The 10th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the G106 lecture hall of the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The meeting was organized as a Special Interest Symposium of the 5th EMBO Meeting, one of the most prestigious scientific events in Molecular Biology worldwide. The meeting was opened to registered participants of the 5th EMBO Meeting and was attended by over 100 participants from various countries.

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The 10th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the G106 lecture hall of the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The meeting was organized as a Special Interest Symposium of the 5th EMBO Meeting, one of the most prestigious scientific events in Molecular Biology worldwide. The meeting was opened to registered participants of the 5th EMBO Meeting and was attended by over 100 participants from various countries.

Organized by:

Under the auspices of:

Organizing Committe

Joseph Borg; Lecturer; University of Malta, Department of Applied Medical Sciences, Msida, Malta

George P. Patrinos; Associate Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Invited speakers

Joseph Borg (Msida, Malta)

Wouter de Laat (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Clint Mizzi (Msida, Malta)

George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)

Sjaak Philipsen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Bauke Ylstra (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Joris Veltman (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)

Scientific Program

08.00 09.00 Registration

09.00 09.10 Opening addresses

Session 1 – Chairperson: Wouter de Laat

09.10 09.30 Joseph Borg, Lecturer, University of Malta, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Msida, Malta

Whole genome sequencing as a tool to identify modifier genes in disease

09.30 10.00 George P. Patrinos, Associate Professor, University of Patras, School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Pharmacogenomics and whole genome sequencing

10.00 10.30 Clint Mizzi, Research Assistant, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

Whole exome sequencing of mixed DNA samples and its clinical applications

10.30 11.00 Wouter de Laat, Professor, Hubrecht Institute KNAW and University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Next-generation sequencing to determine long-range DNA interactions

COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 – Chairperson: George P. Patrinos

11.30 12.00 Sjaak Philipsen, Professor, Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Next-generation RNA sequencing

12.00 12.30 Bauke Ylstra, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Next-generation sequencing uncovers clinically relevant intra tumor genetic heterogeneous chromosomal aberrations in Low Grade Glioma

12.30 13.00 Joris Veltman, Professor, Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Whole exome sequencing in clinical genetics

13.00 13.30 Discussion – Concluding remarks

Sponsors

The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of following entities that supported the organization of the 10th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day:

Sponsor: In-kind support provided by: