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| May 31 | |
| 12:00 | Delegate Registration Opens |
| 16:30-17:15 | Opening Ceremony (click for details) |
| 17:15-19:15 | Plenary I - Genomic Signatures of Evolution |
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Chair: Ulf Pettersson (Sweden), Yoshiyuki Sakaki (Japan) Gil McVean (USA) - The signatures of natural selection in the HapMap data Adrian Hill (UK) - Infectious Disease Resistance Alleles: Scars of Our Evolution Andy Clark (USA) - Signatures of natural selection in the human genome Kari Stefansson (Iceland) - Genetics of Common Diseases: Signatures of Selection |
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| 19:15 | Welcome Reception |
| June 1 | |
| 07:00 | Delegate Registration Opens |
| 08:00-10:00 | Plenary II - Plagues and Obsessions of Modern Societies |
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Chair: Leena Peltonen (Finland) Mary-Claire King (USA) - The Challenge of Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer for Modern Women Carol Prescott (USA) - Alcoholism: From Genotypes to Genes (and Back Again) Christine van Broeckhoven (Belgium) - Molecular integration of CNS neurodegenerative dementias Mark McCarthy (UK) - Sweet dreams? Finding genes for type 2 diabetes |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Session 1 (odd nos.) |
| 10:30-12:30 | Symposium I - EU Symposium: Large Scale Genomic Projects Symposium II - Epigenomes |
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Symposium I - Chair: Bernard Mulligan (EU), Mary-Claire King (USA) Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi (Finland) - Moltools Leena Peltonen (Finland), - GenomEUTwin Tom Hudson (Canada) - Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) Steve Brown (UK), - Mouse Genetics Mark McCarthy (UK) - Molpage Martin Yuille (UK) - European Biobanking Union |
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Symposium II - Chair: Kelly Frazer (USA) Carmen Sapienza (USA), - Human Imprinted Chromosomal Regions are Historical Hot-Spots of Recombination Beverly Emanuel (USA) - Cytogenetic Rearrangements Mediated by Genomic Architecture in Meiosis Emma Whitelaw (Australia) - Increased DNA methylation at the AXIN1 gene in an MZ twin from a pair discordant for a caudal duplication anomaly Rob Waterland (USA) - Early Nutrition and the Establishment of Epigenotype at Metastable Epialleles |
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| 12:30-15:00 | Lunch/Exhibition/Posters |
| 12:45-13:30 | Poster Session 2 (even nos.) |
| 13:45-14:30 | Poster Session 3 (odd nos.) |
| 15:00-17:00 | Workshops 1 - 5 Click for Details |
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Workshop 1 - Twin Studies - Chair: Jaakko Kaprio (Finland), Emma Whitelaw (Australia) Workshop 2 - Genomics and Identity (Ethics) - Chair: Ruth Chadwick (UK), Helena Kaariainen (Finland) Workshop 3 - Genetic Epidemiology - Chair: Nick Martin (Australia), Nancy Pedersen (Sweden) Workshop 4 - Comparative Genomics - Chair: Ross Hardison (USA), Anna-Elina Lehesjoki (Finland) Workshop 5 - Bioinformatics - Chair: Samir K. Brahmachari (India), Heikki Mannila (Finland) |
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| 17:00-18:15 | Poster Session 4 (even nos.) |
| 17:30-19:30 | Symposium III - Genetics in Disasters |
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Symposium III - Chair: Howard Cash (USA) Bruce Budowle (USA) - Identification in Disasters and Bioterrrorism Antti Sajantila (Finland) - Medico legal work for Tsunami victims Kirsty Wright (Australia) - Thai Tsunami Victim Identification: DNA Operation Patrick Woo (Hong Kong) - Control of the epidemic of H5N1 influenza at the source |
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| 20:00-21:30 | Reception at City Hall |
| June 2 | |
| 07:30 | Delegate Registration Opens |
| 08:30-10:30 | Plenary III - Large Population Studies |
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Chair: Bill Ollier (UK) Elio Riboli (UK) - The EPIC consortium on the role of lifestyle, environment and genetics in chronic disease aetiology Alun Evans (UK) - MORGAM: An International Project Pooling Cohort Studies of Cardiovascular Disease Joe Terwilliger (USA) - What is the best study design? Bartha Knoppers (Canada) - Barriers and Tools to the Present and Future of Population Genetics |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Session I (odd nos.) |
| 11:00-13:00 | Symposium IV - Genes and Cognition Defects Symposium V - Genetics of Senses |
