2nd ePerMed Workshop
“Functional annotation of genome-wide variants”
March 14-15, 2017
Genopode building, Lausanne, Switzerland
INVITATION
Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends,
The European Commission-funded ePerMed project (http://epermed.ut.ee) is aiming to increase the scientific excellence in the fields of functional and statistical genomics of common and rare diseases and to capitalising on knowledge transfer from three internationally renowned partners – the Estonian Genome Center (EGC) at the University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia), the Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) at the University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland) and the Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland).
With the goal of furthering these primary objectives, and to discuss them with the broader scientific and clinical community, the members of the ePerMed consortium organize a workshop entitled “Functional annotation of genome-wide variants” will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 14-15, 2017.
Please register at: http://www.eformular.com/merike/epermed.html
Poster: ePermedWS
The confirmed speakers list includes eleven eminent invited speakers outside the consortium and four invited talks by the partner institutes. The younger generation of scientists will get a chance to communicate their research through selected platform presentations and flash-talks during the poster sessions. We hope that the scientific program and social events will allow the members of the scientific and clinical community to share views, progress, and ideas.
ORGANIZER
ePerMed partners – EGC, FIMM and CIG
Alexandre Reymond and Katrin Männik, CIG, University of Lausanne
WORKSHOP VENUE
Center for Integrative Genomics
Genopode building
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
TOPICS
1. Human genome variation and disease
2. Animal models of human disease
3. Experimental models to tackle phenotypic diversity in complex disease
4. Common variants, complex phenotypes
INVITED SPEAKERS
Steve Brown, Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Oxford, United Kingdom
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Ype Elgersma, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Yann Hérault, IGBMC, Institut Clinique de la Souris, Illkirch, France
Nicholas Katsanis, Duke University Center for Modeling Human Disease, Durham, NC, USA
James R. Lupski, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Mait Metspalu, Estonian Biocenter, Tartu, Estonia
Michael Talkowski, Harvard Medical School, USA, Boston, MA, USA
Shamil R. Sunyaev, Harvard Medical School, USA, Boston, MA, USA
Lisenka Vissers, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Binnaz Yalcin, IGBMC, Institut Clinique de la Souris, Illkirch, France
Speakers of the ePerMed Project
Krista Fischer, EGC, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Samuli Ripatti, FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Emmy Verschuren, FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The Workshop is targeted to postgraduate and graduate students, as well as senior-level researchers working in clinical, basic and translational research.
The Workshop will be organized in a form of oral presentations and posters. The Program will include dedicated poster viewing time. Junior scientists are encouraged to challenge their results and presenting skills by submitting abstracts for short talks and flash-presentations during poster sessions.
SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS
Participants who would like to present an oral or poster presentation should submit an abstract for consideration by the Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee will determine whether the abstract will be accepted for a short talk or poster presentation.
The abstracts should be submitted in English and not exceed 250 words, excluding title, authors and affiliations. The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission. Only the abstracts of registered participating will be included in the Program and online Book of Abstracts. The first author is expected to attend the conference and be present for oral presentation or poster discussion.
Abstracts should be submitted via the online submission form available on the ePerMed project web site
http://www.eformular.com/merike/epermed.html
Abstracts must be allocated to one of the following list of topics:
1. Human genome variation and disease
2. Animal models of human disease
3. Experimental models to tackle phenotypic diversity in complex disease
4. Common variants, complex phenotypes
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 29, 2017
Further instructions for preparation of oral presentations and posters will be sent together with acceptance notifications.
REGISTRATION
One may register online by logging on to the following web site:
http://www.eformular.com/merike/epermed.html
Registration Opens: November 15, 2016
Registration Deadline: February 15, 2017
The registration fee for participants affiliated with one of the ePerMed partner laboratories is free of charge. Registration for the Conference is mandatory.
For the participants outside of ePerMed partner institutes the registration fee 50 CHF includes: admission to all scientific sessions (oral and poster presentations), conference materials, coffee breaks and light-refreshments on both days, as well lunch on Wednesday.