Monday, April 4  10:30-12:00  Main Hall (1F)

Plenary Lecture 1

Chairs:

Helena Kääriäinen	Research Professor at National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki; Clinical Geneticist, Finland
Shoji Tsuji	Department of Neurology and Medical Genome Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital; Medical Genomics Research Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Recent Progress in iPS Cell Research and Application

Speaker:

Shinya Yamanaka

Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan

Secrets of the Human Genome: The 35-year journey of genomic medicine

Speaker:

Eric S. Lander

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Monday, April 4  13:30-15:30  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Hiroyuki Aburatani	Genome Science Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Manolis Kellis	MIT Computational Biology, USA

Dissecting the circuitry of FTO and adipocyte browning in human obesity

Speaker:

Melina Claussnitzer

MIT Computational Biology, USA

Histone Acetylome-wide Association Studies

Speaker:

Shyam Prabhakar

Computational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

A human variation panel of genetic influences on epigenomes and transcriptomes in three immune cells

Speaker:

Nicole Soranzo

Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Integrated genomic analysis of liver cancer progression

Speaker:

Hiroyuki Aburatani

Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Monday, April 4  15:50-17:50  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Sumio Sugano	Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Stephen Quake	Departments of Applied Physics and Bioengineering, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Highly accurate and precise single-cell sequencing facilitated by microfluidics

Speaker:

Yanyi Huang

Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, China

Molecular Anatomy of the Brain by Large-Scale Single-Cell RNA-Seq

Speaker:

Sten Linnarsson

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Immunology from the “Bottom-Up” with Single-Cell Genomics

Speaker:

Alex K. Shalek

IMES & Chemistry, MIT, Ragon Institute & Broad Institute, USA

Single Cell Genomics

Speaker:

Stephen Quake

Departments of Applied Physics and Bioengineering, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Monday, April 4  13:30-15:30  Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Robyn Ward	The University of Queensland, Australia
Geoffrey Ginsburg	Duke University, School of Medicine; Pratt School of Engineering, USA

Assessing the value of genomics

Speaker:

Robyn Ward

The University of Queensland, Australia

Implementation of Genome Information for Health Care and Drug Discovery

Speaker:

Geoffrey Ginsburg

Duke University, School of Medicine; Pratt School of Engineering, USA

The New Era of Drug Discovery: Human Genetics, Data Science & New Modalities

Speaker:

Andrew S. Plump

Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., USA

Making Discoveries on the 23andMe Platform

Speaker:

Anne Wojcicki

23andMe, USA

Monday, April 4  15:50-17:50  Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Haruhisa Inoue	Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan
John D. Sinden	ReNeuron Limited, UK

Stem cell therapies in Europe: Taking the CTX human neural stem cell product to clinical trials in disabled stroke patients

Speaker:

John D. Sinden

ReNeuron Limited, UK

Engineering the Morphogenesis of Pluripotent Stem Cells

Speaker:

Todd C. McDevitt

Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Diseases; Bioengineering and Therapeutics at the University of California, San Francisco, USA

Retinal progenitor cells: From bench to clinic

Speaker:

Pert Baranov

Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear; Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

Possible future of regenerative medicine using cell sheet engineering and iPS cell technology

Speaker:

Katsuhisa Matsuura

Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

Monday, April 4  13:30-15:30  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Tatsuhiro Shibata	Laboratory of Molecular Medicine & Laboratory of Genome Technology of Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
David A. Wheeler	Human Genome Sequencing Center/ Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Genomic Profiling of a T-cell Leukemia

Speaker:

David A. Wheeler

Human Genome Sequencing Center/ Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Genetic and transcriptomic landscape of biliary tract cancer

Speaker:

Tatsuhiro Shibata

Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo; Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center, Japan

ASIAN CANCER GENOMICS AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Speaker:

Bin Tean Teh

National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

The evolutionary history of prostate cancer from pre-malignant lesion to lethal metastasis

Speaker:

David C. Wedge

Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Monday, April 4  15:50-17:50  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Seigo Nakamura	Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Showa University School of Medicine, Japan
Sung-Won Kim	Daerim St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea

The current approach for hereditary breast cancer from the aspect of precision medicine in the U.S.

