Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre
7th - 10th July 2007
The availability of whole genome association studies has started to re-define the genetic architecture of common diseases, and over the next 3-5 years will reveal new susceptibility genes for a wide range of these disorders. This is shifting the strategic emphasis of common disease genetics, from identification of susceptibility genes to understanding of mechanisms and potential applications.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary year of the founding of Nature Genetics, this meeting will aim to address the following topics:
The state of the art in genome-wide association studies, accross a range of common diseases
The transition from knowledge of susceptibility genes to understaning of mechanism
Population genetics, genome evolution and structural variation in common disease genetics
Th utility of risk prediction based on genetic and other available tests
Ethical, legal and social implications of personal genetic information
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Organized by:
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Wellcome Trust/Nature Genetics |
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Invited Speakers:
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Session Chairs:
Goncalo Abecasis
Tim Aitman
David Altshuler
Martin Bobrow
Nigel Carter
Aravinda Chakravarti
Vivian Cheung
Judy Cho
Peter Donnelly
Helen Hobbs
Muin Khoury
Augie Kong
Rick Lifton
Edison Liu
Deborah Nickerson
Bruce Ponder
Molly Przeworski
Charmaine Royal
Eddy Rubin
Steve Scherer
Confirmed speakers:
Aida Al Aqueel
Allan Balmain
David Bentley
John Blangero
Lon Cardon
Bill Cookson
David Cox
Philippe Froguel
Richard Gibbs
Len Pennacchio
Jonathan Pritchard
Nazneen Rahman
Elio Riboli
Yijun Ruan
Jonathan Sebat
Kari Stefansson
John Todd
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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20th April 2007
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Registration:
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1 March - 20th April 2007
Registration: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/conferences
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E-mail:
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p.vandervalk@wtconference.org.uk
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