Institute of Biomedical Genomics Research, Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens, Greece
November 28-29, 2008
1st Golden Helix Symposium Copy number variation and genomic alterations in health and disease Divani Caravel Hotel, November 28-29, 2008, Athens, Greece Under the Auspices of the Institute of Biomedical Genomics Research, Thessaloniki, Greece Friday, November 28, 2008 Welcome addresses Patrinos GP, Rotterdam, NL Chrousos GP, Athens, GR Session I, Techniques Chairman: Patrinos GP, Rotterdam, NL Molecular cytogenetics Speicher MR, Graz, AT Stratification by DNA micro arrays in oncology; from technique to therapeutic target Ylstra B, Amsterdam, NL Diagnostic genome profiling by SNP arrays Veltman JA, Nijmegen, NL COFFEE BREAK Session II, Chromosomal Disorders Chairman: Petersen MB, Athens, GR Clinical profile of patients admitted to array-CGH analysis Romano C, Troina, IT Gene copy number alterations in human malignancies Knuutila S, Helsinki, FI Array CGH in visible chromosome rearrangements Zuffardi O, Pavia, IT Copy number variation: cause and susceptibility factor for recurrent genomic disorders Perez-Jurado LA, Barcelona, ES New syndromes detected by aCGH de Vries BB, Nijmegen, NL Company Lecture Chromosomes in disarray Fiegler H, NimbleGen LUNCH BREAK Session III, Other Disorders Chairman: Metaxotou C, Athens, GR Molecular karyotyping: linking gene dosage alterations to disease phenotypes Vissers LE, Nijmegen, NL Rare structural variants in schizophrenia McCarthy SE, Cold Spring Harbor, NY Contribution of genomic structural variation to psoriasis susceptibility Estivill X, Barcelona, ES COFFEE BREAK Session IV, Population Genomics Chairman: Antonarakis SE, Geneva, CH Copy number variation in the human genome Redon R, Cambridge, UK Linking CNVs to subtle phenotypes in healthy individuals Veltman JA, Nijmegen, NL Mendelian CNVs Vermeesch JR, Leuven, BE CNV and gene expression Dermitzakis ET, Cambridge, UK Keynote Lecture Antonarakis SE, Geneva, CH WELCOME RECEPTION Saturday, November 29, 2008 Session V, Prenatal Diagnosis Chairman: Mavrou A, Athens, GR Genomic imbalances in fetuses with multiple malformations Le Caignec C, Nantes, FR CGH-based analyses of ancient DNA samples of malformed fetuses Tonnies H, Kiel, DE aCGH analysis of single cells Geigl JB, Graz, AT COFFEE BREAK Session VI, Quality Control Chairman: Kanavakis E, Athens, GR Checklist of clinical signs to select patients for array-CGH and to validate the results Zollino M, Rome, IT Validation of different platforms Schoumans J, Stockholm, SE Towards a uniform, evidence based Molecular Karyotype for prenatal and postnatal cytogenetic analysis Ledbetter DH, Atlanta, GA
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Stylianos E. Antonarakis, Geneva, Switzerland
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Xavier Estivill, Barcelona, Spain
Heike Fiegler, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Jochen B. Geigl, Graz, Austria
Sakari Knuutila, Helsinki, Finland
David H. Ledbetter, Atlanta, GA, United States
Shane E. McCarthy, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States
Luis A. Perez-Jurado, Barcelona, Spain
Richard Redon, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Corrado Romano, Troina, Italy
Jacqueline Schoumans, Stockholm, Sweden
Michael R. Speicher, Graz, Austria
Joris A. Veltman, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Joris R. Vermeesch, Leuven, Belgium
Lisenka E. Vissers, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Bert B. de Vries, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Bauke Ylstra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marcella Zollino, Roma, Italy
Orsetta Zuffardi, Pavia, Italy
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