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From2005-10-01
To2005-10-05
Course
9th Course inCANCER GENETICS
October 1st - 5th, 2005
Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY
VenueBertinoro di Romagna, ITALY
Directors

P. Devilee (Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS), G. Romeo (Bologna, ITALY)

Speakers
L. Aaltonen (Helsinki, FINLAND), A. Antoniou (Cambridge, UK), A. Bardelli (Turin, ITALY), T. Beaty (Baltimore, USA), P. Bernardi (Padua, ITALY), H. Chneiweiss (Paris, FRANCE), C. Cornelisse (Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS), P. Demant (Buffalo, USA), D. Eccles (Southampton, UK), M. Esteller (Madrid, SPAIN), A. Futreal(Cambridge, UK), P.E. Lonning (Bergen, NORWAY), L. Luzzatto (Genoa, ITALY), G. Matthijs (Leuven, BELGIUM), H.W. Mohrenweiser (Irvine, USA), P. Nederlof (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), M. Scherr (Hanover, GERMANY), S. Yeats (Munich, GERMANY), T.F. Wienker (Bonn, GERMANY), S. Zamagni (Bologna, ITALY)
Programme

Friday, September 30th - Arrival at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro

Saturday, October 1st - Session 1  Genetics of cancer susceptibility
Morning Session 8:30 ? 13:00
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T. Beaty
The interface of genetics and epidemiology
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T. Wienker
Allelic association and LD mapping
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Coffee Break
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P. Devilee
The functional significance of SNPs
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P. Bernardi
Mitochondria and Hepatocarcinogenesis
?13:00
Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session 14:30 ? 18:00
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Concurrent workshops
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Coffee Break
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Concurrent workshops
Sunday, October 2nd ? Session 2 ? Cancer Genome and Expression
Morning Session 8:30 ? 13:00
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M. Esteller
DNA methylation and cancer
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P.E. Lonning
Gene expression and chemoresistance
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Coffee Break
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A. Bardelli
Dissecting oncogenic signaling pathways by mutational profiling of gene families
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L. Luzzato
Low penetrance cancer genes
?13:00
Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session
Sightseeing to Ravenna
Monday, October 3rd ? Session 3 ? Cancer Genome instability
Morning Session 8:30 ? 13:00
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A. Futreal
The cancer genome project
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H.W. Mohrenweiser
Impact of genetic variation in DNA repair genes
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Coffee Break
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L. Aaltonen
Genomic instability in colorectal cancer
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C. Cornelisse
Aneuploidy and intra-tumour genetic heterogeneity
?13:00
Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session 14:30 ? 18:00
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Concurrent workshops
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Coffee Break
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Concurrent workshops
18:00
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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Gene patents in diagnostics and drug discovery
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G.Romeo
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H. Chneiweiss
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G. Matthijs
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L. Luzzatto
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S. Yeats
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S. Zamagni
Tuesday, October 4th ? Session 4 ? Technological developments in cancer (genetic) research
Morning Session 8:30 ? 13:00
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P. Nederlof
Array-CGH
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P. Demant
Mouse models
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Coffee Break
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M. Scherr
RNAi in hematopoietic cells
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H. Chneiweiss
Cancer stem cells: from characterization to implications
13;00
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session 14:30 ? 18:00
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Concurrent workshops
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Coffee Break
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Concurrent workshops
Wednesday, October 5th ? Session 5 ? The cancer family clinic
Morning Session 8:30 ? 13:00
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A. Antoniou
Cancer risk prediction models
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D. Eccles
The cancer family clinic
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Coffee Break
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D. Eccles
Implications for treatment of carriers/high risk women
G. Romeo
Thyroid cancer
?13:00
Lunch Break
Departure: Wednesday afternoon
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