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Thursday, June 15th 2017
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| 08:40-09:00 |
Registration |
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| 09:00 | OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE |
| | Dr. Marco Kirm, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Tartu, Estonia |
| | Dr. Tõnu Esko, Deputy Director for Research, Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Estonia |
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| 09:15-10:40 |
OPENING SESSION
Big data –path to stratified healthcare (Chair: Dr. Tõnu Esko) |
| | Prof. Mark Caulfield, Genomics of England, UK
"Sequencing of 100,000 genomes to improve healthcare services in UK" |
| | Dr. Ingrid Borecki, Washington University at St Louis, US
"The Path to Translation and Target Development Informed by Human Genetics" |
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| 10:40-10:55 |
Coffee / tea / posters |
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| 10:55-12:15 |
I SESSION
Big data analytics (Chair: Dr. Reedik Mägi) |
| | Dr. Madis Tiik, SITRA, Finland
"Future of EHealth. From Health 1.0 to Health 3.0" |
| | Dr. Frederik Trier Moller, Statens Serum Institute, Denmark
"Customer purchase records and health informatics" |
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| 12:15-13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30-15:30 |
SESSION II
Functional genomics and cellular models (Chair: Dr. Lili Milani) |
| | Dr. Vinod Kumar Magadi Gopalaiah, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
"Systems analysis to map regulators of human immune system" |
| | Dr. Soeren Lienkamp, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany
"Direct reprogramming of renal tubule cells in the study of genetic kidney disease" |
| | Dr. Gregory Michelotti, Metabolon, Inc., US
"Genotype to deep phenotype: Metabolon unlocking gene function and biology" |
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| 15:30-15:50 |
Coffee / tea / posters |
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| 15:50-17:50 |
SESSION III
Mutation pattern in disease and evolution (Chair:Dr. Mait Metspalu) |
| | Dr. Alex Hoischen, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences; Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands
"The role and timing of de novo mutations in health and disease" |
| | Prof. Laurent Excoffier, University of Bern and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
"Demographic inference from NGS data: Application to humans and chimpanzees" |
| | Dr. Franceso Montinaro, University of Oxford, UK
"Complex ancient genetic structure and cultural transitions in southern African populations" |
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| 20:00 | Buffet Dinner |
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Friday, June 16th 2017
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| 09:30-11:30 |
SESSION IV
Microbiome in health and disease (Chair: Dr. Elin Org) |
| | Prof. Willem de Vos, Wageningen and Helsinki University, Finland
"The human intestinal microbiome: From structure to solutions" |
| | Prof. Markku Laakso, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
"Genetics of metabolic diseases in an isolated population" |
| | Prof. Vallo Tillmann, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia
"DIABIMMUNE study: what we have learned about the hygiene hypothesis" |
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| 11:30-11:50 |
Coffee / tea / posters |
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| 11:50-13:50 |
SESSION V
Genomics of brain function and disease (Chair: Prof. Alexandre Reymond) |
| | Dr. Malte Spielmann, University of Washington, Seattle, US
"CRISPR-CAS9 genome editing to investigate non-coding mutations" |
| | Prof. Phil Koellinger, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology, The Netherlands
"GWAS results for educational attainment aid in identifying genetic heterogeneity in schizophrenia" |
| | Dr. Didier Trono, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Life Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
"Transposable elements, their controllers and the uniqueness of human biology" |
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| 13:50-15:00 |
Lunch |
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| 15:00-17:00 |
SESSION VI
Genomics guided healthcare models (Chair: Prof. Andres Metspalu) |
| | Prof. Paul Hoffmann, Nice Center Hospital (CHU), Nice, France
"Next generation biobank in thoracic oncology: Why and how?" |
| | Prof. Rando Allikmets, Columbia University Medical Center, US
"Simple and complex retinal disease" |
| | Prof. Ruth Loos, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, US
"The genetics of obesity – beyond common variation and common phenotypes" |
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| 17:00 | Closing of the conference |
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