Reede, 10. juuni 2011   09:00-09:20 OPENING OF CONFERENCE Prof. Alar Karis, Rector of the University of Tartu, Estonia Prof. Andres Metspalu, Director of the Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Estonia 09:20-10:50 OPENING SESSION Prof. David Cox, Chief Scientific Officer, Pfizer Inc., US Application of Human Genetics to Drug Development and Improved Clinical Outcomes Dr. Yuan-Tsong Chen, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Pharmacogenomics of Adverse Drug Reactions: Toward Personalized Medicine 10:50-11:10 Coffee/tea break 11:10-13:10 SESSION I Prof. Gilean McVean, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK Medical Implications of the 1000 Genomes Project Prof. Rasmus Nielsen, University of Berkeley, California, US Inferring evolution from next generation sequencing data Prof. Pawel Stankiewicz, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, US Genomic, genic, exonic, non-coding, and mosaic copy-number variations 13:10-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:50 SESSION II Prof. Thomas Kirkwood, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK Genetics of longevity and ageing Dr. Cecilia Lindgren, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK From genes to biology: lessons learned from searching for type 2 diabetes and obesity susceptibility genes 15:50-16:10 Coffee/tea break 16:10-17:30 SESSION III Prof. Olga Golubnitschaja, University of Bonn, Germany Promoting Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine in Europe and Global scale Prof. Ulrich Stephani, Klinik Neuropädiatrie, Kiel, Germany Epilepsy - clinical background and recent results of genetic research 20:00 Buffet Dinner served at club Illusion, Raatuse str. 97 Laupäev, 11. juuni 2011   09:00-11:00 SESSION IV Prof. Nikolas Katsanis, Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, US Genetic architecture of ciliopathies Dr. Kaspar Roger, Founder and CEO, Transderm Inc., US Is the future of individualized medicine now? A perspective on developing siRNA-based therapeutics for the ultra rare skin disorder pachyonychia congenital Dr. Viljar Jaks, University of Tartu, Estonia Hair follicle stem cells in epidermal homeostasis, regeneration and tumor formation 11:00-11:20 Coffee/tea break 11:20-13:20 SESSION V Dr. Pauline Crystal NG, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore Bioinformatic Tools and Analyses for Medical Genomics Prof. Soren Brunak, Centre for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Linking phenotypes extracted from electronic patient records onto systems biology frameworks Dr. Jaak Vilo, University of Tartu, Estonia Medical- and bioinformatics - a way forward for biobanks 13:20-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:50 SESSION VI Prof. Frank Lyko, University of Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center, Germany The role of DNA methylation in phenotypic plasticity Dr. Vardhman Rakyan, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, UK The hunt of the epiallele 16:00 Closing of the conference