Genomics of Rare Diseases
October 30th – November 1st, 2014, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
The 2014 Golden Helix Symposium “Genomics of Rare Diseases” will be organized inBelgrade, Serbia, October 30th-November 1st, 2014.
The meeting will mark the official kick-off of the Genomic Medicine Alliance and highlights the implementation of genomicsto elucidate themolecular etiology of rare diseases in Serbia and thesurrounding countries, as part of the EC-funded SERBORDISinn project.
The Symposium Faculty consists of international renownded speakers from Europe, the US and Asia.
Lastly, the meeting will feature the 2014 Genomic Medicine Alliance – Public Health Genomics award, presented for the best abstract submitted for this meeting.
The 2014 Golden Helix Symposium Organizing Committee
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October 30th – November 1st, 2014, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
The 2014 Golden Helix Symposium “Genomics of Rare Diseases” will be organized inBelgrade, Serbia, October 30th-November 1st, 2014.
The meeting will mark the official kick-off of the Genomic Medicine Alliance and highlights the implementation of genomicsto elucidate themolecular etiology of rare diseases in Serbia and thesurrounding countries, as part of the EC-funded SERBORDISinn project.
The Symposium Faculty consists of international renownded speakers from Europe, the US and Asia.
Lastly, the meeting will feature the 2014 Genomic Medicine Alliance – Public Health Genomics award, presented for the best abstract submitted for this meeting.
The 2014 Golden Helix Symposium Organizing Committee
Co-organized by:
Endorsed by:
2014 Golden Helix Symposium venue
The 2014 Golden Helix Symposium will be held in the Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade hotel.
The hotel iscompletely renovated in 2010 and features85 standard rooms and 20 suites it offers comfortable and functional stay to business and leisure travelers. All the rooms and suites feature a wide range of superb amenities including working desk, telephone, radio and TV set, in-room safe, minibar, A/C and opening windows, and free wireless internet access is available in all areas of the hotel.
Also, the hotel has a 950 sq. m. fitness and spa center, including an indoor swimming pool with whirpoolbath, sauna, gym with cardio stations, equipment for load of muscles and different types of massage.
Organizing Committee
Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, Serbia; Chairman)
Maja Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, Serbia)
George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)
Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, CA, USA)
Scientific Committee
Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, CA, USA; Chairman)
Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, RS)
George P. Patrinos, Patras, GR)
Angela Brand (Maastricht, NL)
Belen Perez (Madrid, ES)
Maja Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, RS)
Jelena Begovic (Belgrade, RS)
Dragana Janic (Belgrade, RS)
Maja Djordjevic (Belgrade, RS)
Invited Speakers
Istvan Baloch (Debrecen, HU)
Nazli Basak (Istanbul, TR)
Clara Belzer (Wageningen, NL)
Goran Brajuskovic (Belgrade, RS)
Angela Brand (Maastricht, NL)
Beata Burzynska (Warsaw, PL)
Elisabeth Dequeker (Leuven, BE)
Lourdes Desviat (Madrid, ES)
Maja Djordjevic (Belgrade, RS)
Vita Dolzan (Ljubljana, SI)
Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, CA, USA)
Ksenija Fumic (Zagreb, HR)
Irena Drmic Hofman (Split, HR)
Federico Innocenti (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Ming Ta Michael Lee (Yokohama, JP)
Hanns Lochmuller (Newcastle, UK)
Dragana Janic (Belgrade, RS)
Milan Macek Jr (Prague, CZ)
Pilar Nicolas Jimenez (Bilbao, ES)
Ivana Novakovic (Belgrade, RS)
George P. Patrinos (Patras, GR)
Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, RS)
Belen Perez (Madrid, ES)
Borut Peterlin (Ljubljana, SI)
Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska (Skopje, MK)
Lejla Kapur Pojskic (Sarajevo, BIH)
Jelica Predojevic (Banja Luka, BIH)
Maria Puiu (Timisoara, RO)
Jelena Roganovic (Rijeka, HR)
Duska Savic-Pavicevic (Belgrade, RS)
Kostas Stamatopoulos (Thessaloniki, GR)
Alessio Squassina (Cagliari, IT)
Maja Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, RS)
Zorica Sumarac (Belgrade, RS)
Albena Todorova (Sofia, BG)
Scientific Program
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
15:00 – 19:00 Registration
19:00 – 22:00 Registration for speakers
19:00 – 22:00 Welcome cocktail
Friday, October 31th, 2014
08:00 – 17:00 Registration for participants
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome Addresses
Keynote Lectures I
09:00 09:30 Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, CA, USA)
Whole genome sequencing for personal and population genomics
09:30 10:00 Hanns Lochmuller (Newcastle, UK)
RD-Connect and Neuromics in Rare Disease Research
10:00 10:30 Belen Perez (Madrid, Spain)
Next generation sequencing applied to the diagnosis of inherited metabolic disorders
10:30 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION I: PUBLIC HEALTH OF RARE DISEASES
11:00 11:15 Angela Brand (Maastricht, NL)
Rare diseases whats in for Public Health Genomics
11:15 11:30 Pilar Nicolas Jimenez (Bilbao, ES)
Genomics of Rare Diseases within Europe. Legal issues
11:30 11:45 Elisabeth Dequeker (Leuven, BE)
External Quality Assessment of Genetic Testing: A necessity for quality of care
11:45 12:00 Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, RS)
State of the Art of Rare Disease Activities in Serbia
SESSION II: GENOMICS OF RARE DISEASES
12:00 12:15 Kostas Stamatopoulos (Thessaloniki, GR)
Immunogenetics in marginal-zone lymphomas
12:15 12:30 Alessio Squassina (Cagliari, IT)
Cluster headache and bipolar disorder: is there a link?