Speaker:

Banu Arun

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

Current Status and Future of Hereditary Breast Cancer in Asia

Speaker:

Ava Kwong

Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

The current approach for hereditary breast cancer from the aspect of basic science

Speaker:

Soo H. Teo

Cancer Research Malaysia; University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia

Updates of the Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer (KOHBRA) Study

Speaker:

Sung-Won Kim

Surgery, Daerim St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea

Monday, April 4  13:30-15:30  Room E (1F)

Convenors:

Naruya Saitou	Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Mark Stoneking	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Population genetic analysis of Negrito populations in Southeast Asia

Speaker:

Timothy A. Jinam

Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Japan

Ancient DNA of early modern humans

Speaker:

Qiaomei Fu

Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

A Genomic Perspective on the Colonization of the Pacific

Speaker:

Mark Stoneking

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Formation of Japonesian from viewpoint of modern human dispersal in East Eurasia

Speaker:

Naruya Saitou

Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics; Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI; Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

Monday, April 4  15:50-17:50  Room E (1F)

Convenors:

Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara	Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Center for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Japan
Mary D. Stephenson	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Miscarriage chromosome testing: Conventional cytogenetic analysis vs. molecular

Speaker:

Evica Rajcan-Separovic

Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Miscarriage and Parental Chromosome Testing

Speaker:

Mary D. Stephenson

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Can PGS/PGD improve live birth rate in RPL?

Speaker:

Ruth B. Lathi

Department of Reproductive Rndocrinology and Infertility, Stanford University, USA

Candidate genes associated with recurrent pregnancy loss

Speaker:

Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Center for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Japan

Monday, April 4  13:30-15:30  Room B-1 (2F)

Convenors:

Hiroshi Kawame	Department of Education and Training, Tohoku University, Japan
Louanne Hudgins	Pediatrics/Medical Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Prenatal Presentation of Genetic Disorders

Speaker:

Louanne Hudgins

Pediatrics/Medical Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Next Generation Sequencing demands Next Generation Phenotyping

Speaker:

Raoul C. Hennekam

Department of Paediatrics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Primary microcephalies and primordial microcephalic dwarfisms

Speaker:

Alain Verloes

Dept of Genetics, Robert DEBRE Univerity Hospital, Sorbonne Paris-Cité University Denis Diderot Medical School and INSERM UM1141, Paris, France

From dysmorphology to human biology: A lesson from the discovery of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome caused by CHST14/D4ST1 deficiency

Speaker:

Tomoki Kosho

Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan

Monday, April 4  15:50-17:50  Room B-1 (2F)

Convenors:

Katsushi Tokunaga	Department of Human Genetics, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Adrian V.S. Hill	Director of Jenner Institute & Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK

Genetic Susceptibility to some Common Bacterial Diseases of Humans

Speaker:

Adrian V.S. Hill

Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University, UK

Immunogenetic Factors that Impact the Course of HIV infection

Speaker:

Mary Carrington

Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, USA

Genetic Study of Leprosy in Chinese Population: Susceptibility and Treatment Response

Speaker:

Jianjun Liu

Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

Genomic approaches to hepatitis B virus related diseases

Speaker:

Katsushi Tokunaga

Department of Human Genetics, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Shinichi Morishita	Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Jun Wang	iCarbonX, China

Million Genomes Ahead

Speaker:

Jun Wang

iCarbonX, China

New human genome reference structures

Speaker:

Richard Durbin

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

Reading and Writing Genomes in 3D: The CTCF code and how to hack it

Speaker:

Erez Lieberman Aiden

Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

An ‘omic checkup: longitudinal multi-omics for personalized medicine

Speaker:

Brian D. Piening

Genetics, Stanford University, USA

Tuesday, April 5  10:20-12:20  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Hiroki Kurahashi	Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Japan
Wigard P. Kloosterman	Dept. of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Somatic mosaicism - how much of de novo is mitotic?