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Symposium IV - Chair: Ian Craig (UK) Elena Maestrini (Italy) - Searching for autism susceptibility genes Simon Fisher (UK) - Uncovering the molecular mechanisms involved in speech and language disorders Michael J. Owen (UK) - Genomic studies of schizophrenia: mapping madness? Juha Kere (Finland) - Dyslexia genes: from zero to four in three years |
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Symposium V - Chair: Mats Ulfendahl (Sweden), Moien Kanaan (Palestinian Authority) Doron Lancet (Israel) - The olfactory receptor universe: genome landscape and evolution Frans Cremers (Netherlands) - Elucidation of the molecular basis of retinal detachment: intronic mutations in CSPG2/Versican cause Wagner disease and erosive vitreoretinopathy Lynn Jorde (USA) - Bitter taste genetics: PTC and other stories Karen Avraham (Israel) - The Contribution of Genomics to Hereditary Deafness |
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| 13:00-15:30 | Lunch/Exhibition/Posters |
| 13:15-14:00 | Poster Session 5 (odd nos.) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Poster Session 6 (even nos.) |
| 15:30-17:30 | Workshops 6 - 10 Click for Details |
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Workshop 6 - Genomic Variation and Diversity - Chair: Howard Cann (France), Jaume Bertranpetit (Spain) Workshop 7 - New and Emerging Technologies - Chair: Ulf Landergren (Sweden), Ann-Christine Syvanen (Sweden) Workshop 8 - Genetics of Immune System Disorders - Chair: Rikard Holmdahl (Sweden), Andres.Metspalu (Estonia) Workshop 9 - Transcriptome, expression profile, non-coding RNA - Chair: Torben Orntoft (Denmark), Sumio Sugano (Japan) Workshop 10 - Cancer Genomics - Chair: Mary-Claire King (USA), Anne-Lise Borensen-Dale (Norway) |
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| 17:30-18:30 | Coffee/Exhibition/Posters |
| 17:45-18:30 | Poster Session 7 (odd nos.) |
| 19:30-20:00 | Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception in Helsinki Opera House Entertainment from Finnish Band Varttina (www.varttina.com) |
| 20:00 | Conference Dinner |
| 21:00-21:15 | Interval entertainment from Jakko Ryhanen, Finnish bass singer |
| June 3 | |
| 07:30 | Delegate Registration Opens |
| 08:30-10:30 | Plenary IV - In Depth Analysis of the Human Genome |
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Chair: Lon Cardon (UK), Steve Scherer (Canada) David Schwarz (USA) - Human Genome Structural Variation Discerned by Single Molecule Analysis Evan Eichler (USA) - Human Genome Structural Variation Tom Hudson (Canada) - Influence of Human Genome Polymorphism on Gene Expression John Blangero (USA) - The identification of human quantitative trait loci |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-13:00 | Symposium VI - Genetics and Diseases of Colour: Melanocyte Biology and Pathology Symposium VII - Genetics and Sex |
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Symposium VI - Chair: Leif Andersson (Sweden) Greg Barsh (USA) - Genetics and genomics of mammalian color variation Mark Shriver (USA) - The Genetic Basis of Normal Variation in Human Skin Color Leif Andersson (Sweden) - Strong selection on pigmentation genes in domestic animals Richard Marais (UK), - The role of RAS and BRAF signalling in melanoma |
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Symposium VII - Chair: Magnus Nordenskjold (Sweden) Nancy Pedersen (Sweden) - Sex differences in disease predisposition Li Jin (China), - Exploring complex diseases using genome-wide association: challenges and strategies Tim Spector (UK) - Twin Studies and the Genetics of Female Sexuality Mark Ross (UK) - What sex did to X |
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| 13:00-15:30 | Lunch/Exhibition/Posters |
| 13:30-14:15 | Poster Session 8 (even nos.) |
| 14:15 | Poster Removal |
| 15:30-17:30 | Workshops 11 - 14 Click for Details |
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Workshop 11 - Genomics of Complex Disorders - Chair: Aarno Palotie (Finland), Mark Daly (USA) Workshop 12 - RNAi - Chair: Brian Harfe (USA), Tomi Makela (Finland) Workshop 13 - Genes Chromosomes and Diseases - Chair: Hans Hilger Ropers (Germany), Beverly Emanuel (USA) Workshop 14 - EU Workshop on International Co-operation - |
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| 17:30 | Coffee in Registration Foyer "Farewell to Finland" dinner cruise (bookable on line from the Travel Experience, see Travel page) |
Created Sunday, 01-May-2005 20:15:35 BST
Updated Sunday, 29-Oct-2006 19:07:57 GMT
Updated Sunday, 29-Oct-2006 19:07:57 GMT
