European School of Genetic Medicine , EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna (Italy)
2009-03-30-2009-04-01
Continuing Medical Education: CME credits will be assigned to physicians and biologists.
Thanks to the support of ERA-EDTA, 4 fellowships are available for participating in this course (covering tuition, course material, meals, accommodation and shuttle bus service). Applicants for fellowships are pleased to submit their request together with C.V. and at least 1 reference letter to giuseppe.curcio@eurogene.org . Deadline for submission: 30th January 2009. ERA-EDTA will also offer 2 travel grants of 500 euro each for nephrologists (max.35 years old): application form on www.ndt-educational.org . DIRECTORS: Friedo Dekker and Marion Verduijn (Leiden, Netherlands) INVITED SPEAKERS: Jeffrey Barrett (Cambridge, UK), Juan Jesús Carrero (Stockholm, Sweden), Friedo Dekker (Leiden, Netherlands), Mario Falchi (London, UK), Kitty Jager (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Gerjan Navis (Groningen, Netherlands), Martin Schalling (Stockholm, Sweden), Peter Stenvinkel (Stockholm, Sweden), Marion Verduijn (Leiden, Netherlands), Marieke de Visser (Leiden, Netherlands), Carla Vossen (Leiden, Netherlands) PROGRAMME: Monday, March 30th Afternoon Session: BASIS AND BACKGROUND 12:00-13:30 Lunch and registration 13:30-13:45 Dekker General introduction of the course 13:45-16:00 Schalling Lecture on basic of genetics 16:30-18:00 de Visser, Carrero Introduction and hands on session on SNP identification 18:00-18:30 Navis Summary of the day in CKD perspective and focus of the course 18:30-20:30 Transfer from the venue to the restaurant and Social Dinner (dinner costs are included in the room fee offered by Hotel Porta San Mamolo, and not in the registration fee) Tuesday, March 31st Morning Session: GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES 8:30-9:30 Jager Design and analysis, using examples from the literature 10:00-11:00 Vossen Lecture on case-control studies 11:00-12:00 Dekker Lecture on confounding 13:30-15:00 Vossen / Verduijn Hands on session on study design (coffee/tea available at 14:45) 15:00-16:00 de Visser Lecture on haplotypes, haploview, tagging 16:30-17:30 Barrett Lecture on genome wide association studies 17:30-18:30 Falchi Lecture on QTL association studies 18:30-20:30 Transfer from the venue to the restaurant and Social Dinner (dinner costs are included in the room fee offered by Hotel Porta San Mamolo, and not in the registration fee) Wednesday, April 1st Morning Session (9:00-13:00): BEYOND THE BASICS 8:30-9:15 Verduijn Lecture on Mendelian randomization 9:15-10:00 Carrero Lecture on gene-environment interaction 10:15-11:00 Dekker Lecture on false positive findings, multiple testing, replication 11:00-11:45 Stenvinkel Lecture on Epigenetics 12:00-13:00 Navis Concluding lecture: reflection on genetic research in CKD and future perspectives
LUNCH AND DEPARTURE
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