Titel: From Biobanks to Biomarkers: Translating the potential of human population genetics research to improve the quality of health of the EU citizen

Termin: 20.9.2005, 13:00 Uhr, bis 22.9.2005

Veranstaltungsort:
Wellcome Trust Conference Centre
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX024498.html

Kurzbeschreibung: This international conference will be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridge (UK). The meeting will begin at 13.00 on Tuesday 20 September and finish after lunch on Thursday 22 September 2005.

The significant progress in human population genetics made during the last two decades has been spearheaded by large international collaborative projects such as the human genome project, the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) programme and the HapMap project. Common diseases of major public health importance are phenotypically complex with many having a heritable component. Population genetics can be used to characterise and stratify these complex diseases and associated pathophysiological states. Access to databases containing genotypic, clinical, environmental and lifestyle information on individuals, along with corresponding clinical specimens (biobanks), is an essential component for population genetics research.

This conference will review existing research in human population genetics, identifying areas of strength, weaknesses and opportunities; take stock of technologies and needs; and help to build partnerships between existing and new national and international projects in this research area. A forward-looking strategy for translating the outputs of population genetics research into clinically useful and health enhancing initiatives will be developed. This will be done in the form of a report produced after the meeting, which will form the basis of a long-term strategy for human population genetics research, and an associated implementation plan, which will be submitted to the European Commission as input into their future Framework Programme.

Kontakt: Wellcome Trust Meetings Programme
Wellcome Trust Conference Centre
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ, UK

Tel.: +44 - (0)1223 - 49 50 00
Fax: +44 - (0)1223 - 49 50 23
wtmeetings@wtconference.org.uk
http://www.wtconference.org.uk/

Schlagworte: Genetische Tests/Beratung, Genforschung/-technik, Genomanalyse, Gentherapie