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GENOMICS 2006

 3rd International Workshop on Genomics Research

1st Cuban Workshop on Genomics

Second Announcement

November 4-10, 2006


Dear Colleague,

We are delighted to extend you a cordial invitation to Genomics 2006 which
will be held in Varadero (Hotel: Playa Varadero 1920) and Havana, Cuba
(CIGB) - from Nov 4 to 10, 2006.

Genomics 2006 should be a fruitful source of scientific exchange and
discussion among researchers from all over the world. The program will
include state-of-the-art lectures, discussions and short report
presentations from worldwide authorities in genomics and genetics. The
lectures will be delivered at the famous health resort of Varadero 4-8
Nov2006. More than 40 top-level speakers from 18 countries have confirmed
their attendance and will deliver lectures at Genomics 2006 in an intense
program. See below the list of confirmed speakers. For a weekly updated
list of confirmed speakers, countries and affiliations, as well as the
last version of the scientific program please visit the "speakers" and
"program" pages at our web site http://eventogenomica.cigb.edu.cu

There will also be a series of practical demonstrations which will be
organized in the days following the Theoretical Lectures (9-10 Nov) at the
CIGB lab facilities.

Participants are encouraged to send an abstract of their work. As a
novelty and  in an attempt of extending the possibility of knowing the
work of these groups by all the attendees selected works will be delivered
as 10 min short-report presentations

November is one of the most beautiful months in Cuba.
We wish to achieve a perfect mix of art and science, research, culture,
and paradisiacal beach. We sincerely hope you will be part of the
challenge.
We look forward to see you in Cuba in 2006 for what we expect to be a
stimulating and exciting meeting.

Yours sincerely,



Lidia Ines Novoa and Annia Ferrer
 Organizing Committee




Scope


Genomics 2006 follows the tradition of the CIGB International Workshops on
Genomic Research and comprises this year two important workshops: the 3rd
Workshop on Genomic Reseach and the 1st Cuban Workshop on Genomics. The
1st Cuban Workshop on Genomics is an International Workshop, organized and
sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING (ICGEB),
Trieste, Italy an international organization dedicated to advanced
research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology, with special
regard to the needs of the developing world.

The 3rd International Workshop on Genomic Reseach is organized this year
as a Satellite Meeting for the International Congress Biotechnology Havana
2006 . Genomics 2006 is organized to review the state of the art on
Genetics and Genomic of Complex Traits (High Blood Pressure,
Schizophrenia, Autoimmune Diseases), Study Design for Complex Traits, HLA
typing and Disease Association, SNPs, Haplotyping and Pharmacogenomics,
Databases, Bioinformatics and Statistical Analysis.

Genomics 2006 is aimed to teach the participants both theoretical basis
and practical applications of genomic research, genetics and molecular
biology methods. The main goal is to stimulate basic research in these
fields in Central and South American and the Caribbean countries. The
workshop also intends to encourage the development of local and regional
laboratories where different human samples will be collected and analysed
for genomic and genetic studies. The workshop has been planned as an
international forum for scientific exchange on all major areas of genomics
and human genetics, with an opportunity for each of the participants to
exchange views on the present state of knowledge, the emergence of new
concepts and the development of innovative techniques relevant to regional
problems.  Genomics 2006 will include a series of lectures, a range of
tutorials and a practical course embodying cutting-edge technology. The
workshop is intended for students and researchers with limited experience
in using different tools for genomic research and bioinformatics methods.


Main Topics


Lecture topics have been selected that have an emphasis on genomics
appropriate to the region. These will include:


1.      Human population genetic structure/substructure, founder effect,
drift, endogamy, consanguinity


2.      Immunogenetics, HLA Typing and Disease Association


3.      Genetic and Genomic of Complex Traits


4.      Statistical Methods for Population Genetic and Genomic


5.      Genetic Admixture methodology and application to complex diseases


6.      Pharmacogenomics


7.      Cancer genetics


8.      Genetic predisposition to disease (hypertension, diabetes,
Schizophrenia, etc)


9.      Molecular cytogenetics


10.  Single gene defects, especially the haemoglobinpathies/ thalassaemias


11.  Host susceptibility to infectious disease (SARS, AIDS, TB, Leprosy, etc)


12.  Diseases of adult-onset


13.  The design of community-based education and counseling
programs/community involvement in the prevention of genetic disease


14.  Establishment of disease registers/screening programs for diseases of
high local/regional/community prevalence.


15.  Ethical issues of human genetics.




Practical demonstrations will include:

1.	Pedigree creation using PROGENY and Cyrillic software.
2.	Genome and population data analysis: introduction to population
structure and differentiation, migration inference and genetic distance
matrix (ARLEQUIN software and others 3.	Linkage analysis including -
parametric methods (two-point and multipoint analysis); allele sharing
(nonparametric) methods for sib-pairs and extended families (two-point and
multipoint analysis), fine mapping, linkage admixture, association studies
(trios and case control, sample size estimation (extended families
[simulation studies], sib-pairs and case-control data) and estimating
empirical p-values. Introduction to GENEHUNTER/ALLEGRO and
LINKAGE/FASTLINK software 4.	Medical diagnosis, questionnaires and blood
sample collection and witness preservation. 5.	Genomic DNA purification,
evaluation, amplification and preservation. 6.	HLA genotyping by SSP, SSO
- PCR and sequencing.
7.	SNP analysis by sequencing
8.	Bioinformatics and data handling






