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British Human Genetics Conference 2012

 
  May 23, 2012  
     
 
British Society for Human Genetics, University of Warwick, UK
17- 19 September 2012


http://bhgc.org.uk/BSHG_Programme_2012.pdf
 
 
Organized by: British Society for Human Genetics
Invited Speakers:
BSHG Lecture:
 

 “The new genomic world: Hypothesis-generating modes of basic and clinical research, and clinical care” given by Prof Leslie G Biesecker (NIH, USA)

 
Carter Lecture:
 

  “tbc” given by Prof Arnold Munnich (Paris, France)

 
Symposia:
 

Genomic Medicine - Challenges for the 21st Century 
Prof Sir John Burn (Newcastle), Prof Patrick Maxwell (London), Prof Theresa Marteau (London), 
Prof Peter Furness (Leicester)

Advances in Neurodegenerative Disease     
Dr Michael Hayden (UBC, Canada), Dr Rhona Macleod (Manchester), Prof Stuart Pickering-Brown (Manchester)

Clinical Developments in Pharmacogenetics 
Prof Munir Pirmohamed (Liverpool), Dr Ron van Schaik (Erasmus, NL), Prof Katherine Payne (Manchester)

Epigenetics, basic concept, recent advances and public health implications
Prof  Marcus Pembrey (Bristol), Dr Graham Burdge (Southampton), Dr Jonathan Mill (London)

Interpreting novel variants; making sense out of missense
Dr Simon Ramsden (Manchester), Prof Sean Tavtigian (Utah, USA), Prof Steven Brenner (Berkeley, USA)

Infertility, genetics and assisted reproductive technologies
Prof Alan Handyside (London), Mrs Jenny Dunlop (Manchester), Mr James Lawford-Davies (London)

Clinical relevance of copy number variation
Prof Dr Stefan Mundlos (Germany)

Practical research in Genetic Healthcare
Dr John Crolla (Salisbury), Dr Helen Firth (Cambridge), Mr Alastair Kent (London), Dr Jackie Walling (Novato, USA)

Broadening the Role of Genetics in Medicine 
Prof John Whittaker (Stevenage), Prof Chris Ponting (Oxford), Prof Gilean McVean (Oxford)

Workshops:   
 

Treatment of Genetic Disease with Stem Cell Technology 
Prof Lior Gepstein (Israel), Prof Majlinda Lako (Newcastle), Dr Sanjay Sinha (Cambridge)

CNVs and Cytogenomics
Prof Jan Dumanski (Stockholm), Dr Jayne Hehir-Kwa (Nijmegen)              

Education:       
 

Next Generation Sequencing / BioInformatics - Issues in Cytogenetics
National Genetics Reference Laboratory (Manchester)

Assisting Genetic Specialists in their Educational Role 
National Genetics Education & Development Centre (Birmingham)

Debate:
 

'This house believes that the art of clinical phenotyping is now redundant’            
Prof Martin Bobrow (Cambridge), Prof Han Brunner (Netherlands), Dr Richard Scott (London)

Plenary and concurrent sessions from submitted papers

 
Deadline for Abstracts: 26 May 2012
 
Registration: Please see conference wesbite for further details www.bhgc.org.uk
E-mail: bshg@bshg.org.uk
 
   
 
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