From | 2005-05-15 |
To | 2005-05-21 |
Course | No more fellowships available 15 fellowships from the Eumedis Program of the European Commission, covering tuition and living expenses (no travel), are available for citizens of the following States: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Malta, Morocco, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. These students must provide: a poster to be shown at the course and a short report about its scientific returns. Fee: ? 1.300 (including tuition, course material, room and board for the whole duration of the event, but NOT travel expenses). European School of Genetic Medicine 18th Course inMEDICAL GENETICS May 15th ? 21st, 2005 Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY Last update: May 17th, 2005 DIRECTORS: V.A. McKusick (Baltimore, USA), S.E. Antonarakis (Geneva, SWITZERLAND),G. Romeo (Bologna, ITALY) FACULTY: E. Arbustini (Pavia, ITALY), A. Ballabio (Naples, ITALY), H. Brunner (Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS), A. Cao (Cagliari, ITALY), V. Carelli (Bologna, Italy), F. Clerget-Darpoux (Paris, France), P. Deloukas (Hinxton, UK), D. di Bernardo (Naples, ITALY), H. Dietz (Baltimore, USA), X. Estivill (Barcelona, SPAIN), P. Forabosco (Cagliari, ITALY), J.L.V. Galietta (Genova, ITALY), D. Higgs (Oxford, UK), J. Hoover-Fong (Baltimore, USA), M. Jabs (Baltimore, USA), N. Katsanis (Baltimore, USA), T. Meitinger (Munich, GERMANY), A. Metspalu (Tartu, ESTONIA), K. Rhoden (Bologna, ITALY), P. Robinson (Berlin, GERMANY), H.-Hilger Ropers (Berlin, GERMANY), J.A. Veltman (Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS), F. Vogl (Bolzano, ITALY), O. Zuffardi (Pavia, ITALY) Saturday, May 14th ? Arrival at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro Sunday, May 15th ? Introduction to Genetic Analysis Morning Session 08:30 V.A. McKusick March of Dimes key-note lecture ? H.-Hilger Ropers Large-scale identification of disease genes ? Coffee Break ? ? H. Brunner Genotypes and phenotypes ? P. Forabosco Linkage analysis ?12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures ?13:00 ?Lunch Break Afternoon Session 14:30 ? Concurrent workshops ? ?Coffee Break ? ? Concurrent workshops 18:00 ? Session end Monday, May 16th ? Clinical Genetics Morning Session 08:30 G. Romeo Non-Mendelian inheritance ? J. Hoover-Fong An illustrated Glossary of Clinical Genetics ? Coffee Break ? ? J.A. Veltman New approaches in Molecular Cytogenetics ? O. Zuffardi Genomic disorders 12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures 13:00 Lunch Break ? Afternoon Session 14:30 ? Concurrent workshops ? Coffee Break ? ? ? Concurrent workshops 18:00 ? Session end Tuesday, May 17th ? Functional genomics model studies Morning Session 08:30 K. Rhoden Introduction to Pharmacogenomics ? J.L.V. Galietta High-throughput screening for the identification of new drugs for cystic fibrosis ? Coffee Break ? ? D.di Bernardo System Biology approaches to drug discovery and gene function ? A. Ballabio The Master andCommander of Sulfatases 12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures 13:00 Lunch Break ? Afternoon Session 14:30 ? Concurrent workshops ? Coffee Break ? ? ? Concurrent workshops 18:00 ? Session end Wednesday, May 18th ? Molecular genetics Morning Session 08:30 A. Metspalu Population based bio banks in genetic research ? M. Jabs Molecular basis of developmental anomalies ? Coffee Break ? ? T. Meitinger The genetics of blindness ? N. Katsanis Oligogenic Inheritance in Human Disease 12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures 13:00 Lunch Break ? Afternoon Session 14:30 ? Concurrent workshops Evening Session 21:00 ? Concurrent workshops Thursday, May 19th ? Complex Genetic Disorders Morning Session ? F. Clerget-Darpoux Is there a standardized strategy for the study of