| Directors | Ben Hamel (Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS), Antoon Moorman (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), Roberto Ravazzolo (Genoa, ITALY) |
| Speakers | K. Avraham (Tel Aviv,ISRAEL), N. Bobola (Freiburg, GERMANY), V. Cormier-Daire (Paris, France), K. Devriendt (Leuven, BELGIUM), D. Fitzpatrick (Edinburgh, UK), G. Gillessen-Kaesbach (L?beck, Germany), B. Hamel (Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS), N. Knoers (Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS), S. Lyonnet (Paris, France), A. Moorman (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), M. R.J. Oostra (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), V. Pachnis (London, UK), D. Pilz (Cardiff, UK), A. Puliti (Genoa, Italy), R. Ravazzolo (Genoa, ITALY), S. Vainio (Oulu, FINLAND), J. Zlotogora (Ramat Gan, Israel), O. Zuffardi (Pavia, ITALY) |
| Programme | PROGRAM:
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Friday, November 3rd – Arrival at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro
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Saturday, November 4th – Basics / Tools in Developmental Biology / Heart and large vessels
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Morning Session: 9:15 – 12:45
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9.15
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General Introduction to the Course
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9.30
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A. Moorman
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Basic Concepts in Developmental Biology and Embriology – Part 1
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10.15
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B. Hamel
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Basic Concepts in Dysmorphology
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10.45
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Coffee Break
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11.15
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R.Ravazzolo
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Tools in Developmental Biology: Functional Genomic Approaches
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12.00
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A. Moorman
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Basic concepts in Developmental Biology and Embryology – Part 2
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12.45
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Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session: 14.00 – 18.00
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Heart and large vessels:
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14.00
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A. Moorman
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Heart Development and more
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14.45
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K. Devriendt
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Cardiac Syndromes
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15.30
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Coffee Break
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16.00
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4 concurrent workshops (2 basic, 2 clinical)
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Sunday, November 5th – Tools in Dysmorphology / Skeleton and Face
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Morning Session: 9.00 – 12.30
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9.00
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A. Puliti
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Tools in Dysmorphology: Animal models
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9.45
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O. Zuffardi
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Tools in Dysmorphology: Cytogenetics, traditional and new techniques
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10.30
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Coffee Break
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Skeleton:
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11.00
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R.J. Oostra
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Aspects of skeletal development
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11.45
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V. Cormier-Daire
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Skeletal syndromes
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12.30
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Lunch Break
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Afternoon Session: 14.00 – 18.00
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Face:
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14.00
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N. Bobola
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Craniofacial development
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14.45
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G.Gillessen-Kaesbach
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Syndromes
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15.30
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Coffee Break
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16.00
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4 concurrent workshops (2 basic,2 clinical)
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Monday, November 6th – Brain / CNS
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Morning Session: 9.00 – 12.30
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9.00
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R.J. Oostra
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Brain embryology
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9.45
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D. Pilz
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Brain clinical
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10.30
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Coffee Break
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11.00
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V. Pachnis
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Neural crest cell migration and differentiation
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11.45
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S. Lyonnet
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Hirschprung disease and related disorders
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12.30
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Lunch break
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Afternoon Session: 14.00 – 18.00
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Uro-genital system:
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14.00
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S. Vainio
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Uro-genital system development
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14.45
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N. Knoers
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Related syndromes
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15.30
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Coffee break
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16.00
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4 concurrent workshops(2 basic,2 clinical)
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Tuesday, November 7th - Auditory and Visual Apparatus
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Morning Session: 9.00 – 13.00
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Ear:
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9.00
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K. Avraham
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Development of auditory apparatus
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9.45
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J. Zlotogora
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Deafness
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10.30
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Coffee Break
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Eye:
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11.00
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R.J. Oostra
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Development of visual apparatus
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11.45
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D. Fitzpatrick
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Visual defects
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12.30
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Conclusions
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13.00
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Lunch Break
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Departure: Tuesday Afternoon (after lunch) |
