HUM-MOLGEN events: Second International Workshop on the Genetics of Bone Metabolism and Disease

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Second International Workshop on the Genetics of Bone Metabolism and Disease

October 04, 2002

European Calcified Tissue Society, Davos, Switzerland
2003/02/15-2003/02/18

Saturday 15th February 2003
12.00-16.30 Registration & Poster setup
16.30-16.45 Coffee
Session Gene Identification and Mapping
16.45-17.30 Mapping complex disease genes using family based designs. John Blangero (Texas, USA)
17.30-18.15 LD Mapping. Lynn Jorde (Salt Lake City, USA)
18.15-18.30 Coffee
18.30-20.00 Identification and fine mapping skeletal QTL in mice. Wes Beamer (Bar Harbor, USA)
20.00-21.00 Welcome drink

Sunday 16th February 2003
Session Gene structure and Regulation
08.30-09.15 Long-range regulatory elements, and human disease. Veronica van Heyningen (Edinburgh, UK)
09.15-10.00 Genomic imprinting and disease: lessons from the Callipyge mutation Michel Georges (Liège, Belgium)
10.00-12.00 Coffee & Posters
12.00-16.30 Free time
16.30-16.45 Coffee
Session Disease Modelling
16.45-17.30 Modeling the effects of regulatory polymorphisms using BAC transgenics. John Quinn (Liverpool, UK)
17.30-18.15 Studying gene function using genetic approaches. Gerard Karsenty (Houston, USA)
18.15-18.30 Coffee
18.30-20.00 Oral presentations (9 x 10min)

Monday 17th February 2003
Session Functional genomics
08.30-09.15 Probing the biology of osteosarcoma using micro-arrays. Timothy Triche (Los Angeles CA, USA)
09.15-10.00
10.00-12.00 Coffee & Posters
12.00-16.30 Free time
16.30-16.45 Coffee
Session Genetics of rare bone diseases
16.45-17.30 Genetics of Paget’s Disease. Vincent Raymond (Quebec, Canada)
17.30-18.15 New developments in osteopetrosis and osteosclerosis. Wim Van Hul (Antwerp, Belgium)
18.15-18.30 Coffee
20.00-21.00 Oral presentations (9 x 10min)

Tuesday 18th February 2003
Session Genetics of common bone and joint diseases
08.30-09.15 Genetics of osteoporosis. Mike Econs (Indiana, USA)
09.15-10.00 Genetics of osteoarthritis. John Loughlin (Oxford, UK)
10.00-12.00 Coffee & Posters
12.00-16.30 Free time
16.30-16.45 Coffee
Session Pharmacogenomics / gene environment interactions
16.45-17.30 Pharmacogenomics of oestrogen response. David Herrington (Wake Forest, USA)
17.30-18.15 Studying gene environment interactions for complex phenotypes. David Clayton (Cambridge, UK)
18.15-18.30 Coffee
18.30-20.00 Quantitating the effects of polygenes by meta-analysis. John Ioannidis (Ioannina, Greece)
20.00-21.00 Oral presentations (6 x 10min)
Close of symposium
from 22.00 Closing party

Organized by:

Professor Stuart Ralston

Invited Speakers:

Wesley Beamer
John Blangero
David Clayton
Michael J Econs
Michel Georges
David Herrington
John Ioannidis
Lynn Jorde
Gerard Karsenty
John Loughlin
John Quinn
Vincent Raymond
Timothy Triche
Veronica van Heyningen
Wim Van Hul

Deadline for Abstracts:

See web site

Registration:

See web site for on-line registration form

E-mail:

janetcrompton@compuserve.com

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Janet Crompton

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