Speaker:

Pawel Stankiewicz

Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, USA Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland

Palindrome-mediated recurrent translocations in humans

Speaker:

Hiroki Kurahashi

Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Japan

Detection and interpretation of complex structural variations in human genomes

Speaker:

Wigard Kloosterman

Dept. of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Genome-first detection of variation with single-molecule sequencing

Speaker:

Mark J.P. Chaisson

Genome Sciences, University of Washington, USA

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Michiaki Kubo	Laboratory for Genotyping Development, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Japan
Anne M. Bowcock	National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Statistical Genetics for Autoimmune Diseases and Drug Discovery

Speaker:

Yukinori Okada

Department of Human Genetics and Disease Diversity, Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Japan

DRIVER GENES OF ORAL CANCER, ITS PROGRESSION AND METASTASIS

Speaker:

Partha P. Majumder

National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, India

Transcriptome landscape of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer disease in human brains

Speaker:

Jeong-Sun Seo

Genomic Medicine Institute, Seoul National University, Korea

Genetic analysis of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Speaker:

Anne M. Bowcock

National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Tuesday, April 5  10:20-12:20   Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Kazuhiko Yamamoto	Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
Soumya Raychaudhuri	Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Divisions of Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute; Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester; Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, USA

Fine-mapping the HLA and other autoimmune loci

Speaker:

Soumya Raychaudhuri

Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Divisions of Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute; Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester; Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, USA

GWAS and functional genomics of autoimmune diseases

Speaker:

Yuta Kochi

Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, IMS, RIKEN, Japan

Combining population and clinical biobanks to translate genetic variation into immune function

Speaker:

Cisca Wijmenga

Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Transcriptome variation in human immunity

Speaker:

Barbara E. Stranger

Section to Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, USA

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Eiji Nanba	Division of Functional Genomics, Research Center for Bioscience and Technology, Tottori University, Japan
Jeffery W. Kelly	Molecular And Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Understanding the Genetics and Biochemistry of the Transthyretin Amyloid Diseases Afforded a Disease-Modifying Therapy, and Importantly, New Insights about Chaperone Function

Speaker:

Jeffery W. Kelly

Molecular And Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, USA

AUTOPHAGY AND OTHER PATHWAYS THAT PROTECT AGAINST NEURODEGENERATION

Speaker:

David C. Rubinsztein

Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK

Treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia and mitochondrial diseases

Speaker:

Jeanne Amiel

Institute Imagine and University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Chaperone therapy for lysosomal storage diseases

Speaker:

Katsumi Higaki

Research Center for Bioscience and Technology, Tottori University, Japan

Tuesday, April 5  10:20 -12:20  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Keiya Ozawa	Division of Genetic Therapeutics, The Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Michel Sadelain	Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Haematopoietic stem cell- and liver-targeted gene therapy for hereditary disease

Speaker:

Ian E. Alexander

Gene Therapy Research Unit, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network and Children's Medical Research Institute; University of Sydney Medical School, Australia

AAV (adeno-associated virus) vector-mediated gene therapy for hereditary and non-hereditory diseases

Speaker:

Keiya Ozawa

Division of Genetic Therapeutics, The Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Gene editing - from modeling diseases to treating patients

Speaker:

Toni Cathomen

Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany

CAR Therapy: The CD19 Paradigm

Speaker:

Michel Sadelain

Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Room E (1F)

Convenors:

Masayuki Yoshida	Department of Life Science and Bioethics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Dina N. Paltoo	Genetics, Health and Society Program, Office of Science Policy/National Institute of Health, USA

Patient Preferences for Governance of Use of Genomic Information in Research

Speaker:

Sandra S. Lee

Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, USA

Given a Voice: An Update on the Lacks Family-NIH Partnership on Use of HeLa Genome Data

Speaker:

Dina N. Paltoo

Genetics, Health and Society Program, Office of Science Policy/National Institute of Health, USA

ELSI practices and regulations for collaboration and public participation in personal genome research

Speaker:

Kazuto Kato

Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan

Ethical theory and global challenges in the era of -omics and predictive medicine

Speaker:

Ruth F. Chadwick

Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester, UK

Ethical and Policy Issues in Human Genome Editing and Germline Modifications

Speaker:

Xiaomei Zhai

Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China

Tuesday, April 5  10:20-12:20  Room E (1F)

Convenors:

Kristine Barlow-Stewart	Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia
Junko Yotsumoto	Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University; Showa University, Japan

Introduction and brief overview of genetic counselling in Japan - Role and training of genetic counselors, and a topic, “dealing with BRCA VUS in Japan”

Speaker:

Junko Yotsumoto

Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University; Showa University, Japan

Genetic Education Strategies to Enhance the Genetic Counselling process in the Genomic Era

Speaker:

Kristine K. Barlow-Stewart

Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia

Genetic counselors’ experiences obtaining informed consent for genomic sequencing: Lessons learned

Speaker:

