Conference Agenda
Preliminary Schedule of Events NOTE: The preliminary schedule is subject to change by the Program Committee.
Last update: July 13, 2010.
| Thursday, July 15 |
11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Registration |
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1:00 pm – 1:15 pm |
Welcome |
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1:15 pm – 1:45 pm |
Bob McCurdy Remembrance: Joyce Hooker |
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1:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
Bob McCurdy Lecture: Positive Exposure & NF, The Spirit of Difference, Rick Guidotti |
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |
Personalized Medicine Research at the Marshfield Clinic Catherine A. McCarty, Ph.D., MPH, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI |
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
MSGRCC Research Project Update and Results
Celia Kaye, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Dean, Integrated Curriculum, CHA/PA Program; Project Director, Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Center; Professor of Pediatrics, UC SOM |
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
Evening Reception |
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Emerging Technology Forum:
- Single Molecule Sequencing Applications – Genzyme Genetics
- BAC and oligonucleotide clinical array CGH diagnostics for
constitutional and acquired (neoplastic) genomic abnormalities.
Michelle Strecker, MS, CGC, CMDX Laboratories |
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| Friday, July 16 |
7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 am – 10:00 am |
Plenary Session: Personal Health Records (PHR) & Genetics – Current Practice and Technology
8:00-8:30: Sean Nolan, Chief Architect, Microsoft Health Vault 8:30-9:00: Web-based, Patient-entered Health Vault-enabled PHR-Family Health History Application
8:30-9:00: Grant Wood, Sr. IT Strategist, Intermountain HC Clinical Genetics Institute Web-based, Patient-entered Health Vault-enabled PHR-FHH Application
9:00-9:30: Storing Genetic Data in a PHR: Future Challenges. Elissa Levin, MS, CGC, Dir. Genomic Services, Navigenics
9:30-10:00: Q&A |
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10:00 am – 10:15 am |
Break |
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10:15 am – 11:15 am |
The Legal, Economic and Ethical Issues Surrounding Gene and Diagnostic Patenting. Kenneth Chahine, PhD, JD, University of Utah College of Law |
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11:15 am -12:15 pm |
Exon-Level Deletion/Duplication Testing by Array CHG
Swaroop Aradhya, Ph.D., FACMG, Director, Microarray Services, GeneDX |
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12:15 pm – 12:45 pm |
Working Lunch during General Session |
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12:45 pm – 1:45 pm |
Cancer Genetics Update: Epigenetics of Multiple Myeloma and Population-based Risk Factors in Prostate Cancer
John Carpten, Ph.D., Director, Integrated Cancer Genomics Program, TGen. |
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1:45 pm – 2:45 pm |
David Sheppard Memorial Lecture: Delineation of Chromosome Structure and Resultant Phenotype/Karyotype Correlation for Rare Orphan Genetic Diseases Utilizing Molecular Cytogenetics
Stuart Schwartz, Ph.D., Director, Cytogenetics, University of Chicago Genetic Services Laboratories |
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
Behavioral Genetics: Epigenetic Mechanisms Controlling Gene Activity in Autism
Valerie W. Hu, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center |
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Case Presentations (lab and clinical). Moderator: Mary Haag, Ph.D., Director, Cytogenetics, Genzyme Genetics |
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6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
MSGF 26th Anniversary BBQ – Renaissance Patio |
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| Saturday, July 17 |
7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 am – 10:00 am |
Panel Discussion: Neurofibromatosis 1: Current Issues in Diagnosis, Therapy and Patient Management
Mary Esther Carlin, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics Children's Genetics, Metabolism, UT Southwestern Medical Center; David Viskochil, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Clinical Genetics Services, Medical Genetics Division, Medical Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling; Laura Klesse, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UT Southwestern |
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10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Hotel Check-out |
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10:30 am – 11:30 am |
NF 1 Clinical Discussion: Issues and Options for Transition to Adult Care
Moderator: Mary Esther Carlin, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics Children's Genetics, Metabolism, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
Lunch and Networking |
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1:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Neurofibromatosis 1: Interactive Patient Discussion Clinic
Moderator: Mary Esther Carlin, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics Children's Genetics, Metabolism, UT Southwestern Medical Center; David Viskochil, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Clinical Genetics Services, Medical Genetics Division, Medical Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling; Laura Klesse, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UT Southwestern; Patients, Caregivers |
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
MSGF Board of Directors Meeting |
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