multifactorial diseases ? ? P. Deloukas The Hap Map project ? Coffee Break ? X. Estivill Genetics of Eating Disorders ? G. Romeo Introduction ? ?P. Robinson/ M. Mehnert Presentation of ESGM E-Text books ? ? Questions from students on morning lectures 12:00 Lunch Break ? ? ? Sightseeing Friday, May 20th ? Model disease: Marfan syndrome Morning Session 08:30 V.A. McKusick Historical background ? H. Dietz New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of Marfan syndrome ? Coffee Break ? ? P. Robinson Molecular Pathogenesis of Marfan Syndrome ? E. Arbustini Living with Marfan Syndrome. From clinical diagnosis to molecular genetics and related benefits for patients and families 12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures 13:00 Lunch Break ? Afternoon Session 14:30 ? Concurrent workshops ? Coffee Break ? ? ? Concurrent workshops 18:00 ? Session end Saturday, May 21st ? Other model diseases and evolutionary studies Morning Session 08:30 A. Cao Thalassemia as a model ? D. Higgs Thalassemia: regulation ? Coffee Break ? ? V. Carelli Mitochondrial disorders ? N. Katsanis Low copy repeats and their use as evolutionary beacons 12:30 ? Questions from students on morning lectures 13:00 Lunch Break ? Departure: Saturday Afternoon WORKSHOP LIST ? E. Arbustini Case presentation and resolution ? A. Ballabio EURExpress web-linked database ? H. Brunner Making a clinical syndrome diagnosis ? F. Clerget-Darpoux The affected sib pair method: a ?model free? linkage analysis for multifactorial diseases ? P. Deloukas How to access sequence variation information on the web ? D. di Bernardo Modelling of gene networks ? H. Dietz Combining a Career in Clinical and Research Genetics ? X. Estivill Segmental duplications, evolution and disease ? J.L.V. Galietta Chemical Compounds and Cell-Based Screenings as Potent Tools for Biomedical Research ? J. Hoover-Fong Skeletal Dysplasias: organization and evaluation ? M. Jabs Molecular dysmorphology ? N. Katsanis The land in between: investigating the genetic aetiolgy of oligogenic traits ? T. Meitinger The design of association studies by rule of thumb ? A. Metspalu SNP genotyping- one size doesn?t fit all: an array of the methods ? K. Rhoden Pharmacogenomic diagnostic technology ? P.N. Robinson Strap ? P.N. Robinson Gene Ontology for Analysis of Microarray Data ? H. Hilger Ropers Large-scale elucidation of genetic diseases: data analysis and related issues ? J.A. Veltman Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization ? J.A. Veltman Protocols ? F. Vogl/P. Forabosco Linkage analysis with computer ? F. Vogl/P. Forabosco Linkage analysis with pencil and paper ? F. Vogl Uses of isolated populations for localizing disease genes ? O. Zuffardi Problems in cytogenetics interpretation: a few examples |
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Programme | Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY May 15th-21st, 2005 DIRECTORS: V.A. McKusick (Baltimore, USA), S.E. Antonarakis (Geneva, SWITZERLAND),G. Romeo (Bologna, ITALY) FACULTY: E. Arbustini (Pavia, ITALY), A. Ballabio (Naples, ITALY), H. Brunner (Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS), A. Cao (Cagliari, ITALY), V. Carelli (Bologna, Italy), F. Clerget-Darpoux (Paris, France), P. Deloukas (Hinxton, UK), D. di Bernardo (Naples, ITALY), H. Dietz (Baltimore, USA), X. Estivill (Barcelona, SPAIN), P. Forabosco (Cagliari, ITALY), J.L.V. Galietta (Genova, ITALY), D. Higgs (Oxford, UK), J. Hoover-Fong (Baltimore, USA), M. Jabs (Baltimore, USA), N. Katsanis (Baltimore, USA), T. Meitinger (Munich, GERMANY), A. Metspalu (Tartu, ESTONIA), K. Rhoden (Bologna, ITALY), P. Robinson (Berlin, GERMANY), H.-Hilger Ropers (Berlin, GERMANY), J.A. Veltman (Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS), F. Vogl (Bolzano, ITALY), O. Zuffardi (Pavia, ITALY) |