Barbara A. Bernhardt

Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Engaging 7,000 people about the return of results from sequencing research

Speaker:

Anna Middleton

Social Science and Ethics, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK

Genetic Counselling and hereditary testing in low and middle income Asian setting

Speaker:

Sook Yee Yoon

Familial Cancer, Cancer Research Malaysia, Malaysia

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Room B-1 (2F)

Convenors:

Norio Ozaki	Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Joseph D. Buxbaum	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Rare and common variation in autism and associated neurodevelopment disorders

Speaker:

Joseph D. Buxbaum

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Speaker:

Michael J. Owen

MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, UK

Shared Genetic Risk Across Psychiatric Disorders

Speaker:

Naomi R. Wray

Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Pharmacogenomics in Psychiatry

Speaker:

Masashi Ikeda

Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan

Tuesday, April 5  10:20 -12:20  Room B-1 (2F)

Convenors:

Tatsushi Toda	Division of Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Bryan J. Traynor	Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, USA

Molecular genetic basis of multiple system atrophy

Speaker:

Jun Mitsui

Neurology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Genetics of Parkinson’s Disease

Speaker:

Tatsushi Toda

Division of Neurology/Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Genetics of mitochondrial diseases

Speaker:

Patrick F. Chinnery

University of Cambridge, UK MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Genomics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

Speaker:

Bryan J. Traynor

Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, USA

Wednesday, April 6  10:15-12:15  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Naomichi Matsumoto	Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Xue Zhang	McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China

Next Generation Sequencing dissecting human “genetic” diseases

Speaker:

Naomichi Matsumoto

Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Exome analysis of autosomal recessive disorders

Speaker:

Fowzan S. Alkuraya

Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

PhenoDB and GeneMatcher, solving unsolved whole exome data

Speaker:

Nara Lygia M. Sobreira

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Understanding the causes of inherited rare diseases

Speaker:

William Newman

Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

Wednesday, April 6  10:15-12:15  Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Hiroyuki Sasaki	Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
Anne Ferguson-Smith	Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK

Epigenetic regulation of gene expression network in human germline cells

Speaker:

Fuchou Tang

BIOPIC, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, China

Incomplete reprogramming of germline DNA methylation in the human placenta

Speaker:

Hiroyuki Sasaki

Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan

Kagami-Ogata syndrome: Clinically recognizable imprinting disorder caused by upd(14)pat and related condition

Speaker:

Masayo Kagami

Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Japan

Establishment and maintenance of stable and variable epigenetic states in mammals

Speaker:

Anne Ferguson-Smith

Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK

Wednesday, April 6  10:15-12:15  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Taisei Mushiroda	Research Group for Pharmacogenomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Japan
Munir Pirmohamed	Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, UK

Prediction of severe adverse drug reactions using pharmacogenomic biomarkers: Current status and future prospects in Japan

Speaker:

Yoshiro Saito

Medicinal Safety Science, National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan

Genomic Diversity of African populations and pharmacogenomics in the safe and efficacious use of efavirenz in the treatment of HIV/AIDS

Speaker:

Collen Masimirembwa

African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

Move Pharmacogenomics Discovery to Medical Practice

Speaker:

Yuan-Tsong Chen

Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Pharmacogenomics: The long journey from discovery to implementation

Speaker:

Munir Pirmohamed

Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, UK

Convenors:

Yukio Kawahara	Department of RNA Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
Marcel Dinger	Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) and St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Australia

Journeys through Space and Time: Ultra High-Resolution Expression Profiling of Long Noncoding RNAs

Speaker:

Marcel Dinger

Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) and St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Australia

Primate-specific A-to-I RNA editing shapes the transcriptome

Speaker:

Marie Öhman

Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, The WennerGren Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden

The expanding landscape of mRNA methylation

Speaker:

Gideon Rechavi

Cancer Research Center, Sheba Medical Center Tel Aviv University, Israel

Role of RNA modification in cognition and memory

Speaker:

Timothy Bredy

University of California Irvine, USA

Thursday, April 7  12:45-14:45  Annex 1 (1F)

Convenors:

Yasukazu Nakamura	Genome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Guy Cochrane	European Nucleotide Archive/European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), UK

Data coordination in cross-border genomics: A very human challenges

Speaker:

Guy Cochrane

European Nucleotide Archive/European Bioinformatics institute (EMBL-EBI), UK

Genome graphs: A new kind of reference from human genetic variation

Speaker:

