Edward Rubin: "Clinical relevance of evolutionary changes"

Michael Wigler: “Large-scale copy number polymorphism in the human

genome and its clinical relevance”:

James R. Lupski : “Submicroscopic duplications and deletions;

clinical implications of rearrangement mutations”:

Jan Dumanski: “Full-coverage genomic microarrays -

applications in research and diagnostics”:

2. Obesity and longevity

Jeffrey Friedman: “Genes influencing obesity: their biological and clinical implications”:

Richard G. Faragher: “Clinical implications of identifying human longevity genes”:

3.Genetic variation controlling gene expression

Vivian Cheung: “Genetics of natural variation in human gene expression”:

Vessela N. Kristensen: ” SNPs in putative regulatory loci controlling

gene expression in cancer”:

4. Biobanks, epidemiology and ethics

Andres Metspalu: “The Estonian Genomic project: current status”:

Pål Møller: ”Haplotyping and intrafamilial associations in genetic epidemiology,

exemplified by delineation of BRCA1 founder mutations”.:

Friday May 20::

5. Gene expression, gene regulation and gene silencing in common human diseases

Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale:

“Gene expression in cancer: clinical impact”:

Ravi Sachidanandam:

“Computational identification of disease related non-coding RNAs”:

Olli Kallioniemi:

“Dissection of molecular pathways of cancer by high-throughput

biochip technologies and RNA interference”:

Olaug Rødningen:

“Gene expression and radiation sensitivity ”:

6. Polymorphisms and common diseases

Kenneth Kidd: “A global overview of human genetic variation”:

Leena Peltonen: “From famlies to populations: impact of disease genes”:

David Cox: “Identification of low penetrance genes and their impact on disease risk”:

Aarno Palotie: “Genetics of migraine”:

Knut Lundin: “The molecular basis for oat intolerance in patients with celiac disease”:

7. Molecular mechanisms and genetics of coronary heart disease (CHD)

Kari Stefansson: “The genetics of coronary heart disease”:

Richard Lawn: “ABC transporters and LXR receptors: a possible road

to cardiovascular drug discovery”:

Claes Bergmark: “Oxidized phospholipids and Lp(a) lipoprotein”:

Santica Marcovina: “Standardization of Lp(a) lipoproteim measurements

for clinical practice and research”:

Saturday May 21::

8. Genetics, psychology and psychiatry

Ole A. Andreassen: Hunting susceptibility genes for major psychoses. The TOP project:

Ken Kendler: Psychiatric Genetics: A current perspective Part I – Genetic epidemiology:

Ken Kendler: Part II – Gene finding methods:

Kristian Tambs: Genetic and environmental effects on anxiety, depression, and personality.

An unbalanced sample of results:

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud: Axis I and axis II psychiatric disorders in Norwegian twins:

Panel discussion: “Future role of genetics in psychiatry”:

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