The genetic basis of respiratory diseases
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Medical Genetics Section
Early Bird rates expire on 12 April 2010
Registration Details:
RSM Fellow: £80
RSM Associate: £40
RSM Trainee: £40
RSM Retired Fellow: £40
RSM Student: £30
Consultant/GP: £150
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £50
Trainee: £50
Student: £35
RSM Early Bird Fellow: £65
RSM Early Bird Associate: £30
RSM Early Bird Trainee: £30
RSM Early Bird Retired Fellow: £30
RSM Early Bird Student: £20
Early Bird Consultant/GP: £135
Early Bird AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £40
Early Bird Trainee: £40
Early Bird Student: £25
Meeting ref: RMA04
CPD (Applied for)
9.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
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SESSION ONE |
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| Chair: Dr Noemi Eiser, President, Respiratory Medicine Section, RSM | |
9.30 am |
New developments in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia |
| Dr Hannah Mitchison, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Genetics, Institute of Child Health, UCL | |
10.10 am |
Genome wide screening for respiratory disease |
| Prof William Cookson, Professor of Respiratory Genetics, Imperial College London; Associate Head of NHLI and Campus Dean, Royal Brompton Campus. | |
10.50 am |
Coffee break |
11.10 am |
New developments in genetics of asthma and COPD |
| Prof Ian Hall, Professor of Molecular Medicine, Dean of the Medical School, University of Nottingham | |
11.50 am |
Gene therapy in cystic fibrosis |
| Prof Eric Alton, Professor of Gene Therapy and Respiratory Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital | |
12.30 pm |
Lunch |
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SESSION TWO |
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| Chair: Dr Anand Saggar, President, Medical Genetics Section, RSM | |
1.30 pm |
Importance of genetic considerations in contracting TB and responding to treatment |
| Prof Melanie Newport, Professor in Infectious Diseases & Global Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School | |
2.10 pm |
Mechanisms of innate immunity to pulmonary infections |
| Dr Olivier Neyrolles, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Toulouse, France | |
2.50 pm |
Tea break |
3.10 pm |
Gene expression profiling to provide insight into disease mechanisms in sarcoidosis |
| Dr Ling-Pei Ho, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, MRC Human Immunology Unit, Oxford University | |
3.50 pm |
New developments in management and genetics of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) |
| Dr Simon Johnson, Reader in Respiratory Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Nottingham | |
4.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.35 pm |
Closing remarks |
4.40 pm |
Close of meeting |