David Haussler

University of California Santa Cruse, Genomics Institute, The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, USA

The 100,000 Genome Project, UK

Speaker:

Mark J. Caulfield

William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, UK

The Human Phenotype Ontology: A Resource for Clinical Data Sharing and Phenotype-Driven Genomic Diagnostics

Speaker:

Peter N. Robinson

Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Free University Berlin; Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapy; Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany

Thursday, April 7  12:45-14:45  Annex 2 (1F)

Convenors:

Kenjiro Kosaki	Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Leslie G. Biesecker	National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, USA

A technology driven approach toward deriving high resolution human genome reference materials and the future of niche NGS diagnostic assays

Speaker:

Robert Sebra

Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Towards single-test genomics

Speaker:

Joris A. Veltman

Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center; Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Hypothesis-generating research and predictive genomics

Speaker:

Leslie G. Biesecker

National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, USA

Genome-scale sequencing in clinical settings

Speaker:

Kenjiro Kosaki

Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

Thursday, April 7  12:45-14:45  Room A (2F)

Convenors:

Yi Zeng	Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Medical School of Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China, China/USA
Makoto Suzuki	Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science, Japan

Genetic studies of the oldest old: Somatic and germline variation

Speaker:

Eline Slagboom

Molecular Epidemiology Section, Department of Medical Statistics and Bioinfomatics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Energy Sensing Genes and Longevity: Novel Findings from Multi-Ethic Populations

Speaker:

Bradley J. Willcox and D. Craig Willcox
	Department of Geriatric Medicine / Department of Research, University of Hawaii / Kuakini Medical Center, USA

Meta-analysis of 4 genome-wide association studies identify new longevity genes

Speaker:

Paola Sebastiani and Thomas Perls
	Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, USA

Associations of novel loci, pathway-specific polygenic scores and GxE interactions with longevity and cognition in Han Chinese

Speaker:

Yi Zeng

Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Medical School of Duke University USA; Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China

Tuesday, April 5  13:50-15:20  Room A (2F)

Moderators:

Sharon F. Terry	President and CEO Genetic Alliance, USA
Kazuto Kato	Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan

Global Genomic Data Sharing for Health: A Human Rights Approach

Speaker:

Bartha M. Knoppers

Human Genetics, McGill University, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Canada

North-South inequities in global sharing of human genetic data

Speaker:

Victor B. Penchaszadeh

Latin American Bioethics Network, Argentina

How Global is "Global Data sharing"

Speaker:

Charles N. Rotimi

Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, USA

Sharing Big Data: A Personal Perspective from a Developing Nation

Speaker:

Partha Majumder

National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, India

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-18:15  Room B-1 (2F)

Part 1

Moderator:

Aida B. Falcón de Vargas

Venezuelan Central University, Venezuela

Global Genetics Services in a University-affiliated Hospital in Madrid, Spain

Speaker:

Pablo Lapunzina

INGEMM-Instituto de Genética Médica y Molecular-, Hospital Universitario La Paz; IdiPAZ-Instituto de Investigación del Hospital Universitario La Paz; CIBERER-Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Spain

Genetic Services and Public Policies in Brazil

Speaker:

Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz
	Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Genetics and Genomics in Mexico

Speaker:

Augusto Rojas-Martinez

Centro De Investigacion Y Desarrollo En Ciencias De La Salud, Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, Mexico

How can genomics contribute to population health in developing countries? A public health perspective from Latin America

Speaker:

Victor B. Penchaszadeh

Latin American Bioethics Network, Argentina

Human Genetics in the Global Health Service
Genetics and Genomics in Developing Countries
LATIN AMERICAN REGION

Speaker:

Aida B. Falcón de Vargas

Clinical Genetics Unit, Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Escuela de Medicina JM Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Hospital de Clinicas Caracas, Venezuela

Part 2

Moderators:

Aida B. Falcón de Vargas	Venezuelan Central University, Venezuela
Raj Ramesar	MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town and Affiliated Hospitals, South Africa

Genetic Services in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

Speaker:

Stephen T.S. Lam

Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Evolution of Medical Genetics to Genomic Medicine Services: The Situation in South Africa

Speaker:

Raj Ramesar

MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town and Affiliated Hospitals, South Africa

Genetic Services in the Philippines

Speaker:

