Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. George P. Patrinos attended the Human Variome Project Beijing Summit to provide the experience from the development of the HVP Hellenic Node and the Hellenic National Genetic database, using the ETHNOS software that has been developed by the Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research. In the same meeting, several partners expressed their interest to employ the same software to develop their own National Genetic databases.

The 5th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day was successfully held in Msida, Malta. The meeting was attended by over 150 bioscientists and healthcare professionals. The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer policy Dr. John Dalli has delivered the opening address of this meeting. Please click here to download the opening address of the Commissioner.

The Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research and the GEITONAS School have successfully organized the conference entitled "Genetics and Society", November 4-6, 2011 at the auditorium of the Evgenides Foundation in Athens, Greece. The meeting was attended by over 300 registered participants and was under the support of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Foreign speakers included Professors Diane Paul (Cambridge, MA, USA), Raphael Falk (Jerusalem, Israel), Stylianos Antonarakis (Geneva, Switzerland), Thomas Reydon (Hannover, Germany) and others.

The registration page of the 2012 Golden Helix Symposium has opened. Early bird registration and abstract submission deadline is February 29th, 2012.

The Golden Helix Institute of Biomedical Research proudly announces the organization of the 4th Pharmacogenomics Day in Cagliari Italy, October 7th, 2011.

The 4th Pharmacogenomics Day was held in Cagliari Italy and attended by over 200 participants from all over Italy. The meeting was under the auspices of the European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics.