 – Molecular Cytogenetics
14:00-14:30: Molecular cytogenetics (Nigel Carter, Hinxton, UK)
14:30-15:00: Molecular cytogenetics in oncology: From technique to therapeutic target (Bauke Ylstra, Amsterdam, NL)
15:00-15:30: Copy Number Variation: cause and susceptibility factor for recurrent genomic disorders (Beverly Emanuel, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
15:30-16:00: Application of oligoarray CGH in the diagnostic genetic laboratory (Cedric Le Caignec, Nantes, FR)
15:30-16:00: Application of oligoarray CGH in the diagnostic genetic laboratory (Cedric Le Caignec, Nantes, FR)
16:00-16:15: COFFEE BREAK
16:15-18:30: POSTER SESSION
18:30-19:30: WORKSHOP: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
18:30-19:30: WORKSHOP: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
20:00: WINE TASTING EVENT (By invitation only)
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
08:30-08.45: Opening
08:30-08.45: Opening
SESSION 3 – Next generation sequencing applications - I
08:45-09:15: Overview of next-generation sequencing technologies (Wilhelm Ansorge, Lausanne, CH)
09:15-09:45: Next generation sequencing application in the study of transcription (Frank Grosveld, Rotterdam, NL)
08:45-09:15: Overview of next-generation sequencing technologies (Wilhelm Ansorge, Lausanne, CH)
09:15-09:45: Next generation sequencing application in the study of transcription (Frank Grosveld, Rotterdam, NL)
09:45-10:30: 2nd Keynote lecture: Lucio Luzzatto (Florence, IT)
The rate of somatic mutations and the development of cancer
The rate of somatic mutations and the development of cancer
10:30-10:45: COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4 – Next generation sequencing applications - II
10:45-11:15: Next-generation sequencing applications: Towards a 1000$ genome (Radoje Drmanac, Mountain View, CA, USA)
SESSION 4 – Next generation sequencing applications - II
10:45-11:15: Next-generation sequencing applications: Towards a 1000$ genome (Radoje Drmanac, Mountain View, CA, USA)
11:15-11:45: Next-generation DNA sequencing in the clinic (Graham Taylor, Leeds, UK)
11:45-12:15: Bioinformatics: Making sense of genomics data (Christian Stocker, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
12:15-12:45: Pathogenic or not - the value of gene variant databases (Johan den Dunnen, Leiden, NL)
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-14:30: COMPANY LECTURE: ELI LILLY: Sandra Kirkwood-Close
TBA
TBA
SESSION 5 – Applications of current genetic technology in diagnostics
14:30-15:00: High resolution melting curve analysis (Johan den Dunnen, Leiden, NL)
15:00-15:30: Pyrosequencing: Application to cancer diagnostics and epigenetic studies (Athanassios Tsiatis, Baltimore, MD, USA)
15:30-16:00: Episomal DNA as vector for gene therapy (Aglaia Athanassiadou, Patras, GR)
15:30-16:00: Episomal DNA as vector for gene therapy (Aglaia Athanassiadou, Patras, GR)
16:00 – 20:00 SOCIAL EVENT
Evening free
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
08:30-08.45: Opening
SESSION 6 – Translating genetic analysis into clinical practice
09:45-10:15: Immunogenetics (Joannis Mytilineos, Ulm, DE)
10:15-10:45: Prenatal, non-invasing and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of inherited disorders: Lessons from hemoglobinopathies (Jan Traeger-Synodinos, Athens, GR)
10:45-11:15: Prognostic markers for complex diseases: The paradigm for non-syndromic deafness (Michael Petersen, Athens GR)
11:15-11:30: COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:00: COMPANY LECTURE: OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY: Ruth Burton
The latest developments in aCGH from OGT
12:00-12:30: COMPANY LECTURE: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES: TBA
The latest developments in aCGH from OGT
12:00-12:30: COMPANY LECTURE: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES: TBA
SESSION 7 – Genetics and Society
12:30-13:00: Implementation of Pharmacogenetics in clinical diagnostics: Results from 5 year experience (Ron van Schaik, Rotterdam, NL)
13:00-13:30: Consumer Genetics (Larry Kricka, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
13:30-13:40: CLOSING REMARKS AND FUTURE MEETINGS
MEETING ENDS
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