3rd Course in the Integration of Cytogenetics, Microarrays and Massive Sequencing in Biomedical and Clinical Research

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The European Society of Human Genetics (www.eshg.org) offers 5 fellowships covering the registration fee. Applicants for fellowships should submit their request together with C.V. and a reference letter to esgm.fellowships@eshg.org (please put giuseppina.digiglio@eurogene.it in cc). Deadline for sending cv: 15th September, at 18.00 (Bruxelles time)  

Registration fee: 500 euro + VAT 20% = 600 euro. The fee includes tuition, course material, lunch, coffee break and shuttle bus from Porta San Mamolo (meeting point) to the course venue and back. For info about accommodation, local transportation and other details please contact giuseppina.digiglio@eurogene.it

• If YOU ARE ITALIAN AND WORK FOR A  PUBLIC INSTITUTION (PhD, students, Researchrs, Post Doc, …)  you are exempted from the payment of VAT.
•  If YOU WORK IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WITHIN EC and the bill is addressed to your Institution/Company completing the field VAT Number during the registration to the Course, you are exempted from the payment of VAT.
  
•  If YOU WORK IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY OUTSIDE EC and the bill is addressed to your Institution/Company you are exempted from the payment of VAT

Poster submission is optional, not compulsory, but we warmly invite all to submit a poster. Participants may decide to submit a poster (max. 70cm X 100cm) illustrating their present research activities (an abstract should be sent by e-mail to giuseppina.digiglio@eurogene.it within max. 15th September). Posters will be displayed in the course venue.

This course envisages European and Italian credits for Continuing Medical Education (CME). Credits will be assigned to physicians and biologists through the accreditation procedure carried out by Menarini International Foundation.   

3rd Course in the Integration of Cytogenetics, Microarrays and Massive Sequencing in Biomedical and Clinical Research
EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano
Bologna (Italy), October 16-20, 2010

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).

Saturday, October 16th

Morning session: Introduction to classic cytogenetics

08:30: Registration and Overview of the course

09:00: O. Zuffardi, Cytogenetics

09:45: F. Mitelman, Cancer cytogenetics

10:30: Coffee break

11:00: M. Rocchi, Human genome plasticity

11:45: J. Crolla, t.b.d.

12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures

13:00: Lunch break

Afternoon session: 14:30 - 18:00

14:30-15:00: Nugen Technologies: Linear amplification of  RNA and DNA for microarray and NGS analysis
Concurrent Workshops

Sunday, October 17th

Morning session: Molecular Cytogenetics

09:00: J. Crolla, t.b.d.

09:45: O. Zuffardi, CNV in clinics

10:30: Coffee break

11:00: G. Calabrese, FiberFISH

11:45: B. Young, The application of SNP arrays to the cancer genome

12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures

13:00: Lunch break

Afternoon session: 14:30 - 18:00

Concurrent Workshops

Monday,  October 18th: Biomedical and Clinical Research

Morning session:

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

11:00: B. Young, Expression profiling by microarray

11:45: A. Baldini, t.b.d.

12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures

13:00: Lunch break

Afternoon session: 14:30 - 18:00

Concurrent Workshops

Tuesday, October 19th: Massive Sequencing

Morning session:

09:00: B. Ylstra, Technology advancement: from microarrays to deep sequencing

09:45: W. Chen, Solexa sequencing technology

10:30: Coffee break

11:00: G. De Bellis, 454 sequencing technology

11:45: J. Vermeesch, The impact of massive sequencing on genetic research

12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures

13:00: Lunch break

Wednesday, October 20t:

Morning session: Ontology approach to phenotype classification

09:00: W. Chen, Application of Illumina/Solexa sequencing technology in genetic research

09:45: G. De Bellis, Application of 454 sequencing technology in genetic research

10:30: Coffee break

11:00: P. Robinson, Identity-by-Descent Filtering of Exome Sequence Data

12:30: Questions from students on morning lectures

13:00: Lunch break

Departure after lunch