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Genomic Disorders 2009 - Genomic Variation in Health and Disease

 
  November 11, 2008  
     
 
Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
9th - 11th March 2009


Conference Provisional Programme

Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th March 2009  

Spoken presentations - If you are an invited speaker, or your abstract has been selected for a spoken presentation, please give an electronic version of your talk to Dr Nigel Carter in the reception area of the Conference centre

Poster presentations – If your abstract has been selected for a poster, please display this in the Cloisters

 

Monday 9th March 2009


15.00              Registration
                       Conference Centre Foyer

 

Session 1     Genomic disorders, copy number variation and clinical practice Francis Crick Auditorium,          Chair: Nigel Carter 

17.00              ‘The clinical impact of structural variation’

                      Jim Lupski, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

 

17.45              ‘High throughput genomic array analysis as a clinical service’

                      (speaker tbc)

 

18.15              ‘The 1000 genomes project’

                       Richard Durbin, Wellcome Trust Sanger Insititute, UK

 

18.45              Pre-dinner drinks
                      Conference Centre Foyer

 

19:30              Dinner

                       Hall Restaurant

 

                                         

Tuesday 10th March 2009 

07.30              Breakfast
                      Hall Restaurant

 

Session 2     Genomic instabilityFrancis Crick Auditorium,        Chair: TBC 

08.45              ‘Allelic and ectopic recombination in the human genome’

                      Sir Alec Jeffereys, University of Leicester, UK

 

09.30              ‘Mitotic NAHR in the evolution of cancer’

                      Peter Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK 

 

10.00              ‘The evolution and modification of long range regulation of gene expression’

                      Doug Higgs, Wellcome Insitute for Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK

 

10.30              Morning Coffee
                      Conference Centre Foyer and Cloisters

 

Session 3     Genomic variation in common diseasesFrancis Crick Auditorium,      Chair: TBC    

11.00              ‘Structural variation in common diseases’

                      Matt Hurles, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

 

11.30              ‘The use of whole-genome technologies to understand the causation of common diseases’,

                      Tim Aitman, Imperial College, London, UK

 

12.00              ‘Beta-defensins in psoriasis’ 
                      John Armour, University of Nottingham, UK

 

12.30              2 presentations from abstracts

 

13.00              Lunch

                      Hall restaurant

 

 Session 4     Copy number variation and disorders of the brain Francis Crick Auditorium,                 Chair:           Jim Lupski   

14.00              ‘Structural variation of the genome in patients with autism’
                       (speaker tbc)

 

14.25              Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of 
                       schizophrenia’
            
                       
(speaker tbc)

 

14.50              ‘Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia’ 
          Kari Stefansson, deCODE, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

15.15              1 presentation from abstracts

 

15.30              Afternoon Tea
         Conference Centre Foyer and Cloisters

 

Session 5     Genomic approaches to development disordersFrancis Crick Auditorium,    Chair: Dian Donnai     

16.00              How genomic disorders illuminate out understanding of human development

                      David Fitzpatrick, Edinburgh, UK

 

16.30              Using genomic analysis of chromosome 7 to identify a cause of infantile spasms.

                     (speaker tbc)

 

17.00              Genome-wide approaches to understanding developmental disorders – Deciphering Developmental Disorders

                      Nigel Carter, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK and Helen Firth, Cambridge University Department of Human Genetics, UK 

 

17.30              2 presentations from abstracts

 

18.00              Poster Session

                      Conference Centre Cloisters

 

18.45              Pre-dinner drinks

                      Conference Centre Foyer

19:30               Dinner

                         Hall restaurant

 

 

Wednesday 11th March 2009 

07.45              Breakfast

                      Hall restaurant

 

Session 6     Genetics of X-chromosome disorders Francis Crick Auditorium,          Chair: TBC 

09.00              Genetics of X-Linked Mental Retardation’ 

                      Patrick Tarpey, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

 

09.30              Two X-linked mental retardation syndromes with Rett-like movements in affected males

                      Dian Donnai, University of Manchester, UK

10.00              2 presentations from abstracts  

10.30              Morning Coffee
                      Conference Centre Foyer and Cloisters
 

Session 7     Genetic SyndromesFrancis Crick Auditorium, Chair: David Fitzpatrick 

11.00              LIS1 dup

                      Orly Reiner, Weizman Institute, Israel

 

11.30              6 presentations from abstracts

 

13.00              Lunch

                      Hall Restaurant

Session 8     Models of genomic disordersFrancis Crick Auditorium,          Chair: TBC 

14.00              MicroRNA biogenesis and cognitive and behavioural deficits in a 22q11-deletion mouse model.

                      Maria Karayiorgou, Columbia University

 

14.30              1 presentation from abstract

 

14.45              Keynote Lecture:

                      TBC

 

15.30              Afternoon Tea

                      Conference Centre Foyer and Cloisters

Session 9     Genomic disorders – an evolutionary perspective Francis Crick Auditorium,           Chair: Helen Firth 

16.00              ‘Genomic variation in primate evolution – what makes us human?’

                      George Perry, University of Chicago, USA  

16:30              'Copy number variation in human evolution - genetic diversity and the struggle for survival

                        Chris Tyler-Smith, Sanger Institute, UK

 

17.00              2 presentations from abstracts

 

18.45              Pre Dinner Drinks
                      Conference Centre Foyer and Cloisters

 

19:30               Conference Dinner

                        Hall Restaurant

 


 
Thursday 12th March 2009 

07.30              Breakfast
                      Hall Restaurant

 

 09.30              Coach to Cambridge, LHR via STN depart
                      Conference Centre Foyer
 
 
Organized by: Nigel Carter (WT Sanger Institute), Dian Donnai (University of Manchaester), Helen Firth (Addenbrookes Hospital), Jim Lupski (Baylor College of Medicine)
Invited Speakers:

Tim Aitman, Imperial College, London, UK

John Armour, University of Nottingham, UK

Peter Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Nigel Carter, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Dian Donnai, University of Manchester, UK

Richard Durbin, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Helen Firth, Cambridge University Dept. of Medical Genetics, UK

David Fitzpatrick, Edinburgh, UK

Doug Higgs, Wellcome Institute for Molecular Medicine, UK

Matt Hurles, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Sir Alec Jeffereys, University of Leicester, UK

Maria Karayiorgou, Columbia University, USA

Jim Lupski, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

George Perry, University of Chicago, USA

Orly Reiner, Weizman Institute, Israel

Kari Stefansson, deCODE, Reykjavík, Iceland

Patrick Tarpey, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Chris Tyler-Smith, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

 
Deadline for Abstracts: 26th January 2009
 
Registration:

www.wtconference.org.uk
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