13th – 16th May 2007

2nd Paris Workshop on Molecular and Statistical Genomic Epidemiology

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Day 1 - 13th May 2007
 
16:00-18:00      Inscription
 
18:00-19:00 Welcome cocktail
 

 

Day 2 - 14th May 2007
 
8:30-8:40 Introduction Mark Lathrop
 
Session 1: Methods for DNA and RNA variation analysis
 
8:40-9:20 Methods for DNA variation analysis Ivo Gut
9:20-9:35 Epigenomics - DNA methylation analysis Jörg Tost
9:50-10:05 Solexa 1G sequencing NN
10:05-10:20 SOliD sequencing Michael Rhodes
10:20-10:30 Geniom: Customized microfluidics microarrays

Ioannis Amarantos

 

10:30-10:55

Coffee Break

 
 
10:55-11:05 APEX-2, flexible medium-scale genotyping

Kaarel Krjutskov

11:05-11:15 A bead-based approach for for RNA selection

Daniel Klevebrin

 
Session 2: Methods for protein and metabolite variation analysis
 
11:15-11:55 From proteomics biomarker discovery to validation Hanno Langen
11:55-12:35 Technology improvements to measure interaction screening on protein arrays Dolores Cahill
 

12:35-14:00

Lunch

 
 
Session 2: Continued
 
14:00-14:10

An anatomically comprehensive analysis of human protein profiles in normal and cancer tissues

Marcus Gry Björklund
14:10-14:50 Cell Arrays

Olli Kallioniemi

14:50-15:30 The genetics of metabolic profiles in animal models of insulin resistance Marc Dumas
 
Session 3: Disease genetics I
 
15:30-16:00 Genome-wide association study of Crohn's disease

Mark Lathrop

 

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

 
 
16:30-17:10 The Wellcome Trust Case/Control study David Clayton
17:10-17:25 WGA: Variants influencing steroid hormene levels David Cox
17:25-17:35 WGA for blood pressure traits

Elin Org

17:35-17:50 The BRIGHT study NN

 

Day 3 - 15th May 2007
 
Session 4: Genetic variation & biological function I
 
9:00-9:40 Gene-gene interactions Jürg Ott
9:40-10:20 Computational Methods for Genome-wide Prediction of Imprinted Genes Alex Hartemink
 

10:20-10:45

Coffee Break

 
 
10:45-11:25 Causes of regulatory variation in the human genome Manolis Dermitzakis
11:25-11:35 A micro-RNA view on the evolution of human gene regulation

Helene Quach

11:35-11:45 Synovial joint variability and effect of blocking TNF-alpha in RA

Johan Lindberg

11:45-11:55 N-acetyltransferase 8: A novel blood pressure and kidney function associated gene Peeter Juhanson
11:55-12:05 Natural selection and innate immunity: Human toll-like receptor signalling pathway

Etienne Patin

12:05-12:15 Association between APOE and carotid intima media thickness but not leukoaraiosis suggests a specific association with large artery stroke

Lavinia Paternoster

 

12:15-13:35

Lunch

 
 
Session 5: Biobanking & MOLPAGE
 
13:35-14:15 Data warehousing & medical genomics Alvis Brazma
14:15-14:55 Biobanking Tim Peakman
14:55-15:35 Inferring Copy Number Polymorphisms from Illumina BeadChip SNP genotyping data Chris Holmes
 

15:35-16:00

Coffee Break

 
 
Session 6: Disease genetics II
 
16:00-16:40 Type 2 diabetes and obesity: genetics and genomics Mark McCarthy
16:40-17:20 Genetics of Asthma and Allergies Michael Kabesch
17:20-18:00 Breast cancer Doug Easton

 

Day 4 - 16th May 2007
 
Session 7: Genetic variation & biological function II
 
9:00-9:40 Statistical analysis of array data Terry Speed
9:40-10:20 Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis in the Era of Genomic Epidemiology Steve Horvath
10:20-10:35 Affymetrix

Dirk Jürgensen

10:35-10:45 Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy due to Caveolin-1 disruption

Jocelyne Magre

10:45-10:55 Identification of a fifth gene involved in autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia

Mathilde Varet

 

10:55-11:20

Coffee Break

 
 
11:20-12:00 Expression analysis & disease Eric Schadt
12:00-12:10 Genetics of bipolar disorder in a large Scottish family Lorna Houlihan
12:10-12:20 Association analysis of the chromosome 4p15-16 candidate region in bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia Andrea Christoforou
 

12:20-13:40

Lunch

 
 
Session 8:

Study design

 
13:40-14:20 A genome-wide expression/ genetic variant database Goncalo Abecasis
14:20-14:30 A two-step approach for genome-wide association studies, comparison of alternative strategies

Hugues Aschard

14:30-14:40 A Bayesian measure of the probability of false discovery

Jon Wakefield

 
Session 9: Discussion of topics
 
14:40-15:00 A novel sequence database Simon Heath
15:00-15:40 Survey of statistical and bioinformatics issues Dan Weeks
15:40-16:00 Conclusions

Mark Lathrop / Ivo Gut / Dan Weeks