Carmencita D. Padilla

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila; Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila; Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines System, Philippines

Genetics and Genomics: The Collaboration between Belgium and The Democratic Republic of Congo

Speaker:

Thomy JL de Ravel

Centre for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium

Genetics and genomic in developing countries: the Malaysian experience

Speaker:

Zilfalil Alwi

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

GENOMIC CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES IN THE FAST EMERGING ECONOMY OF INDIA-A PARADIGM FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Speaker:

Dhavendra Kumar

Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK; Genomin Policy Unit, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK; The Genome Medicine Foundation, Cardiff, UK

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Room C-2 (1F)

Moderators:

Poh-San Lai	National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jin-Sung Lee	Department of Clinical Genetics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Genomic Medicine and Medical Genetics Service in Vietnam

Speaker:

Vu Chi Dũng

Department of Medical Genetics, Metabolism and Endocrinology, National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam

National genetic screening and molecular testing program in Thailand

Speaker:

Suthat Fucharoen

Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Nakornpathom, Thailand

Medical genetics services in Malaysia: Challenges and the way forward

Speaker:

Meow-Keong Thong

Genetics and Metabolism Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Genetic Testing in China

Speaker:

Xue Zhang

McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China

Basic and Expanded Newborn Screening: Setting the Stage for Low Income and Middle Income Countries

Speaker:

Carmencita D. Padilla

Department of Pediatrics,College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila; Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila; Newborn Screening Reference Center, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines

Clinical Genetics in Japan

Speaker:

Yoshimitsu Fukushima

Ex-President, The Japan Society of Human Genetics; Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Annex 1 (1F)

IRDiRC and Matchmaker Exchange

Moderator:

Paul Lasko

Former Chair of the IRDiRC Executive Committee; Department of Biology, McGill University, Canada

IRDiRC in its fifth year: A progress report

Speaker:

Paul Lasko

Former Chair of the IRDiRC Executive Committee; Department of Biology, McGill University, Canada

The National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program and Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Speaker:

David R. Adams

Uniagnosed Diseases Program, NIH, USA

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Rare/Intractable Disease Project, and Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (IRUD)

Speaker:

Shigeki Kuzuhara

Suzuka University of Medical Science, Graduate School of Health Science, Japan

New Trends and Novel Technologies in Orphan Drug Development

Speaker:

Carlo Incerti

Global Medical Affairs, Sanofi Genzyme, USA

If you are not at the table, you are on the menu

Speaker:

Sharon F. Terry

President and CEO, Genetic Alliance, USA

- IRDiRC-GA4GH Collaboration: Matchmaker Exchange -

Linking International Datasets to Enable Rare Disease Gene Discovery

Speaker:

Han G. Brunner

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands

The challenges and opportunities of connecting different database

Speaker:

Nara Lygia M. Sobreira

John Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Annex 1 (1F)

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health

Moderator:

Peter Goodhand

Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (Executive Director), Canada

-IRDiRC-GA4GH Collaboration-

Automatable Discovery and Access Task Team

Speaker:

Clara Gaff

Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Australia

GA4GH Overview

Speaker:

Tom Hudson

Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (Chair, Steering Committee); Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Canada

-GA4GH Working Groups: Developing Tools and Solutions for Data Sharing-

Clinical Genomic Data Sharing

Speaker:

Kathryn North

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia

Family History Collection

Speaker:

Ingrid M. Winship

Royal Melbourne Hospital; University of Melbourne, Australia

Genomic Data Sharing Enablers

Speaker:

David Haussler

University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Regulatory and Ethics Working Group

Speaker:

Kazuto Kato

Osaka University, Japan

-GA4GH Demonstration Projects: Data Shared and Lessons Learned-

The Beacon Project

Speaker:

Marc Fiume

DNAStack, Canada

Collaborative Ethics and Governance: From Data Sensitivity to Data Access

Speaker:

Stephanie Dyke

Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Canada

The BRCA Challenge

Speaker:

John Burn

Institute of Genetic Medicine Newcastle University Centre for Life, UK

Public Access Variant Data: Liability?

