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CANCER GENETICS

 
  June 07, 2005  
     
 
European School of Genetic Medicine, Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY
October 1st - 5th, 2005


Friday, September 30th
Arrival at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro

Saturday, October 1st - Session 1 – Genetics of cancer susceptibility
Morning Session
L.Luzzatto: Low penetrance cancer genes
T.Beaty: The interface of genetics and epidemiology
T.Wienker: Allelic association and LD mapping
P.Devilee: The functional significance of SNPs
Afternoon Session
Concurrent workshops

Sunday, October 2nd – Session 2 – Gene expression and cancer
Morning Session
M.Esteller: DNA methylation and cancer
P.E.Lonning: Gene expression and chemoresistance
P.Bernardi: Mitochondria and Hepatocarcinogenesis
A.Bardelli: Dissecting oncogenic signaling pathways by mutational profiling of gene families
Afternoon Session
Sightseeing to Ravenna

Monday, October 3rd – Session 3 – Genome instability and cancer
Morning Session
A.Futreal: The cancer genome project
H.W.Mohrenweiser: Impact of genetic variation in DNA repair genes
L.Aaltonen: Genomic instability in colorectal cancer
Afternoon Session
Concurrent workshops

G. Matthijs,L. Luzzatto,D. Thomas,H. Chneiweiss,S. Zamagni
D. Stoppa-Lyonnet
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Gene patents in diagnostics and drug discovery

Tuesday, October 4th – Session 4 – Technological developments in cancer (genetic) research
Morning Session
P.Nederlof: Array-CGH
P.Demant: Mouse models
M.Scherr: Impact of proteomics on bladder cancer research
H.Chneiweiss: Cancer stem cells:from characterization to implications
Afternoon Session
Concurrent workshops

Wednesday, October 5th – Session 5 – The cancer family clinic
Morning Session
A.Antoniou: Cancer risk prediction models
D.Eccles: The cancer family clinic
D.Eccles: Implications for treatment of carriers/high risk women
D.Stoppa-Lyonnet: BRCA1-BRCA2 genetic testing and
molecular approaches

 
 
Organized by: European Genetics Foundation
Invited Speakers: DIRECTORS:
P. Devilee (Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS), G. Romeo (Bologna, ITALY)
SPEAKERS:
L. Aaltonen (Helsinki, FINLAND), A. Antoniou (Cambridge, UK), A. Bardelli (Turin, ITALY), T. Beaty (Baltimore, USA), P. Bernardi (Padua, ITALY), H. Chneiweiss (Paris, FRANCE), P. Demant (Buffalo, USA), D. Eccles (Southampton, UK), M. Esteller (Madrid, SPAIN), A. Futreal (Cambridge, UK), P.E. Lonning (Bergen, NORWAY), L. Luzzatto (Genoa, ITALY), G. Matthijs (Leuven, BELGIUM), H.W. Mohrenweiser (Livermore, USA), P. Nederlof (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), M. Scherr (Hanover, GERMANY), D. Stoppa-Lyonnet (Paris, FRANCE), D. Thomas (Munich, GERMANY), T.F. Wienker (Bonn, GERMANY), S. Zamagni (Bologna, ITALY)
 
Deadline for Abstracts: 2005-09-09
 
Registration: online: www.eurogene.org
E-mail: giuseppe.curcio@eurogene.org
 
   
 
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