The Program of the 3rd OpenGENE Workshop

The 3rd OpenGENE Young Investigator Workshop in The Baltic Region
August 27-29, 2012 in Tartu, Estonia

“Biobanking, New Technologies, Complex Genetic Traits and Personalized Medicine”

27.08.12, Monday

15.30 – 15.45 Opening of the workshop by Andres Metspalu, hall
15.45 – 16.30 ­ Lecture by Gert-Jan van Ommen From Biobanking Harmonization to Datasharing, Scientific Strategies and Models: Research-based infrastructure development
16.30 - 17.15 Lecture by Ronald Stolk
LifeLines: designed for Life Course Epidemiology
17.15 - 17.40 Coffee/tea break atrium
17.40 – 17.45 Pariticipants’ and speakers’ group photo, atrium
17.45 - 18.30 Lecture by Aarno Palotie
Strategies to tackle the genetic background of complex traits using large study samples and special populations
18.30 - 19.15 Lecture by Hans Lehrach
The Future of Medicine (and Health)
19.15 - 19.35 Lecture by Colombe Warin
The future of R&I in Horizon 2020
20.00 - Dinner - Restaurant Atlantis

28.08.12, Tuesday

09.00 - 9.45 Lecture by Claude M. Laberge, hall
CARTaGENE: A longitudinal cohort of the Quebec population
9.45 - 10.30 Lecture by Ivo Gut ­ TBA
10.30 -11.00 Coffee/tea break, atrium
11.00 -11.45 Lecture by Markus Perola
A new pan-European consortium in biobanking: BBMRI - Large Prospective Cohorts "BBMRI-LPC"
11.45 -12.30 Lecture by Tim Strom
Disease gene identification by exome sequencing
12.30 -13.30 Lunch at atrium of Riia 23 building
13.30 - 14.15 Lecture by Harold Snieder
(Epi)Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiometabolic Disease
14.15 - 15.00 Lecture by Andrew Morris
Analysis of imputed rare variants in complex trait genome-wide association studies
15.00 -15.45 Short oral presentations ("the elevator talk") by WS participants (first half), room 218, CITRINA
15.45 -17.15 Seminar – Genetics of complex disease room 218, CITRINA

Led by Harold Snieder and Andrew Morris


29.08.12, Wednesday

09.00 - 9.45 Lecture by Thomas Meitinger, hall ­ TBA
9.45 - 10.30 Lecture by Pauline Ng, hall
­­ Transitioning Personalized Medicine to People
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/tea break, atrium
11.00 - 11.45 Short oral presentations ("the elevator talk") by WS participants (second half), room 218, CITRINA
11.45 - 13.15 Seminar – Genetics of complex disease, room 218, CITRINA
Led by Pauline Ng and Reedik Mägi
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch at atrium of Riia 23 building
14.15 - 15.00 Introduction of the new facility.
15.00 - 16.00 Discussions and conclusions, room 218, CITRINA


Main lectures are 35 min rest of the time is for questions and discussions
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