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  Genetics of Complex Diseases and Isolated Populations  
  January 24, 2003

Genetics

 
     
  Ogliastra Genetic Park, Villaggio Telis, Tortolì, Sardinia, Italy
May 23rd 2003- May 30th 2003


Preliminary Program: Session Topics
Theoretical Issues in the study of genetic isolates
Ethical issues in the study of population genetics
Approaches to the study of complex traits: Twin studies
Approaches to the study of complex traits: Animal models
Epidemiological studies
Quantitative traits and large genealogies
Statistical analysis and bioinformatics
Studies of isolated populations


 
 
Organized by: Dr. Mario Pirastu, Ogliastra Genetic Park President
Invited Speakers: MARK ABNEY, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

LEIF ANDERSSON, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Uppsala Biomedical Center, Sweden.

PETER BJERREGAARD, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark.

JOHN BLANGERO, Dept. of Genetics, Population Genetics Laboratory, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA

CLIFTON BOGARDUS, NIDDK, NIH, Poenix Arizona USA.

DORRET BOOMSMA, DeVrije Universiteit, Dept Biological Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ROSARIO CALDERON, Dept. Zoología y Antropología Física, Universidad Complutense, MADRID Spain

MARC DE BRAEKELEER, Universitè of Bretagne Occidentale, Facultè de Medicine, Brest, France.

PAOLO GASPARINI, Medical Genetics, Naples Univ. and TIGEM, Napoli, Italy.

MICHEL GEORGES, University of Liège, Belgium

ULF GYLLENSTEN, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

AUGUSTINE KONG, Vice President of Statistics, deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

MARK LATHROP, Centre National de Genotypage, Evry, France

NICK MARTIN, Editor, Twin Research, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane Australia.

ANDRE METSPALU, University of Tartu, IMCB/Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia.

CAROLE OBER, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.

DENNIS H O’ROURKE, Dept of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

LEENA PELTONEN, Dept. of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.

MARIO PIRASTU, President of Genos Park Consortium, Population Genetics Institute, CNR, Alghero, Italy

JONATHAN PRITCHARD, Dept of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

ANDREY RZHETSKY, , Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, New York, USA,

ALAN SHULDINER, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition Univ. Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

JOSEPH TERWILLIGER, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

SANDRA THOMAS, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, UK

PAUL VAN EERDEWEGH, Statistical Genetics, Genome Therapeutics Corporation, Waltham, Mass. USA

KEN WEISS, Depts of Anthropology and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.

ALAN WRIGHT, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

 
Deadline for Abstracts: February 15th 2003
 
Registration: download registration form at www.genosconference.it
E-mail: info@genosconference.it
 
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