La Nunziata Centre, via Portobello 14, Sestri Levante, Italy - November 19-22, 2000

Directors: M. Rocchi (Bari), G. Gimelli (Genova), O. Zuffardi (Pavia)

Sunday, November 19

Morning Session
8.30-9.30 - A. Schinzel (Zurich) - Introduction to human cytogenetics
9.30-10.30 - N. Carter (Hinxton) - FISH and digital microscopy: basic principles

10.30 coffee break

11.00-12.00 - M. Rocchi (Bari) - Resources for Molecular Cytogenetics
12.00-13.00 - F. Speleman (Ghent) - MultiFISH

Afternoon Session 

14.30-15.30 - A. Schinzel (Zurich) - Microdeletion syndromes

16.00 coffee break

16.30-18.30 - Workshops: G. Calabrese (Chieti): Fiber FISH; N. Carter (Hinxton), M. Rocchi (Bari): What you need to use non-commercial probes; H. Tanke (Leiden): FISH: alternative methods to classical DNA labeling.

20.30 - Round table about practical aspects raised by students.

Monday, November 20

Morning Session

8.30-9.30 - A. Schinzel (Zurich) - Genome imprinting and uniparental disomy

9.30-10.30 - T. Liehr (Jena) - Interphase-FISH on fresh and on archival specimen

10.30 coffee break

11.00-12.00 - O.Zuffardi (Pavia) - Molecular basis for structural rearrangements

12.00-13.00 - U. Claussen (Jena) - Microdissection

Afternoon session

14.30-15.30 - N. Carter (Hinxton) - Human genome project & molecular cytogenetics

16.00 coffee break

16.30-18.30 - Workshops: P. Lichter (Heidelberg): CGH; C. Mecucci (Perugia): FISH in lymphomas and leukemias; I.Hansmann (Halle): Chromosomal rearrangements; T. Liehr (Jena): Interphase-FISH on fresh and on archival specimen

Tuesday, November 21

Morning Session

8.30-9.30 - I.Hansmann (Halle) - Chromosomal rearrangements
9.30-10.30 - P. Lichter (Heidelberg) - CGH versus FISH on chips

10.30 coffee break

11.00-12.00 - A. Biondi (Milan) - Molecular cytogenetics in paediatric leukemia
12.00-13.00 - L. Kearney(Oxford) - Telomeres and cryptic rearrangements

Afternoon Session 

14.30-15.30 - H.Tanke (Leiden) - Prenatal diagnosis on fetal cells from maternal blood
16.00 coffee break

16.30-18.30 - Workshops: N. Carter (Hinxton): Databases; P. A. Benedetti (Pisa): Fluorescence microscopes and CCD cameras; C. Mecucci (Perugia): FISH in lymphomas and leukemias; H. Tanke (Leiden): COBRA FISH

Wednesday, November 22

Morning Session

8.30-9.30 - S. Muller (Munich) - Karyotype evolution
9.30-10.30 - M. Rocchi (Bari) - Genome plasticity

10.30 coffee break

11.00-12.00 - C. Tyler-Smith (Oxford) - The centromere: a conundrum
12.00-13.00 - I. Hansmann (Halle) - Molecular Cytogenetics: the future

La Nunziata Centre, via Portobello 14, Sestri Levante, Italy -

November 19-22, 2000

Directors:

M. Rocchi (Bari), G. Gimelli (Genova), O. Zuffardi (Pavia)