The 6th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in theMultimedia Conference Room Imel Group Headoffice in New Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. The meeting was attended by over 100 registered participants, mainly from the neighboring countries.

Co-organized by: Under the auspices of:

The 6th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in theMultimedia Conference Room Imel Group Headoffice in New Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. The meeting was attended by over 100 registered participants, mainly from the neighboring countries.

Co-organized by: Under the auspices of:

Organizing Committe

Sonja Pavlovic, Principal Researcher Fellow, University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Amira Fazlagic, President, National Association for Enhancement and Development of Regenerative Medicine, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

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

Branka Zukic, Research Associate, University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Lidija Dokmanovic, Associate Professor,University of Belgrade, University Childrens Hospital, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Maja Stojiljkovic Petrovic, Research Associate, University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Gordana Nikcevic, Senior Research Associate, University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Invited speakers

Lidija Dokmanovic Krivokapic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Vita Dolzan (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, CA, USA)

Florian Graedler (Cherstfield, UK)

Milan Markovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Hajrija Mujovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Snezana Pajovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)

Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Sabina Semiz (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ljiljana Rakicevic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Maja Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Branka Zukic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Scientific Program

08:30 09:30 Registration

Opening addresses

Session 1 – Chairpersons: Sonja Pavlovic, Amira Fazlagic

09:15 10:00 Keynote lecture – Radoje Drmanac, Chief Scientific Officer, Complete Genomics, Mountain View, CA, United States

Enabling Genomic Medicine

10:00 10:15 Snezana Pajovic, Professor, University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

Pharmacogenetic polymorphisms

10:15 10:30 Sonja Pavlovic, Principal Research Fellow; University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Pharmacogenomic testing: State of the art

10:30 10:45 Vita Dolzan, Professor, University of Ljubljana, School of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Pharmacogenomics in Slovenia

10:45 11:00 Sabina Semiz, Assistant Professor, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pharmacogenomics in Bosnia and Herzegovina

11:00 11:15 George P. Patrinos, Assistant Professor, University of Patras Department of Pharmacy; Patras, Greece

Relevance of pharmacogenomics for developing countries in Europe

COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 – Chairpersons: Gordana Nikcevic, Lidija Dokmanovic Krivokapic

12:00 12:20 Company Lecture Florian Graedler, Field application manager, Illunima, Cherstfield, UK

Illumina next-generation sequencing and array technologies – Applications in Pharmacogenomics

12:20 12:40 Lidija Dokmanovic Krivokapic, Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade, University Childrens Hospital, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Pharmacogenetics of TPMT: from bench to bedside

12:40 12:55 Branka Zukic, Research Associate; University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

TPMT gene promoter VNTRs: A novel pharmacogenomics marker?

12:55 13:10 Maja Stojiljkovic, Research Associate; University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Variants in UGT1A1 gene: disease causative mutations and pharmacogenomics markers

13:10 13:25 Ljiljana Rakicevic, Researcher; University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Pharmacogenetics in thromboembolism

13:25 13:40 Hajrija Mujovic, Milan Markovic, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

Pharmacogenomics: Legal aspects

13.30 13.45 Discussion – Concluding remarks

Sponsors

The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of following entities that supported the organization of the 6th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day:

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