TUESDAY, APRIL 20
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18:00 |
ARRIVE HOTEL - check-in, poster set-up and settle |
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19:00 - 20:30 |
DINNER |
INN CAFE |
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20:30 |
WELCOME: MICHAEL HAYDEN |
WEIDER ROOM |
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20:40 |
WELCOME: RON WOZNOW |
WEIDER ROOM |
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20:45 - 21:15 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JEREMY CARVER, CEO, GLYCODESIGN Inc. |
WEIDER ROOM |
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Lessons for Scientists setting up your own Company |
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21:30 |
NIGHT OWL SOCIAL - poster set-up |
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
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07:00 - 08:00 |
BREAKFAST BUFFET |
INN CAFE |
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08:00 - 11:20 |
SYMPOSIUM 1: STUDIES IN PATHOGENESIS |
WEIDER ROOM |
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Facilitator: Bob Korneluk (CHEO) |
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08:00 |
Philip Marshall (OGH): Role of the dystrophin enhancer in vivo |
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08:20 |
Michael Rudnicki (McMasterU): Severe strain dependent phenotypes of mice lacking the retinoblastoma-related p107 and p130 genes |
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08:40 |
David MacLennan (UofT): Pathophysiological differences between Malignant Hypothermia and Central Core Disease |
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09:00 |
Brian Robinson (HSC): Mitochondria and Oxygen free radicals in disease |
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09:20 |
Rima Rozen (MCH): Genetics of MTHFR deficiency and generation of mouse model |
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09:40 |
Elise Heon (UofT): The gamma crystallins and human cataract: a puzzle made clearer |
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10:00 - 10:20 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Frank Jirik (UBC): Fibrillin-1 mutation responsible for the tight-skin phenotype? |
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10:40 |
Alex Mackenzie (UofO): Analysis of NAIP: The story so far. |
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11:00 |
Michael Hayden (UBC): Cleavage of huntingtin: A crucial step in pathogenesis |
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11:20 - 12:30 |
ATTENDED POSTER SESSION 1: Pathogenesis & Functional Genomics, Genetic Therapies and Genetics & Health Care Posters |
WIEDER ROOM |
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12: 30 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
INN CAFE |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
PLENARY SESSION |
WEIDER ROOM |
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14:00 |
Michael Hayden (CMMT): "State of the Network" |
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14:30 |
Anthony Pawson (SLRI): "Mapping the protein wiring diagram of the cell" |
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15:00 - 17:00 |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 1: BIOINFORMATICS |
WEIDER ROOM |
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Facilitator: Francis Ouellette |
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15:00 |
Jamie Cuticchia (HSC): Map Information and High Performance Computing at HSC |
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15:30 |
Francis Ouellette (CMMT): Databases and Bioinformatics Resources & Training |
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16:00 |
Chris Hogue (SLRI): BIND: A new database |
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16:30 |
Discussion led by Francis Ouellette |
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15:00 - 16:30 |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 2: CREATING YOUR OWN COMPANY |
SPECTACULAR ROOM |
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15:00 |
Ron Woznow (CGDN): Introduction |
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15:15 |
Sam Milstein (Emisphere) - "Start-up Company Dilemma - Science vs. The Product" |
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15:30 |
John Clement (BioChem Pharma) |
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15:45 |
Roundtable Q&A session (45 minutes) |
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16:30 |
PRIORITIES & PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING (P&P members only) |
SENATOR I ROOM |
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18:30 - 20:00 |
DINNER |
INN CAFE |
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20:00 - 21:00 |
CONCURRENT SESSION: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NETWORKING SESSION - CIHR DISCUSSION Ron Worton (OGH) & Colin Goodfellow (MRC) |
WEIDER ROOM |
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20:00 - 21:00 |
CONCURRENT SESSION: TRAINEE NETWORKING SESSION Facilitators: Abigail Hackham (UBC)& Andy Boright (HSC) |
SPECTACULAR ROOM |
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
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07:00 - 08:00 |
BREAKFAST BUFFET |
INN CAFE |
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08:00 - 11:20 |
SYMPOSIUM 2: GENE IDENTIFICATION |
WEIDER ROOM |
