HGM 2011 - Dubai, UAE

Nadezhda Maksimova
Neuroblastoma Amplified Sequence Gene is Associated with a Novel Short Stature Syndrome Characterised by Optic Nerve Atrophy and PelgereHuet Anomaly
(11.15 am – 11.35 am)

Bassam R. Ali
ER-Associated Protein Degradation (ERAD) is a Common Cellular Mechanism for Many Genetic Disorders

11.50 am - 12.10 pm

Stephen Sherry
NCBI Resources for Medical Genomics Integrate Mutations, Rare Variants and Common Polymorphisms for Research and Clinical Practice

Fowzan Alkuraya
In Search of Oligogenicity in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
(11.35 am – 11.55 am)

Anna Rajab
Understanding Genetics of Congenital Generalised Lipodystrophy in the Sultanate of Oman

12.10 pm - 12.30 pm

Joseph Terwilliger
GWAS in Large Families from Inbred Populations is Vastly more Powerful Than Case-Control Analysis Under Arbitrary Etilogical Models

Lin He
Understanding
Schizophrenia by GWAS and Next Generation Sequencing
(11.55 am – 12.15 pm)

Khalid Fakhro
Rare Copy Number Variants in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Identify Novel Genes in Vertebrate Left-Right Patterning

Osama Alsmadi
Familial Disorders in Middle Eastern Families: Finding the Causing Genes is Just the Beginning of the End
(12.15 pm – 12.35 pm)

12.30 pm – 01.30 pm

Lunch & Exhibition
Venue:
Exhibition Hall

Poster Session 3

Bio-Rad Lunch
Seminar
Venue:
Maktoum A

HUGO Committee
Meeting

(By Invitation Only)

01.30 pm – 01.45 pm

Change of room

01.45 pm - 04.00 pm

Special Forum: Genome Sequencing Landmark Technologies
Chair: Herve Thoreau & Yujin Ruan
Venue: Maktoum A

RIKEN Session: Expanded Universe of Single Cell Biology
Chaired by Mitsuoki Mick Kawano
Venue: Rashid A

01.45 pm - 02.15 pm

Mostafa Ronaghi
Current and Future Outlook of Genomic Technologies

Yoshihide Hayashizaki
Opening Remarks
(1.45 pm – 1.50 pm)

02.15 pm - 02.30 pm

Han Cao
Rapid Long Range Genomic Analysis at Single Molecule Level Using Disposable Nanochannel Arrays

Kai Q Lao
Development and Applications of Single Cell RNA-Seq Analysis
(1.50 pm – 2.30 pm)

02.30 pm - 03.00 pm

Radoje Drmanac
Large-Scale Himan Genome Sequencing for Genomic Medicine

Piero Carninci
Lessons From Miniaturization of CAGE Technology to Study Individual Neuron Types
(2.25 pm - 3.10 pm)

03.00 pm - 03.15 pm

Mike Lelivelt
Semiconductor Sequencing for Life

Milos Pekny
Molecular Signature of Astrocytes by Single Cell Gene Expression Profiling
(3.10 pm - 3.50 pm)

03.15 pm - 04.00 pm

Discussions

Mitsuoki Mick Kawano
Closing Remarks
(3.50 pm – 3.55 pm)

04.00 pm - 04.15 pm

Tea Break

Venue: Exhibition Hall

04.15 pm - 05.00 pm

Featured Talk
Nicholas Katsanis

Chair: Felix Li Jin

Merging Medical Resequencing with Functional Data to understand Disease Architecture
Venue: Maktoum B & C

05.00 pm - 05.45 pm

Closing Keynote Lecture
George Church

Chair: Felix Li Jin

Technologies for Collecting and Integrating Genome, Environment and Trait Data
Venue: Maktoum B & C

05.45 pm - 6.00 pm

Closing Ceremony
- HGM 2012 (Sydney, Australia)
- Poster Awards Presentation
- Nomenclature Awards Presentation

End of HGM 2011 and see you at HGM 2012

updated on 22 February 2011