Genomic and Genetic Aspects for Human Health and Disease

3 dager symposium organisert av Sig. K. Thoresens Legat og Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi.

Registrering på vedlagt påmeldingsskjema innen 1. september 2010. Inngang kr 250. Begrensede plasser.

Symposiet er på engelsk.

Day 1: Genomic Evolution and Population genetics

8:30- 9:00: Registration

9:00- 9:15: Welcome by professor Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital

9:00-17:30: Speakers:

• Nils Christian Stenseth, CEES, University of Oslo, Norway: The Eco-epidemiological plague system  
• Hans Krokan, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway: Norwegian population and genetic structure
• Andrew G. Clark, Cornell University, USA: Population genetic consequences of the past explosive growth of the human population
• Gert VanOmmen, Leiden University, The Netherlands: Translational genomics and biobanking
• Gurinder S. Atwal, CSHL, USA: Genetic diversity of the p53 tumor supressor pathway
• Gill Bjerano, Stanford University, USA: Studies of the cis-regulatory basis of recent human evolution and human disease
• Elinor Karlsson, Broad Institute, USA: Casual variants and selection

Day 2: Genetic Plasticity, Network and Disease

9:00- 17:15: Speakers:

• Evan E. Eichler, University of Washington, USA: Impact of CNV and duplications
• Andrew Feinberg, John Hopkins School of Medicine, USA: The epigenetic basis of common human disease
• Allan Balmain, University of California, USA: Cancer complexity: insights from genetic network analysis of cancer susceptibility
• Danny Zeevi, Weizmann Inst., Israel: Dissecting the cis-regulation logic of ribosomal protein genes
• Barbara Stranger, Harvard Medical School, USA: Genetic regulation of expression
• Eivind Hovig, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
• Eleftheria Zeggini, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK: Rare variant association analysis in complex traits
• Nancy Cox, University of Chicago, USA: Enhancing biological understanding of genetic/genomic discoveries in complex traits

Day 3: Molucelar Genetic Mechanisms of Disease, Models and Tools

9:00- 15:15: Speakers:

• Boris Reva, MSKCC, USA: Functional impact of protein mutations indentified in the cancer genome atlas
• Itsik Pe'er, Columbia University, USA: Identity by descent and personal genomes in isolated populations
• Kevin White, University of Chicago, USA
• Lodewyk Wessels, Netherlands Cancer Institute: Oncogenic network identification from genomic data
• Oren Litvin, Columbia University, USA: Driving mutations: lessons from yeast and cancer