HUM-MOLGEN events: Genetic Diagnostics: Applications in Life Sciences

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Genetic Diagnostics: Applications in Life Sciences

September 10, 2002

IIR Conferences, Rome, Italy
12-13 December 2002

- Keynote presentation: Overview of DNA Diagnostics
- Mutation detection and mutation databases
- Current projects involving collecting genetic
information
- DNA Diagnostics in Oncology
- Finding Disease Genes Using Automated Mass Spectrometry
- Prenatal/Preimplantation diagnosis for genetic disorders
- Identification and resistance typing of Heliobacter
pylori and genotyping of infected patients
- Challenges of standardization of molecular tests for
genetics
- Bead Arrays and MS
- Applera Genomic Initiative: The Human Genome
- Regulatory Aspects and Strategy
- Pricing
- Panel Discussion: The possibility of turning diagnostic tests to screening tests in large populations

Organized by:

IIR Conferences

Invited Speakers:

Dr Leroy Edward Hood, President and Director, Institute for Systems Biology
Prof. Richard Cotton, Director, Genomic Disorders Research Centre
Dr Paul Debenham, Director of Life Sciences, LGC and Managing Director of University Diagnostics Ltd
Jeffrey S Ross, M.D. Vice President Molecular Medicine and Head of Molecular Pathology, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Charles R Cantor, Chief Scientific Officer, SEQUENOM Inc
Andy Bufton, Director Regulatory Affairs, Abbott
Professor K K Jain
Bjorn Ekstrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Pyrosequencing
Roberta M Madej, International Marketing, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc
Dr V Randy White, Chief Executive Officer, Nanogen Inc
Raimo Tanzi, Applied Biosystems
Nick Papadopoulos, Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President, GMP Genetics

Deadline for Abstracts:

N/A

Registration:

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7915 5055
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7915 5056

E-mail:

registration@iir-conferences.com

Posted by:

Charlotte Mulady

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