Program
The following is an overview of the scientific program. All speakers shown have accepted. The full program can be downloaded here.
Monday 3rd December 2012
1st Session: Normal human genome variation
- 1000 Genomes and beyond (Richard Durbin, Cambridge, UK)
- The human epigenome (Henk Stunnenberg, Nijmegen, NL)
- The evolution of genomes (Peter Holland, Oxford, UK)
- The connectivity of genomic elements (Stylianos Antonarakis, Geneva, CH)
2nd Session: Genomics in Health
- Genomic of height (André Uitterlinden, Rotterdam, NL)
- Genomics of speech (Simon Fisher, Nijmegen, NL)
- The impact of damage to our genes (Jan Hoeijmakers, Rotterdam, NL)
3rd Session: Keynote lecture 1
- 'Reading the human genome - the reconstruction of the past' - Sydney Brenner, Noble prize laureate 2002 (The Molecular Sciences Institute Berkeley, CA, USA)
Tuesday 4th December 2012
4th Session: Disease Genomics
- Genomics of Mendelian disorders (James Lupski, Texas, USA)
- Genomics of oligogenic traits - 'The BBSome' (Nicholas Katsanis, Durham, USA)
- Genomics of multifactorial diseases (Cisca Wijmenga, Groningen, NL)
- Functional genomics studies to unravel development, evolution and human genetic diseases (Jose Luis Gómez-Skarmeta, CABD, Spain)
5th Session: Personal Genomics
- Consumer genomics (Jorge Conde, Knome, MA, USA)
- Predicting multifactorial diseases using DNA: why would it work? (Cecile Janssens, Rotterdam, NL)
- 'I've seen the future and it works' (John Burn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)