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| Thursday, December 11, 2008 | |
| Workshops | |
| 1:00 - 4:00 pm | Workshop: Next Generation Sequencing Download Program (PDF) |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:30 - 8:00 pm | Workshop: The NGFN Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Program for Complex Phenotypes Download Program (PDF) |
| 8:00 pm | Supper |
| Friday, December 12, 2008 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Welcome: |
| Günther Wess, Scientific Director, HMGU | |
| Elmar Nimmesgern, BMBF | |
| Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Speaker Project Committee of NGFN-Plus / NGFN-Transfer in the Program of Medical Genome Research | |
| Symposium I: Genomics of Common Disease | |
| Chairs: Hugo Katus, Stefan Schreiber | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 am | Keynote: Nilesh Samani, University of Leicester, UK Genetics of CAD (coronary artery disease): an update |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Arne Pfeufer, Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Common variants at ten loci modulate the QT interval duration in individuals of European ancestry: the QTSCD consortium |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Marcella Rietschel, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Germany Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Sven Cichon, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Germany Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia |
| 10:30 - 10:45 am | Iris Heid, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies: six new obesity associated loci highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am | André Franke, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany Genome-wide scan reveals association of psoriasis with IL-23 and NF-kB pathways |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Thomas Illig, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Genome-wide scan on total serum IgE levels identifies FCER1A as novel susceptibility locus |
| 11:15 - 11:45 am | Coffee Break |
| Symposium II: Systems Biology | |
| Chairs: Hans Lehrach, Hans-Werner Mewes | |
| 11:45 - 12:15 pm | Keynote: Ralf Herwig, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics Berlin, Germany Integration of human molecular interactions |
| 12:15 - 12:30 am | Vinayagam Arunachalam, Max Delbrück Center Berlin, Germany Constructing a causal protein interaction network for activated MAPK signalling |
| 12:30 - 12:45 am | Lars Dölken, Max von Pettenkofer-Institute Munich, Germany High resolution gene expression profiling for simultaneous kinetic parameter analysis of RNA synthesis and decay |
| 12:45 - 1:00 pm | Marc Johannes, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) Heidelberg, Germany Predicting pathway membership via domain signatures |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm | Lunch Break and Poster Session I - Posters Symposia I - IV |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm | Company Satellite Lunch Sessions: Download Company Program (PDF) |
| Roche Diagnostics GmbH - 1) Cell Analyser xCELLigence 2) High Throughput Sequencing with the New Titanium Reagents | |
| Illumina Ltd – Integrative Genetics and Next Generation Sequencing Tools by Illumina | |
| Applied Biosystems GmbH – Ultra High Throughput sequencing analysis of Transcriptome in single cells with SOLiD 3 System | |
| Affymetrix - New Developments for high throughput genotyping and integrated Expression analysis | |
| Symposium III: Genome Regulation | |
| Chairs: Angelika Eggert, Peter Lichter | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 pm | Keynote: Martin Vingron, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin Computational Regulatory Genomics |
| 3:45 - 4:00 pm | Matthias Selbach, Max Delbrück Center Berlin, Germany Genome-wide identification of microRNA targets by pulsed stable isotope labelling (pSILAC) |
| 4:00 - 4:15 pm | Jörg Hoheisel, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) Heidelberg, Germany Looking at microRNA and mRNA profiles and related epigenetic variations in promoter regions of pancreatic cancer samples |
| 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Johannes Schulte, Universitätskinderklinik Essen, Germany Histone demethylase LSD1 is highly expressed in poorly differentiated neuroblastoma and is a novel therapeutic target |
| 4:30 - 4:45 pm | Jochen Supper, Center for Bioinformatics Tübingen, Germany Predicting DNA-binding specificities of transcription factors |
| 4:45 - 5:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| Symposium IV: Animal, Cellular & Tissue Models | |
| Chairs: Stefan Wiemann, Wolfgang Wurst | |
| 5:15 - 6:00 pm | Keynote: Howard Jacob, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA The Role of Transgenic Rats in a Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) World |
| 6:00 - 6:15 pm | Stefan Wiemann, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) Heidelberg, Germany IG-CSG- cellular systems genomics |
| 6:15 - 6:30 pm | Jan Rozman, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität, Germany Identification of new targets playing a role in metabolic diseases by systemic analysis in the German Mouse Clinic |
| 6:30 - 6:45 pm | Ildikó Rácz, University of Bonn, Germany Modulation of neuropathic pain by endocannabinoids |
| 6:45 - 7:00 pm | Benjamin Meder, University of Heidelberg, Germany Myosin light chain-1 controls cardiac contractility |
| Evening Lecture: | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 pm | Keynote: Matthias Mann, MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany High resolution proteomics in functional genomics |
| 8:00 pm - open end | Get-Together, Dinner |
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 | Symposium V: Genomic / Environmental Interaction |
| Chairs: Markus Nöthen, H.-Erich Wichmann | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 am | Keynote: Cornelia M. van Duijn, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, Netherlands From genome wide association studies to risk prediction: the importance of studies of gene interactions |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Christian Gieger, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Genetics meets metabolomics: a genome-wide association study of metabolite profiles in human serum |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Tobias Stoeger, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Response to ultrafine particle instillation in two mouse strains with extremely divergent lung function |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Rainer Spanagel, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Germany Alcoholism – A Systems approach from molecular physiology to addictive behaviour |
| 10:30 - 10:45 am | Hadi Al-Hasani, German Institute for Human Nutrition Nuthetal Tbc1d1 mutation confers leanness and protects from diet-induced obesity and diabetes |
| 10:45 - 12:45 pm | Lunch Break and Poster Session II - Posters Symposia V-VI |
| 10:45 - 12:45 pm | Company Satellite Lunch Sessions: Download Company Program (PDF) |
| Roche Diagnostics GmbH – LightCycler 480 System (Real-Time PCR) | |
| Illumina Ltd - Genotyping and Gene-expression updates from Illumina | |
| TMF e.V. - Contact partner and common platform for networked medical research | |
| Symposium VI: Transfer from Genomics to Application | |
| Chairs: Markus Hecker, Birte Sönnichsen | |
| 12:45 - 1:30 pm | Keynote: Bert Klebl, Lead Discovery Center GmbH, Dortmund, Germany From Genomes to Drugs |
| 1:30 - 1:45 pm | Martin Sos, Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research Cologne, Germany Defining PI3-Kinase dependency in non-small cell lung cancer |
| 1:45 - 2:00 pm | Eva Lattka, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany Functional impact of polymorphisms on the human delta-6 desaturase gene promoter |
| 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Nicole Huebener, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany Xenogeneic immunization with human tyrosine hydroxylase DNA vaccines effectively eradicates established neuroblastoma and induces long lasting protective immunity |
| 2:15 - 2:30 pm | Michal-Ruth Schweiger, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany High-throughput sequencing of snap frozen and paraffin embedded cancer and normal tissues |
| 2:30 - 2:45 pm | Isabel von Korff, Competence Center Technology Transfer (KTT) Technology transfer in the program for medical genome research |
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| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Ceremony: , “Annemarie Poustka Poster Award of Medical Genome Research” sponsored by Roche Diagnostics GmbH Posteraward |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Concluding Remarks: Hugo Katus, Speaker Project Committee of NGFN-Plus / NGFN-Transfer in the Program of Medical Genome Research |
