From | 2010-10-16 |
To | 2010-10-20 |
Course | Cytogenetics witnessed, in recent years, a series of technological innovation that forced the field to completely and repeatedly renew its approach and vision of chromosomal imbalances and copy number variation in the population, in cancer and in evolution. Molecular cytogenetics, microarray-CGH, and massive sequencing technologies are the most relevant techniques that trigged these changes. The Course is designed to give a broad overview of these technologies and to discuss with attendants the way they integrate each other in a modern genetic/cytogenetic laboratory. |
Venue | Bologna (Italy) - EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano |
Directors | Antonio Baldini (Naples, Italy) Mariano Rocchi (Bari, Italy) Felix Mitelman (Lund, Sweden) Brian Young (London, UK) |
Speakers | Giuseppe Calabrese (Chieti, Italy) Wei Chen (Berlin, Germany) John Crolla (Salisbury, UK) Gianluca De Bellis (Segrate, Italy) Peter Robinson (Berlin, Germany) Frank Speleman (Ghent, Belgium) Joris Vermeesch (Leuven, Belgium) Bauke Ylstra (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Orsetta Zuffardi (Pavia, Italy) |
Programme | Saturday, October 16th
08:30: Registration and Overview of the course 09:00: O. Zuffardi, Cytogenetics 11:45: J. Crolla, t.b.d. 12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-15:00: Nugen Technologies: Linear amplification of RNA and DNA for microarray and NGS analysis 11:45: B. Young, The application of SNP arrays to the cancer genome 12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures Monday, October 18th: Biomedical and Clinical Research 09:00: J. Vermeesch, Genome wide CNV and SNP detection in single cells 09:45: F. Speleman, QPCR platform for miRNA 10:30: Coffee break 11:45: A. Baldini, t.b.d. 12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures 09:00: B. Ylstra, Technology advancement: from microarrays to deep sequencing 09:45: W. Chen, Solexa sequencing technology 11:45: J. Vermeesch, The impact of massive sequencing on genetic research 12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures Morning session: Ontology approach to phenotype classification 11:00: P. Robinson, Identity-by-Descent Filtering of Exome Sequence Data 12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures Departure after lunch |