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Facilitator: Philippe Gros (McGill) |
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08:00 |
Robert Hegele (Robarts Inst): Diabetes in the Aboriginal Canadian Population |
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08:20 |
Rod McInnes (HSC): Mutations in the Chx10 homeobox gene cause microphthalmia in man |
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08:40 |
Guy Rouleau (MGH): The genetics of suicide |
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09:00 |
Francois Rousseau (Laval): Population genetics of FMR1 gene mutations reveal that loss of an AGG interruption occurs late in process of expansion |
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09:20 |
David Dyment (LHSC): The Major Histocompatability Complex and Multiple Sclerosis |
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09:40 |
Steve Scherer (HSC): Lafora's Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy |
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10:00 - 10:20 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Peter St. George-Hyslop (UofT): Genetics of Alzheimer disease |
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10:40 |
Barb Triggs-Raine: The role of hGrb14 in insulin signalling |
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11:00 |
Rachel Wevrick (UofA): The genetics of Prader-Willi syndrome: candidate genes for obesity and behaviour |
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11:20 - 12:30 |
ATTENDED POSTER SESSION 2: Gene Identification Posters |
WEIDER ROOM |
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12:30 -14:00 |
LUNCH |
INN CAFE |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
ATTENDED POSTER SESSION 3: Core Facilities |
WEIDER ROOM |
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15:00 - 18:00 |
WORKSHOP 3: CHIP TECHNOLOGY Co-chairs: Jim Woodgett (OCI) & Tom Hudson (MGHRI) |
WEIDER ROOM |
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15:00 |
Jim Woodgett (OCI): Overview of microarrays & applications |
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15:45 |
Todd Golub (Whitehead): Finding patterns in complex gene expression data |
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16:15 |
Marcel Behr (McGill): Comparative genomics of BCG vaccines by whole genome DNA microarray |
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16:45 |
Bryan McNeil (OCI): Developments of the Toronto microarray consortium |
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17:15 |
Rod McInnes (HSC): Using cDNA arrays to determine the molecular and biochemical basis premature neuronal cell death |
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17:30 |
PANEL DISCUSSION Led by Tom Hudson (MGHRI)(45 minutes) |
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18:30 - 20:30 |
BANQUET DINNER |
INN CAFE |
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20:30 - 22.00 |
WORKSHOP 4: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN GENETICS RESEARCH Facilitator: Brenda Gallie (HSC) |
WEIDER ROOM |
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20:30 |
Brenda Gallie (HSC): Introduction |
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20:35 |
Arthur Schafer (University of Manitoba): When scientists wear two hats: the problem of competing interests |
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21:15 |
Dr. Frances Rolleston (MRC) |
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21:30 |
Discussion led by Brenda Gallie (HSC) (30 minutes) |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23
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07:00 - 08:00 |
BREAKFAST BUFFET |
INN CAFE |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PETER GOODFELLOW (SMITH KLINE BEECHAM PLC) PRESENTATION FOR BEST POSTERS |
WEIDER ROOM |
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09:00 - 12:00 |
SYMPOSIUM 4: GENETICS THERAPIES Facilitator: Charles Scriver (MCHRI) |
WEIDER ROOM |
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09:00 |
Pieter Cullis (UBC): Stabilized plasmid-particles for systemic gene therapy |
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09:20 |
Phil Hieter (UBC): Identification of yeast and human checkpoint responsive genes by transcriptional profiling |
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09:40 |
Steve Narod (UofT): Risk factors in contralateral BRCA1 /2 carriers |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Jeremy Squire (OCI): Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Genetic Changes Associated with Solid Tumour Progression |
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10:50 |
Charles Scriver (MCH): PAL and the treatment of PKU |
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11:10 |
Lap-Chee Tsui (HSC): HVJ-based Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy |
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11:30 |
Bob Korneluk: IAP: Gene therapy in neurodegeneration |
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11:50 |
Closing Remarks |
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12: 00 - 13:15 |
LUNCH |
INN CAFE |
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13:15 - 14:00 |
CGDN INC: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
INN CAFE |
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15:00 |
BUSES DEPART |
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