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Plenary Presentations
Monday 21 May 2007
17:15 - 19:15
I Large-Scale Medical Resequencing
Room 517 Chair/Co-Chairs: Jane Rogers (UK), Richard Gibbs (USA)
David Bentley (UK) The impact of new DNA sequencing technologies on human genetics
Yusuke Nakamura (Japan) Biobank Japan Project: Towards personalised medicine
Mike Stratton (UK) Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes
Tuesday 22 May 2007
11:00 - 13:00
II Genome Wide Association Studies
Room 517 Chair/Co-Chairs: Li Jin (China), Howard Cann (France)
David Altshuler (USA) Genomic Variation and the Inherited Basis of Common Disease
Helen Hobbs (USA) Approaches to identify sequence variations contributing to complex traits
Mark McCarthy (UK) Genome wide association studies in type 2 diabetes: what have we learned?
Wednesday 23 May 2007
11:00 - 13:00
III Structural Genomic Variation
Room 517 Chair/Co-Chairs: Gert-Jan van Ommen (Netherlands), Jan Friedman (Canada)
Matthew Hurles (UK) Maps and origins of Structural Variation in the human genome
Orsetta Zuffardi (Italy) Pathogenic and benign genomic variation
Steve Scherer (Canada) Chromosomal rearrangements and imbalances in autism spectrum disorder
Thursday 24 May 2007
11:00 - 13:00
IV Genomic Medicine: Global Perspectives
Room 517 Chair/Co-Chairs: Tom Hudson (Canada), Bartha Knoppers (Canada)
Gert Jan van Ommen (Netherlands) Translational genomics - approaching the clinic
Leena Peltonen (Finland) Low hanging fruits and beyond, genetics of common traits
David Cox (USA) Association of Human DNA Variation with Complex Traits








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