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Summary
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are
attracting great attention within the scientific
community because of their application as markers
for identifying genes related to diseases. Of
particular importance is their potential role
in discovering low penetrance genes and their
relation to complex diseases. SNPs have proven
to be essential tools in clinical trials guided
towards assessing the possible side effects
of drugs due to allelic variants of targets.
The constant stream in new technology, especially
designed for more extensive and sensitive screening,
is making its application even more popular
resulting in initiatives for the screening of
a large number of individuals, or even populations.
Given the genomic characteristics of SNPs studies,
bioinformatic tools are required for their management
and analysis. Despite the expectations raised
by the use of SNPs, many key questions regarding
their implementation or applicability still
remain unanswered. This workshop will deal with
the above issues, bringing together computer
scientists, biologists and clinical professionals,
actively working in the field to exchange ideas
and promote collaboration.
Key topics
- State-of-the-art in high-throughput technologies
- Biostatistics, data analysis and bioinformatics
- Clinical applications, including gene mapping, pharmacogenomics, diagnostics and forensics
Format
- Plenary session with invited speakers
- Short oral presentations as selected by the scientific committee.
- Poster exhibition
Confirmed speakers
- Emmanouil Dermitzakis, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
- Joaquín Dopazo, Bioinformatics Department, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, valencia Spain
- Frank Dudbridge, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK
- Alison M. Dunning, CRUK Human Cancer Genetics Research
Group, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Ivo Gut, Centre Nationale de Genotypage. Evry, France
- Joerg Hoheisel, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
- Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Christopher Phillips , Centro Nacional de Genotipado (Santiago Node). Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Jesús Sainz, deCODE genetics, Inc. Lynghals 1, IS-110 Reykjavik, Iceland
- Anne-Christine Syvänen, Uppsala University, Sweden
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