EUROGEMED event (Funded by the European Commission: HPCF-CT-2000-00258)
Preliminary Programme
Sunday 17 Morning Session: INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC ANALYSIS
V.A. McKusick (Baltimore): March of Dimes key-note lecture S. Antonarakis (Geneva): Evolution of tools for genetic analysis A.Schinzel (Zurich): Clinical findings in chromosome aberrations F.Clerget (Paris): How successful can gene fishing be for multifactorial diseases?
14:00 Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-16:00 Linkage with pencil and paper 16:30-18:00 Concurrent workshops
Monday 18 Morning Session: GENETICS OF COMPLEX TRAITS
G. Romeo (Bologna): Studying non-Mendelian Inheritance in families. T. Wienker (Bonn): Association Studies G. Utermann (Innsbruck): Analysis of quantitative traits underlying complex disorders F. Cambien (Paris): title to be announced
14:00 Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-18:00 Concurrent workshops
Tuesday 19 Morning Session: MOLECULAR GENETICS
S. Antonarakis (Geneva): Trisomy 21: understanding its molecular pathophysiology T. Meitinger (Munich): The genetics of blindness M. Muenke (Bethesda): title to be announced F. Cucca (Cagliari): title to be announced
14:00 Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-18:00 Concurrent workshops
Wednesday 20 Morning Session: CLINICAL GENETICS
R. Winter (London): Aids for diagnosis in dysmorphology; J. Zlotogora (Jerusalem): Penetrance in the molecular age A. Nicolaides (Cyprus): title to be announced P. Robinson (Berlin): title to be announced
Thursday 21 Morning Session: MODEL SYSTEMS I
A. Ballabio (Naples): The "genomic" approach in biomedical research; L. Wrabetz: Transgenic mice model diversity in hereditary neuropathies G. Persico (Napoli): title to be announced G.Gasparini (Naples): title to be announced
14:00 Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-18:00 Concurrent workshops
Friday 22 Morning session: MODEL SYSTEMS AND POPULATION GENETICS STUDIES
J.L. Gu?net (Paris): Mouse models for human disease R. Baumeister (Munchen): High-throughput functional genomics in C.elegans: an animal model for the analysis of human disease genes. R. Balling (Neuherberg): title to be announced G. Pilia (Cagliari):: Asthma in Sardinia
14:00 Questions from students on morning lectures 14:30-18:00 Concurrent workshops
Saturday 23 Lectures to be held in Bologna, Aula Absidale di S.Lucia
Morning session (9:00-12:30): GENOMICS OF ISOLATED POPULATIONS
G. Romeo (Bologna): Introduction A. Cao (Cagliari): Thalassemias in the Mediterranean F. Cucca (Cagliari): Diabetes in Sardinia G. Gasparini (Naples): title to be announced A. Piazza (Turin): title to be announced G. Persico(Naples): title to be announced P. Pramstaller (Bolzano): GenNova: The Genetic Medicine Project South Tyrol. An introduction G. Romeo (Bologna): title to be announced T. Meitinger (Munich): title to be announced
Afternoon session (14:30 - 18:00): POPULATION STUDIES, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
A. Santosuosso (Milan): Models and problems of population studies I. Kennedy (London): The case of the UK database A. Metspalu (Riga): title to be announced F. Zweig (Washington): title to be announced A. Davis (Baltimore): title to be announced J. Simon (Luneburg): title to be announced B. Mulligan (Bruxelles): title to be announced S. Rodot? (Roma): title to be announced G. Romeo and A. Santosuosso: Conclusions
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