Confirmed Speakers


Name

Country

Affiliation

Alarcon, Marta

Sweeden

Unit for Medical Genetics, Uppsala University

Baralle, Francisco

Italy

General Director, ICGEB

Baralle, Diana

UK

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Barreiro, Luis

France

Pasteur Institute

Bittles, Alan

Australia

Centre for Human Genetic

Bodmer,  Sir Walter

UK

Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford

Bontrop, Ronald

Netherlands

Biomedical Primate Research Center

Borevitz, Justin

USA

University of Chicago

Burchard, Esteban

USA

University of California, San Francisco

Carin, Mahmut

Turkey

Head of the Medical Biology Department, Istanbul University

Charron, Dominique

France

Director, Unité Rech. Immunog. Hum. INSERM U396

Collins, Andrew

UK

University of Southampton

Cooper, Richard

USA

Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine

Cordeiro, Quirino

Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Chakraborty, Ranajit

USA

Center for Genome Information, University of Cincinnati

Darvasi Ariel

Israel

Institute Of Life Sciences the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem

Divers, Jasmine

USA

Section on Statistical Genetics, Dep. Biostatistics, UAB

Dopazo, Joaquin

Spain

Centro de Inv Principe Felipe, Valencia

Fernández Jose

USA

University, Alabama at Birmingham

Froguel Philippe

UK

Genome Centre, Imperial College, London

Garrido, Federico

Spain

President, European Federation of Immunogenetics (EFI)

Garvey, Timothy

USA

Chair, Nutrition Science Dept., UAB

Gervais, Thibaut

Belgium

UCL-Cliniques St Luc Immunohaematology. Brussels

Goldstein, David

USA

Director, Ctr. Pop. Genomics & Pharmacog., Durham, NC

Herrera, Luis

Cuba

General Director, CIGB

Kittles, Rick

USA

Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University

Kurland, Lisa

Sweden

Uppsala University

Labuda, Damian

Canada

Pediatrics Department, Montreal University

Lakowski, Bernard

France

Pasteur Institute

Landegren Ulf

Sweden

Uppsala University

Lindpainter, Klaus

Switzerland

Head, Roche Genetics & Roche Center for Medical Genomics

Mancheco, Beatriz

Cuba

Director, National Center for Medical Genetics

McElreavy, Ken

France

Pasteur Institute

McLeod, Howard

USA

Washington University School of Medicine. St Louis

Middleton, Derek

UK

Director, N. Ireland Histocomp. Immunog. Lab., Belfast

Mytilineos, Joannis

Germany

University of Heidelberg

Munroe, Patricia

UK

Clinical Pharmacology and The Genome Centre, London

Oglesbee, Steve

USA

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ott, Jurg

USA

Rockefeller University

Parra, Esteban

Canada

Universidad de Toronto

Patrinos, George

Netherland

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam

Patton, Michael

UK

St George's Hospital Medical School

Phillip, Avner

France

Pasteur Institute

Quintana-Murci, Luis

France

Pasteur Institute

Reinhardt, Richard

Germany

MPI Molecular Genetics. Berlin.

Risch, Neil

USA

Ctr. Hum. Gen. Univ. California. San Francisco

Ruiz-Linares, Andres

UK

Head, Galton Lab, University College London

Saggar, Anand

Canada

St George's Hospital Medical School

Schmidt, Wolfgang M.

Austria

University of Viena

Sperling, Silke

Germany

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin

Stankovic, Aleksandra

Serbia/Mngro

Institute of Nuclear Sciences. Belgrade

Terwilliger, Joseph

USA

Genome Center, Columbia University

Thorsby, Erik

Norway

Head, Institute Immunol. Rikshospitalet Univ. Hospital, Oslo

Tilanus, Marcel G.J

Netherlands

Dept. of Pathology, Utrech

Zoellner, Sebastian

USA

Biostatistics Department. Michigan University





Registration




Registration Fees:

Genomics 2006



Due to lab limitations, practical demonstrations are limited to 30
participants. There is a fellowship program for 14 undergraduate and
postgraduate students mainly from Caribbean and Latin American countries.
There are different variants in the fellowship program covering either
accommodation assistance + registration fees or accommodation assistance.

Only students from ICGEB member countries can apply for this program.





Advance Registration Fees: (until August 15, 2006)

*	Commercial Institution: 450 CUC
*	University / NonProfit Institution: 350 CUC
*	Accompanying Person: 80 CUC



Remarks



Due to venue capacity restrictions, Genomics 2006 registration is limited
to 50 places. Applications will be processed on a "first come, first
served" basis.

*         It is not required to present a paper in order to participate in
the workshop. Even when we are encourage to all participants to present a
short report that will be published in a Proceeding as an official
publication. The design of this forum grants outstanding importance to the
presence of persons who are interested in the topics in discussion and to
their participation in the debates during the work sessions. In this
respect, all participants are considered as delegates.

*          All prices given are in CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos).













For more details, please contact the Organizing Committee at:



Calle 134 e/ 23 y 25, Cubanacan, Playa. POBox 6996, Havana 10600, Cuba



(53-7) 208 7465
(53-7) 208 7421



(53-7) 271 4764
(53-7) 208 0553



genomic@...



Or visit our Web Site at http://eventogenomica.cigb.edu.cu/






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