The genetic basis of respiratory diseases
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Medical Genetics Section
Online registration is now closed. Places are still available for this meeting so please come and register at the registration desk on the day.
Registration Details:
Student: £35
Trainee: £50
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £50
Consultant/GP: £150
RSM Student: £30
RSM Retired Fellow: £40
RSM Trainee: £40
RSM Associate: £40
RSM Fellow: £80
Meeting ref: RMA04
CPD: 5 credits
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 |
