National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and its 5 Programs for Genomic Applications invite you to attend the second Symposium "From Genome to Disease".  This state-of-the-art symposium will provide an opportunity to explore the application of genomic technologies to the study of human disease. To maximize the usefulness of the Symposium for both the novice and the experienced investigator,  the program will couple plenary lectures by leaders in the area of genomics and in-depth, small-group tutorials on the new technologies and methodologies discussed in this Symposium.

Topics include:

Comparative Genomics

SNP genotyping and Sequencing

Haplotypes and Association Studies

Animal Models for the High Throughput Study of Heart, Lung and Blood Disorders

From Desktop to Benchtop: translating Computational Analysis into in vivo Experiments

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:

• Betsy Nabel, NHLBI
• Cecilia Lo, NHLBI
• Howard Jacob, MCW
• David Cox, Perlegen Biosciences
• Joel Hirschhorn, MIT
• Steve Young, UCLA
• Francis Collins, NHGRI
• Vivian Cheung, U. Pennsylvania
• Beverly Paigen, JAX
• Jeff Friedman, Rockefeller
• Eddy Rubin, LBNL
  
  Tutorials will be offered on:
  
     SNP Discovery and Analysis:  Application to Association Studies
  
     A Physiological Genomics Approach to NHLBI Disorders in the Rat
  
     The Baygenomics Mouse Knockout Project
  
     Comparative Genomics in Biomedical Research
  
     Jax-PGA & Mouse Mutant Resources for Studying Human Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
  
  Abstracts:
  
  Submission of abstracts for platform presentation and poster sessions is actively encouraged. Submit your abstract
  
  The symposium will also host a social gathering that will provide an opportunity for informal discussions and the development of new collaborative interactions.
  
  No matter what your prior level of experience with high throughput biology, we think you will find much in the symposium that will be of interest and value to your own research efforts.
  
  We look forward to seeing you in Bethesda in July 2005.
  
  The Organizing Committee:
  
  Eddy Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  
  Susan Old, Ph.D.
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
  
  Howard Jacob, Ph.D.
  Medical College of Wisconsin
  
  John Macauley, Ph.D.
  Jackson Laboratory
  
  Dario Boffelli,  Ph.D.
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory