Celebrating 100 years of medical genetics
Thursday - Friday 22 - 23 May 2008
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A meeting in association with The Galton Institute
The century-old vision of the Royal Society of Medicine in hosting debates on Mendelian genetics and medicine is acknowledged with presentations on key areas of current research interest in Medical Genetics by internationally renowned speakers.
1 day registration fees are available on request
Registration Details:
Fellow/Associate: £125
Trainee - Fellow: £100
Retired Fellow: £75
Student Members: £65
Non-Fellow: £150
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £120
Allied Health Professional: £75
Student: £75
Dinner Guest: £90
Clinical Scientist: £75
Dinner: £90
Meeting ref: MG-E10-3
CPD, Day 1: 5 credits
CPD, Day 2: 5 credits
Thursday 22 May 2008 |
|
8.30 am |
Registration and tea |
9.30 am |
Welcome |
| Dr Richard Wyse, President, Medical Genetics Section | |
9.40 am |
Family connections: the 1908 Mendelian versus Biometrics debates |
| Professor Sir Patrick Bateson FRS, Cambridge | |
10.20 am |
Garrod: the Croonian Lectures and beyond |
| Professor Sir David Weatherall FRS, Oxford | |
11.00 am |
Coffee |
|
The 2008 Galton Lecture |
|
11.30 am |
Population genetics and the concept of genetic individuality |
| Professor Sir Walter Bodmer FRS, Oxford | |
12.30 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
The race/ethnicity/ancestry debate: a genomics perspective |
| Professor Marc Feldman, Stanford | |
2.10 pm |
Genetic predisposition to infectious diseases, past and present |
| Professor Adrian Hill, Oxford | |
2.50 pm |
Allergies to allergic disease - from 1916 to the present day |
| Dr John Holloway, Southampton | |
3.30 pm |
Tea |
4.00 pm |
Declining male fertility: a threat to all or just some? |
| Dr Ken McElreavey, Paris | |
4.40 pm |
Gene therapy for muscle diseases |
| Professor Francesco Muntoni, London | |
5.20 pm |
End of Day 1 |
7.30 pm |
Gala dinner at Chandos House |
Friday 23 May 2008 |
|
9.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.30 am |
Genomic analysis of human behaviour |
| Professor Peter McGuffin, London | |
10.10 am |
Epigenetics and development |
| Professor Mandy Fisher, London | |
10.50 am |
Coffee |
11.20 am |
Familial cancer genes: from gene to clinic |
| Professor Eamonn Maher, Birmingham | |
12.00 pm |
Ageing: part of the human phenotype or an inherited disorder? |
| Professor Tom Kirkwood, Newcastle | |
12.40 pm |
Lunch |
1.40 pm |
Stem cells and regenerative medicine |
| Professor Sian Harding, London | |
2.20 pm |
Genome-wide association studies |
| Professor Peter Donnelly FRS, Oxford | |
3.00 pm |
Tea |
3.30 pm |
Gene-environmental interactions in multifactorial disorders |
| Professor Rory Collins, Oxford | |
4.10 pm |
Personalized genomics |
| Dr Joanna Mountain, Stanford/23andMe | |
4.50 pm |
Medical genetics in a multi-ethnic society |
| Dr Peter Corry, Bradford | |
5.30 pm |
Close of meeting |