From | 2004-10-03 |
To | 2004-10-06 |
Course |
European School of Genetic Medicine
Course in CONSANGUINITY AND MEDITERRANEAN COMMUNITY GENETICS
3rd -6th October, 2004
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Venue | Alexandria, EGYPT |
Directors | Giovanni Romeo (Bologna, Italy) Samia Temtamy (Cairo, Egypt) |
Speakers | W. Anwar (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. Bittles (Perth, Australia), H. Chaabouni (Tunis, Tunisia), F. Clerget Darpoux (Paris, France), A. Czeizel (Budapest, Hungary), S. Denic (ElAin, United Arab Emirates), A. Darr (Leeds, UK), M. El Sawy (Cairo, Egypt), S. Roshdy (Alexandria, Egypt), A. Teebi (Toronto, Canada), J. Zlotogora (Paris, France) |
Programme | Saturday, 2nd October- Arrival Sunday, 3rd October BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC DEBATE:GENETICS AND ITS IMPACT ON MEDICAL PRACTICE OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
09:00
Registration
09:30
Opening Ceremony and formal presentations:
Salama Abdel-Moneim
Undersecretary Ministry of Health and Population
Camelia Hegaze
First Undersecretary Ministry of Education
Ibrahim El Nekhely
Egyptian Ministry of Health
Giovanni Romeo
Coordinator of the EUMEDIS Project on Medical Genetics
Michele Masellis
Coordinator of the Eumedis Project BURNET
Enrico Bertani
Eumedis Project PARADIGMA
10:30
1st Scientific Session (Moderators: G. Romeo/S. Abdel-Moneim/R. Kamal)
Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
The power of culture: Cultural evolution, versus biological evolution, as a tool of adaptation
Ibrahim El Nekhely
Efforts to prevent genetic diseases
Wagida Anwar
Gene-Environment Interactions
Suzan Roshdy
Genetic counselling in couples in Alexandria
12:00
Coffee Break
12:30
2nd Scientific Session (Moderators: S. Temtamy/C. Howson)
Habiba Chaabouni
Consanguinity in Tunisia
Alan Bittles
Consanguinity and medical practice
Christopher Howson
Vice President of the March of Dimes Foundation
Aamra Darr
Genetics in the Community
13:45
3rd Scientific Session (Moderators: S. Roshdy/M. Masellis/El Nekhely)
Samia Temtamy
Medical Effects of consanguinity
Michele Masellis
Coordinator of the EUMEDIS Project BURNET
M. El Sawy
Antenatal diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
Emilio Bertani
Outline of PARADIGMA Project ? Eumedis
O. El Sibai
The relevance of the Egyptian and Mediterranean Partners (PARADIGMA Project)
E. Abdel Salam
Consanguinity and Genetic Counselling
16:00
Closing Ceremony
Monday, 4th October
Morning Session - The Principles
08:30
A.H. Bittles
Overview on consanguinity
09:30
J. Zlotogora
Consanguinity in the Mediterranean Countries
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
A.E. Czeizel
Periconceptional care and primary prevention of birth defects
12:00
H. Chaabouni
Genetic Counselling and Prevention of genetic disorders: a myth or a reality in developing countries
13:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
15:00
Marie-Claude Babron
WORKSHOP: Theoretical aspect of consanguinity
15:00
S. Roshdy
WORKSHOP: Genetic Counselling for consanguineous marriages
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
Marie-Claude Babron
WORKSHOP: Theoretical aspect of consanguinity
17:00
A. Darr
WORKSHOP: Kinship Knowledge as a tool for genetic counselling
Tuesday, 5th October
Morning Session - Gene mapping and databases
08:30
F. Clerget-Darpoux
Use of consanguineous populations for mapping genetic disorders
09:30
S. Temtamy
Consanguinity and genetic diseases in Egypt
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
A.E. Czeizel
The use of congenital abnormality registries and surveillances for the prevention of birth defects
11:30
A. Teebi
The Arab disease database
12:30
S. Denic
Computer simulation of alpha-thalassemia genotype frequencies under selection pressure of malaria - Consanguineous vs. Nonconsanguineous Populations
13:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
15:30
El Sawy
WORKSHOP: Genetically determined diseases among Egyptians
15:30
A. Teebi
WORKSHOP: Dismorphology and the use of databases in the clinic
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
A. Teebi
WORKSHOP: Dismorphology and the use of databases in the clinic
17:00
A.L. Leutenegger
WORKSHOP: Homosygosity mapping
20:30
C. Howson
March of Dimes presentation
Wednesday, 6th October
Morning Session: Prevention
08:30
S. Denic
Consanguinity and Cancer Genes - Theory, animal and human studies, and computer simulation results
09:15
I. Haroun
Ethical issues in counselling for familial cancer
09:35
J. Zlotogora
Problems in genetic counselling of consanguineous families
10:00
Coffee Break
10:30
G. Romeo
Consanguinity and rare autosomal recessive disorders
10:50
A. Darr
The design and implementation of community-based Genetic Counselling and Educations programs
11:35
W. Anwar
Role of primary health care and prevention of genetic diseases
11:55
A.H. Bittles
General discussion: Community genetics and the challenge of the genetic diseases
Questions from students
14:00
Lunch Break
Departure: 7th October, Thursday morning
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