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Institute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB-CNR)- TIGEM - Applied Biosystems, Hotel Ariston - Paestum (Salerno) Italy
May 28-May 31, 2005
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
May 28 saturday - 6:30 pm Wellcome adresses;7 pm Wellcome party. May 29 Sunday - 9 am – 1 pm Morning session: Genetics Isolates: past, present and future.
Carol Ober: Genetic Studies in the Hutterites;
Alan R. Shuldiner: Mapping of complex disease traits in the Old Order Amish;
Mario Pirastu: Ten Years in Ogliastra;
Four short oral presentations.
3 pm-4 pm Workshop ABI.
4 pm -7 pm Afternoon session: Population structure and computational analysis.
Francoise Clerget-Darpoux: Mapping disease genes in a consanguineous population;
Joseph Terwilliger: A Complete and Utter refutation of the Fundamental Theorem of the HapMap;
Rosario Calderon: Inbreeding and types of human isolation in Spain;
Four short oral presentations.
May 30 Monday, 9 am – 1 pm Morning session: QTL Mapping.
Cornelia van Duijn: Genetic Research in Isolated Populations (GRIP) program;
John Blangero: Identification of human quantitative trait loci using extended pedigrees;
Ulf Gyllesten: Pattern of linkage disequilibrium and mapping QTL in the Swedish Sami population;
Seven short oral presentations.
3 pm-4 pm Workshop ABI.
4 pm -7pm Afternoon session: Anthropological and enviromental issues.
Gislie Palsson: Birthmarks and Landmarks: the mapping of isolated gene pools;
Fernando Martinez: title to be defined
Six short oral presentations.
May 31 Tuesday, 9 am-1 pm Morning session: Complex Diseases Studies.
Anthony Long: Several thousand individuals, a few hundred SNPs, Notch signaling, and the genetics of complex traits;
Alan Wright: title to be defined;
Seven oral presentations.
3 pm – 4 pm
Closing lecture.
Leena Peltonen: from families to population: Impact of disease genes.
Closing remarks
4 pm
Trip to Cilento National Park and isolated villages (Roscigno)
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Organized by:
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Roberta Ballabio, Scientific Secretary email: rballabio@tigem.it |
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Invited Speakers:
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John Blangero,Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA;
Rosario Calderon,Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain;
Francoise Clerget-Darpoux, Hopital Paul Brousse, Batiment Leriche, Villejuif Cedex, France;
Ulf Gyllesten, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Anthony Long,University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA;
Fernando Martinez, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA;
Carole Ober,University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
Gislie Palsson,University Institute of Anthropology, Reykjavik, Iceland;
Mario Pirastu, Institute of Population Genetics, CNR, Alghero, Italy;
Leena Peltonen, University of Helsinki and National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland;
Joseph Terwilliger, Columbia Genome Center and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;
Cornelia Van Duijn, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Alan Wright, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK;
Alan R. Shuldiner,University of Maryland, School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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Abstract submission deadline: March 31th, 2005
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Registration:
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If registering before April 15th 2005 fees will be 270,00 euro (VAT included): After April 16th fees will be 330,00 euro (VAT included).
If less than 32 years of age you will be charged 170,00 euro (VAT included) before April 15th 2005 and 210,00 euro (VAT included) after April 16th
Young scientists who register should bring a letter signed by their research head to certify their status.
To register please complete the attached form and return it to:
MDM Communication Group - Health World Dept. - Mr. Luca Crivellari
fax +39 02 89054744 or register through the website
www.geneticisolates.com
Conference fees include coffee breaks, welcome cocktail, lunches,
dinners, abstract booklet, trip to Roscigno.
Accompanying person fees (120,00 euro VAT included) cover welcome
cocktail, dinners and trip to Roscigno
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E-mail:
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rballabio@tigem.it and www.geneticisolates.com
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