The 7th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in theConference and Convention Center of the University of Patras at the University Campus in Patras, Greece. The meeting was held as a satellite event to the 8th National Conference of Biosciences and was attended by over 120 registered participants, mainly biomedical scientists and students.

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The 7th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in theConference and Convention Center of the University of Patras at the University Campus in Patras, Greece. The meeting was held as a satellite event to the 8th National Conference of Biosciences and was attended by over 120 registered participants, mainly biomedical scientists and students.

Co-organized by: Under the auspices of:

Organizing Committe

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

Kyriakos E. Kypreos, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece

Invited speakers

aralabos Katsoulas (Athens, Greece)

Markos Mihalatos (Athens, Greece)

George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)

Maria Spachidou (Athens, Greece)

Maja Stojlikovic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Georgia Thodi (Athens, Greece)

Branka Zukic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Scientific Program

09.00 09.50 Registration

09.50 10.00 Opening addresses

Session 1 – Chairperson: Nikos Moschonas

10.00 10.20 Maja Stojlikovic, Research Scientist, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

State-of-the-art pharmacogenomics in Serbia

10.20 10.40 Branka Zukic, Senior Research Scientist, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Pharmacogenomics of ALL: A novel VTNR pharmacogenomic marker

10.40 11.00 aralabos Katsoulas, Staff scientist, National Organization for Medicines, Athens, Greece

Pharmacogenomics: Regulatory aspects in Greece and the EU

COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 – Chairperson: Paul Cordopatis

11.30 11.50 Company Lecture: Maria Spachidou, SafeBlood BioAnalytica S.A., Athens, Greece

Next-Generation and microarray applications in Pharmacogenomics

11.50 12.10 Company Lecture: Markos Mihalatos, Roche Diagnostics Hellas S.A., Athens, Greece

Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for Pharmacogenomic Research

12.10 12.30 Company Lecture: Georgia Thodi, NEOSCREEN S.A., Laboratory of Neonatal and Prenatal screening

Pharmacogenetic tests through pharmacies: From theory to practice

12.30 12.50 George P. Patrinos, Assistant Professor, University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Pharmacogenomics and developing countries in Europe

12.50 13.00 Discussion – Concluding remarks

Sponsors

The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of following entities that supported the organization of the 7th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day:

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