12:30 12:45 Beata Burzynska (Warsaw, PL)
Genomics and new perspectives for rare red blood cell disorders
12:45 13:00 Istvan Baloch (Debrecen, HU)
Monogenic diabetes – lessons from a rare form of a common disease
13:00 13:15 Nazli Basak (Istanbul, TR)
The distinct genetics of ALS on Turkey
13:15 14:00 LUNCH
Keynotes Lectures II
14:00 14:30 Federico Innocenti (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Exceptional responders in cancer therapy
14:30 15:00 Michael Lee (Riken, Japan)
Pharmacogenetic study of drug induced severe cutaneous disorders
SESSION III: PHARMACOGENOMICS AND INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPY
15:00 15:15 Milan Macek Jr (Prague, CZ)
Pharmacogenomic studies in rare disease diagnostics and therapy: Cystic fibrosis as a model
15:15 15:30 George P. Patrinos (Patras, GR)
Next-generation pharmacogenomics
15:30 15:45 Maria Puiu (Timisoara, RO)
Pharmacogenetics: A promising perspective for tailoring the antipsychotic treatment
15:45 16:00 Lourdes Desviat (Madrid, ES)
RNA-based therapies for rare diseases
16:00 16:15 Clara Belzer (Wageningen, NL)
Microbiota functionality and therapeutic possibilities
16:15 16:30 2014 Genomic Medicine Alliance Public Health Genomics best abstract award
16:30 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 Organized transport to Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 444a, Belgrade
SERBORDISinn project: Future perspectives of research on rare diseasesin Serbia
17:30 18:30SERBORDISinn Steering Committee meeting (only for management team and SC members)
18:30 19:30- SERBORDISinn project partners meeting (open for all EU, Balkan and local partners)
19:30 Organized transport to Tulip Inn Hotel
21:00 Conference Dinner (By invitation only – Organized transport from Tulip Inn Hotel to the restaurant)
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
SESSION IV: RARE DISEASES IN BALKAN COUNTRIES
10:00 11:30 PART A (short presentations, discussions, initiatives)
– Goran Brajuskovic (Belgrade, RS)
– Maja Djordjevic (Belgrade, RS)
– Vita Dolzan (Ljubljana, SI)
– Irena Drmic Hofman (Split, HR)
– Ksenija Fumic (Zagreb, HR)
– Dragana Janic (Belgrade, RS)
– Lejla Kapur Pojskic (Sarajevo, BIH)
– Ivana Novakovic (Belgrade, RS)
– Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, RS)
– Borut Peterlin (Ljubljana, SI)
11:30 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 PART B (short presentations, discussions, initiatives, continued)
– Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska (Skopje, MK)
– Jelica Predojevic (Banja Luka, BIH)
– Jelena Roganovic (Rijeka, HR)
– Duska Savic Pavicevic (Belgrade, RS)
– Maja Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, RS)
– Zorica Sumarac (Belgrade, RS)
– Albena Todorova (Sofia, BU)
– Marija Zaric (Banja Luca, BIH)
13:00 13:30 Concluding remarks – Future meetings
13:30 14:30 Lunch
MEETING ENDS
15:00 Optional guided city tour forInvited Speakers
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