Speaker:

Adrian Thorogood

Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Canada

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Annex 2 (1F)

Moderators:

Mark I. McCarthy	OCDEM, University of Oxford, UK; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Takashi Kadowaki	Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan

Genetics in T2D

Speaker:

Torben Hansen

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Regulatory Variants and Human Diseases

Speaker:

Marcelo Nobrega

University of Chicago, USA

From p-values to proteins: understanding the biology of diabetes and diabetic complications using human genetics and genomics

Speaker:

Mark I. McCarthy

OCDEM, University of Oxford, UK Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford

Type 2 Diabetes: from genes to therapies

Speaker:

Takashi Kadowaki

Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Annex 2 (1F)

Moderators:

Shin-ichi Usami	Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
Guy Van Camp	Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Massively parallel DNA sequencing for deafness applied to social health insurance-based genetic testing

Speaker:

Shin-ichi Usami

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan

Diagnostic applications of deafness research in Europe

Speaker:

Guy Van Camp

Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Genomics of Hereditary Deafness

Speaker:

Karen B. Avraham

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Clinical applications of genetic studies for deafness

Speaker:

Chen-Chi Wu

Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital; Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Room A (2F)

Moderators:

Catherine A. Wicklund	Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Hiroshi Tanaka	Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Panelists:

Catherine A. Wicklund	Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Hiroshi Tanaka	Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Abel Kho	Northwestern University, USA

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Room A (2F)

Moderators:

Vajira Dissanayake	Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Akihiro Sakurai	Department of Medical Genetics, Sapporo Medical University, Japan

How program evaluation can be applied to genomics education of health professionals

Speaker:

Sylvia Metcalfe

Genetics Education and Health Research, Genetics Theme; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute - The Royal Children's Hospital, Australia

Knowledge translation

Speaker:

June C. Carroll

Department of Family & Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre, Canada

A national coordinated approach to workforce transformation

Speaker:

Michelle Bishop

Genomics Education Programme, Health Education England, Birmingham, UK

Telemedicine in the education of health professionals: sickle cell disease as an exemplar

Speaker:

Kunal Sanghavi

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine - Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; New York Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Genetics and Newborn Screening Services (NYMAC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Application of evidence-based educational practices

Speaker:

Michael J. Dougherty

American Society of Human Genetics, USA

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Room E (1F)

Moderators:

Julie McGaughran	Genetic Health Queensland, Australia
Euan Ashley	Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University, USA

Cardiovascular Precision Medicine

Speaker:

Euan Ashley

Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University, USA

Successes and Challenges from the Cardiac Genetics Clinic

Speaker:

Julie McGaughran

Genetic Health Queensland, Australia

From Mendelian syndromes to blockbuster drugs: the PCSK9 story

Speaker:

Catherine Boileau

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U698, Hôpital Bichat, France

Genetics of long QT syndrome

Speaker:

Wataru Shimizu

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Room E (1F)

Moderators:

Masashi Akiyama	Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Vinzenz Oji	Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Keratinization disorders

Speakers:

Vinzenz Oji

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Mutational analysis of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

Speakers:

Eijiro Akasaka

Dermatology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Vascular malformations: From diagnosis to therapy

Speakers:

Miikka Vikkula

Human Molecular Genetics, de Duve Institute, Universite catholique de Louvain; Center for Vascular Anomalies, Division of Plastic Surgery, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels; Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology WELBIO, de Duve Institute, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Genetic background of generalized pustular psoriasis

Speakers:

Kazumitsu Sugiura

Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30   Room B-2 (2F)

Moderators:

Takeshi Iwata	National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center, Japan
Rando Allikmets	Ophthalmology, Columbia University; Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, USA

Finding new genes for syndromic retinitis pigmentosa by next-generation sequencing

Speaker:

Rando Allikmets

Ophthalmology, Columbia University; Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, USA

Genetic study on early onset high myopia: A story from whole exome sequencing on 298 probands

Speaker:

Qingjiong Zhang

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Investigating gene-gene interactions in AMD to better understand disease

Speaker:

Paul N. Baird

Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Australia

Genes and molecular mechanisms of hereditary retinal diseases in Japanese population

Speaker:

Takeshi Iwata

National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Room B-2 (2F)

Moderator:

Shiro Ikegawa

Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science, Japan

Phenotypic Variations in Congenital Limb Malformations

Speaker:

Xue Zhang

McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China

The Genetic Research on OA: Goals and Challenges of the Translational Research

Speaker:

Qing Jiang

Joint Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, China

Treatment strategies for short stature in achondroplasia

Speaker:

Hiroshi Kitoh

Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Japan

Use of induced pluripotent stem cell technologies in disease modeling of skeletal dysplasia

Speaker:

Noriyuki Tsumaki

Dept. of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  15:00-16:30  Room C-1 (1F)

Moderator:

Kazushige Hanaoka

Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Jikei University, School of Medicine, Japan

Recent advancement of genetics and therapy in renal genetic diseases

Speaker:

Koichi Nakanishi

Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Japan

Genetics and pathophysiology in Fabry nephropathy

Speaker:

David G. Warnock

University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

What Makes Tubules Turn Cystic?

