The 3rd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the auditorium of the School of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. Over 200 participants, mostly udergraduate and graduate students followed this educational event that revolved around the promise of pharmacogenomics in modern medical practice. The meeting coincided with the inaugural Board meeting of the European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics.

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The 3rd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the auditorium of the School of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. Over 200 participants, mostly udergraduate and graduate students followed this educational event that revolved around the promise of pharmacogenomics in modern medical practice. The meeting coincided with the inaugural Board meeting of the European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics.

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Organizing Committe

Evangelos Manolopoulos; Associate Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Medicine, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Sotiria Boukouvala; Lecturer,Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Molceular Biology and Genetics, Alexandroupolis, Greece

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

Invited speakers

Sotiria Boukouvala (Alexandroupolis, Greece)

Adrian Llerena (Extremadura, Spain)

George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)

Georgia Ragia (Alexandroupolis, Greece)

Despina Sanoudou (Athens, Greece)

Ron van Schaik (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Gerard Siest (Nancy, France)

Sophie Visvikis-Siest (Nancy, France)

Scientific Program

11:00-12:00 Registrations

SESSION 1 – Chairpersons: Vangelis G. Manolopoulos, Nikolaos Papanas

12:00-12:10: Welcome notes (Head of the Medical Faculty, Head of Hospital etc)

12:10-12:40: Ron van Schaik;Erasmus MC,Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Integration of Pharmacogenomics into clinical practice

12:40-13:10: Adrian Llerena; University of Extremadura, Spain

Pharmacogenetics and Psychological functioning: CYP2D6, Eating Disorders and Suicide

13:10-13:40:Sophie Visvikis-Siest; CHU-Nancy, France

Biobanking in pharmacogenomics

13:40-14:20: Gerard Siest, CHU-Nancy, France

KEYNOTE LECTURE – Pharmacogenomics of clopidogrel and other antiplatelet agents: A major issue in current cardiology

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 2 – Chairpersons: George P. Patrinos, Sotiria Boukouvala

14:50-15:15:Despina Sanoudou, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

From Pharmacology and Genomics to Pharmacogenomics

15:15-15:40: Sotiria Boukouvala, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis,Greece

The three faces of Pharmacogenomics in drug discovery and development

15:40-16:05: Georgia Ragia, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

The EU-PACT clinical trial: Pharmacogenomics of anticoagulant therapy ready for the clinic?

16:05-16:30:George P. Patrinos, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Pharmacogenomics and hemoglobinopathies

COMPANY LECTURE

16:05-16:30: Fotini Papageorgiou, Roche Diagnostics S.A., Athens, Greece

Novel tools for biomarker detection

16:55-17:10 Concluding remarks

18:00-20:00 BOARD MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOGENOMICS AND THERANOSTICS (By invitation only)

Sponsors

The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of Roche Diagnostics S.A. for the organization of the 3rd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day.