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This course includes two full days of lectures. There is an additional two-day clinical genetics conference program after the short course at Zhejiang University School of Medicine 1^st Affiliated Hospital, emphasizing on student-faculty interaction. The world leading expert faculty is diverse in terms of disciplines, and the students in terms of stage of career, fields of concentration and patient resources. This diversity makes for an exciting experience for all.

A special half day scientific symposium will be held in the morning of Oct 6th in celebration of The James Watson Institute of Genomics Sciences' (WIGS) 2nd anniversary and the birth of the Center for Medical Genetics, Zhejiang University: Prominent researchers will give presentations addressing "The role of genomics in medicine--past, present and future." Short Course participants, WIGS scientists & governing board members, visiting dignitaries, and members of the press will attend the symposium to be held at James Watson Institute of Genomics Sciences-- the “Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the East” on the Qiantang River waterfront in ZJU Zhijiang Campus.

Oct 6, 2005 Morning (9:00-12:00)

Oct 6, 2005 Afternoon (2:00-6:00)
　

Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening		(Cheng, 1 h)
	Genetic counseling Preimplantation diagnosis

Oct 7, 2005 Morning (8:00-12:00)

Human Biochemical Genetics		(Scott / Yu, 1.5 h)
	Representative disorders Carrier screening Newborn screening (conventional and new approaches) Therapy (including gene therapy)

Hemoglobin Abnormalities (thalassemias, C)		(Weatherall, 1 h)
	Population genetics, pathogenesis Screening and prenatal diagnosis Therapy

Dominant diseases (inborn errors of connective tissue)		(Byers, 1.5 h)
	To be decided

Oct 7, 2005 Afternoon (1:30-5:30)

Developmental genetics and diseases. “Unusual” Modes of Inheritance		(Hall 1.5 h)
	Epigenetics (X-inactivation, imprinting)

Human Cancer Genetics		(M Li / Albertson, 1.5 h)
	Major cancers, including those relevant to China Cancer cytogenetics Presymptomatic testing for BRCA1, BRCA2, HNPCC mutations Cancer classification by microarray analysis

Genetics and Infectious Disease

(TBA / Lanjuan Li, 1 h)

Oct 8, 2005 Morning (8:00-12:00)

Genetics of Complex Disease I		(Motulsky, 1.5 h)
	The interaction of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation Coronary artery disease, hypertension, and diabetes Susceptibility testing

Mitochondrial Genetics		(Wallace, 1 h)
	Inheritance, markers and disease

Pharmacogenetics and Ecogenetics		(Motulsky / Qi, 1.5 h)
	Principles, polymorphisms and personalized medicine Role of molecular testing

These sessions will be conducted in a clinical conference format. The faculty includes P Byers, J Hall, R Scott, E Cheng, T Huang, M Li and C Yu, etc. The diseases include metabolic, connective tissue, congenital cardiovascular, pediatric, cancer disorders, etc. The patients will be recruited from the six hospitals affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Patients referred by attendees are strongly encouraged. If you are interested in bringing in a patient, please prepare a file of the clinical case to be compiled in booklet form for the course, including the clinical history and family history. The attending author's name must be underlined.

Files of your clinical case should be submitted in a pdf file or Word document as an E-mail attachment to zyyykjk@163.com by Sept 15, 2005.

There will be a poster session at which presentations by attendees are strongly encouraged. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please prepare a one page abstract to be compiled in booklet form for the course. Abstracts must fit on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11" page with 1" margins. The attending author's name must be underlined.

Abstracts of your poster presentation should be submitted in a pdf file or Word document as an E-mail attachment to zyyykjk@163.com by Aug 30, 2005.

This course is approved for 10 CME credits (A Class) through James Watson Institute of Genomics Sciences, Zhejiang University. The James Watson Institute of Genomics Sciences is accredited by the Ministry of Public Health, Peoples Republic of China to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

First Hangzhou Annual Short Course on

Medical and Laboratory Applications of Genetics and Genomics

Scope/Topics

Oct 6, 2005 Morning (9:00-12:00)

Oct 6, 2005 Afternoon (2:00-6:00)

Oct 7, 2005 Morning (8:00-12:00)

Oct 7, 2005 Afternoon (1:30-5:30)