Speaker:

Gregory Germino

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health, USA; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

Current strategies for curing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Speaker:

Kazushige Hanaoka

Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Jikei University, School of Medicine, Japan

Wednesday, April 6  16:45-18:15  Room D (1F)

Moderator:

Robert Kuhn

Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Monday, April 4  14:00-15:30  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Eiji Nanba	Division of Functional Genomics, Research Center for Bioscience and Technology, Tottori University, Japan
Naomichi Matsumoto	Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

How to Write a Scientific Paper

Speakers:

Maximilian Muenke

Chief, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Director, NIH Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine Residency and Fellowship Programs, Bethesda, MD, USA

How to write a scientific paper and a good piece of literary prose

Speakers:

Giovanni Neri

Institute of Medical Genetics, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Rome, Italy

Monday, April 4  15:50-16:50  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Kenjiro Kosaki	Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Shinji Saitoh	Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Nagoya City University, Japan

Speaker:

Judith G. Hall

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Canada

Tuesday, April 5  8:00-10:00  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Nobuhiko Okamoto	Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
Ritsuko K. Pooh	CRIFM Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC, Osaka, Japan

Presenters/Discussants:

Nobuhiko Okamoto	Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
Ritsuko K. Pooh	CRIFM Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC, Osaka, Japan
Louanne Hudgins	Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, USA

Tuesday, April 5  10:20-12:20  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Norio Sakai	Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Japan
Han-Wook Yoo	Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

MPS

Presenter:

Motomichi Kosuga

Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan

Gaucher

Presenter:

Han-Wook Yoo

Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Luekodystrophy

Presenter:

Norio Sakai

Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, division of Health Sciences, Japan

Fabry

Presenter:

Kimitoshi Nakamura

Department of Pediatrics, Kumamoto University, Japan

Discussants:

Norio Sakai for 1 and 2	Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, division of Health Sciences, Japan
Han-Wook Yoo for 3 and 4	Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Tuesday, April 5  13:50-15:20  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Takashi Kohno	National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Yoshinori Murakami	Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Part 1: Genomic Medicine of Cancer on the Basis of the Somatic Mutations

Presenters:

Takashi Kohno	National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Sadakatsu Ikeda	Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, USA

Discussant:

Kuniko Sunami

National Cancer Research Center Hospital, Japan

Part 2: Genetic Counseling of Breast Cancer

Presenter:

Yoshinori Murakami

Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Discussants:

Seigo Nakamura	Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Showa University School of Medicine, Japan
Chieko Tamura	Certified Genetic Counselor, Japan / USA; Medical Information & Genetic Counseling Division, FMC Tokyo Clinic, Japan

Tuesday, April 5  15:40-17:10  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Thomas Gasser	German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany
Hiroyuki Ishiura	The University of Tokyo, Japan

Presenters:

Takashi Matsukawa	Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Masaki Tanaka	Department of Neurology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Yoshio Sakiyama	Department of Neurology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan

Discussants:

Bing-wen Soong	Department of Neurology, National Yand-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Hiroshi Takashima	Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, Japan

Thursday, April 7  8:00-9:30  Room D (1F)

Moderators:

Akihiro Sakurai	Sapporo Medical University, Japan
Meow-Keong Thong	Genetics and Metabolism Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Problem-based learning in genetics education in a developing country

Speaker:

Meow-Keong Thong

Genetics and Metabolism Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Genetics education in Philippine medical schools

Speaker:

Maria Melanie Liberty B. Alcausin
	Newborn Screening Reference Center, National Institutes of Health-University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Integrating genetics in undergraduate curriculum – Indian perspective

Speaker:

Seema Kapoor

Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Genetic Education for Undergraduate Medical Students in Japan

Speaker:

Atsushi Watanabe

Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School, Japan