The Human Variome Project International, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
31st October - 3rd November 2016
It is our pleasure to invite you to attend and participate in the HVP/HUGO Variant Detection Training Course - "Variant Effect Prediction". The biennial Mutation Detection Training Courses were initiated by Prof. Richard Cotton in 1998, alternating with the biennial International Workshops on Mutation Detection. These training courses were more practical, focussed on the laboratory and technologies to detect changes in DNA.The next course in the series has been arranged to take place from the 31st October to the 3rd November in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. There will be two major changes compared to the previous courses. First, we have changed the name from “mutation” to “variant detection”. Second, as a consequence of the NGS revolution, we have shifted the focus from technologies to detect variants in DNA to evaluating possible consequences of the variants (classification); Variant Effect prediction.
The course will be a mix of theory and practice. Theory will be explained by a group of experts on the topic. Practical sessions will be a mix of academic and commercial demonstrations giving participants hands-on experience with computational analysis tools.
Expected Participants are people working in a DNA laboratory including clinical diagnostic labs involved in DNA sequencing data analysis. Participants are expected to bring their own laptop (PC or Mac) as this will be needed for the Course.
Expected knowledge - basic knowledge of molecular biology (DNA, RNA, protein), molecular biology lab technologies (esp. sequencing) and (human) genetics. Link to draft program on the Website.
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Invited Speakers:
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Invited speakers- Johan T. den Dunnen (Leiden, Nederland) Chair
- Andreas Laner (Munich, Germany)
- Joanne Traeger-Synodinos (Athens, Greece)
- Peter Robinson (Berlin, Germany)
- Helen Sparrow (EBI, Hinxton, UK)
- Others to be announced...
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