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From2003-10-04
To2003-10-07
Course

3rd Course in "From Developmental Genes To Dysmorphology"
October 4-7, 2003
Bertinoro, Forlì, Italy

VenueBertinoro di Romagna, ITALY
Directors

Ben Hamel (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Maximilian Muenke (Bethesda, United States), Roberto Ravazzolo (Genova, Italy)

Speakers

truda (Turin, Italy), Nicoletta Bobola (Freiburg, Germany), Alessandro Bulfone (Milan, Italy), Andrew Copp (London, United Kingdom), Dian Donnai (Manchester, United Kingdom), Judith Goodship (Newcastle, United Kingdom), Nine Knoers (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Salvator Martinez (San Juan de Alicante, Spain), John McGrath (London, United Kingdom), Anton Moorman (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Geert Mortier (Gent, Belgium), Stephan Mundlos (Berlin, Germany), Daniela Pilz (Cardiff, United Kingdom), Luis Puelles (Murcia, Spain), Peter Scambler (London, United Kingdom), Peter Steijlen (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Seppo Vainio (Oulu, Finland), Orsetta Zuffardi (Pavia, Italy)

Programme

COURSE Program

Arrival: October 3rd, Friday evening

Saturday, October 4th
Morning session
Basics

9:15 M. Muenke General introduction to the course
9:30 L. Puelles Basics concepts in Developmental Biology and Embryology (including terminology)
10:15 D. Donnai Basic concepts in Dysmorphology
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 F. Altruda Tools in Developmental Biology: Animal Models
12:00 O. Zuffardi Tools in Dysmorphology: Cytogenetics
12:45 Lunch
Afternoon session
14:00 S. Bulfone Tools in Developmental Biology: Gene expression in embryos
14:45 R. Ravazzolo Tools in Dysmorphology: molecular techniques
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Afternoon workshops (4 workshops; 2 basic, 2 clinical)


Sunday, October 5th
Morning session
Heart and large vessels
9:00 A. Moorman Heart development
9:45 J. Goodship Cardiac syndromes
10:30 Coffee Break
Uro-genital system
11:00 S. Vainio Uro-genital system development
11:45 N. Knoers Related syndromes
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon session
Face
14:00 N. Bobola Craniofacial development
14:45 P. Scambler Syndromes
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Afternoon workshops (4 workshops; 2 basic, 2 clinical)

 

Monday, October 6th
Morning session
Brain/CNS
9:00 S. Bulfone Basic brain embryology
9:45 M. Muenke Holoprosencephaly: from clinic to developmental gene
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 S. Martinez Brain/CNS development
11:45 D. Pilz Brain/CNS clinic
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon session
Skeleton
14:00 S. Mundlos Aspects of skeletal development
14:45 G. Mortier Skeletal syndromes
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Afternoon workshops (4 workshops; 2 basic, 2 clinical)


Tuesday, October 7th
09:00 J. McGrath Development of skin and derivatives
09:45 P. Steijlen Syndromes
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 A. Copp Formation of neural tube
11:45 B. Hamel Neural tube defects
12:30 Conclusions

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