11th International Congress of Human Genetics

Session Details

Poster Session 2a

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 16:30 -17:30

Exhibition Hall 2

Cytogenetic Profile of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Oman
  • Udaykumar M Achandira, Department of Genetics, College Of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • Genetic Variants of Cyclooxygenase-2: Association with Advanced Colorectal Adenomas
  • Iqbal U Ali, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, United States
  • DHPLC based method using quasimonomorphic mononucleotide repeats and pentaplex PCR for rapid and accurate MSI analysis in colorectal cancer
  • Gasper Berginc, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Slovenia
  • Transfection of a PAC contig covering the lung cancer critical region at 3p21.3 discloses the complexity of functional analysis of homozygous deletion regions
  • Charles HCM Buys, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
  • An Integrative Genomics approach in dominant familial Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)
  • Ms Catherine Carmichael, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Cadherin-7 Gene Amplification is Associated with Prostate Cancer
  • Veronica E Contreras-Shannon, University of TX Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, United States
  • Colorectal cancer in young Africans: do they follow the conventional pathway?
  • Leandra Cronje, University of the Witwatersrand and The National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa
  • Loss of heterozygosity in 8p and 11p as a prognostic marker for patients with transitional cell tumors of the urinary bladder
  • Delfina Fornari, Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Coincidence of evolutionarily plastic regions and cancer breakpoints
  • Stefan Imreh, Sweden
  • UVA and Ionising radiation induce persistent genomic instability and homologous recombination repair in human skin cells
  • Dr Ursula R Jewell, Christchurch School of Medicine, CGRG, Pathology Department, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, Germany
  • Limited clinical value of regular bone marrow cytogenetic analysis in imatinib-treated patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in chronic phase who maintain a major molecular response
  • Ms Rebecca Lawrence, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Australia
  • Construction of eukaryotic expression vector for mouse PS1-GFP
  • Jiahui Li, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
  • Additional chromosomal anomaly add(7)(q36?) in chronic myeloid leukemia – case report
  • Agripina G Lungeanu, Romania
  • Analysis of MSH2 missense mutations predisposing to HNPCC and Muir-Torre syndrome
  • Saara Ollila, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland., Finland
  • JAK2 V617F mutation presence in hematological malignancies
  • Spela Stangler Herodez, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Slovenia
  • Functional characterization of hMLH1 missense mutations using yeast and in vitro assays
  • Masanobu Takahashi, Department of Clinical Oncology, IDAC, Tohoku University, Japan
  • A new model of support and information for women / men with a BRCA1/2 gene mutation
  • Ms Laurie Taylor, Association of Genetic Support of Australasia, Australia
  • BRCA1 founder mutations unique to South Africa: Genealogical identification of founding couples
  • Dr Nerina C van der Merwe, Division of Human Genetics, University of the Free State, NHLS, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • Genetic Heterogeneity in Familial AML: A Role for Genes Other Than RUNX1 and CEBPA?
  • Ella Wilkins, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Probing for common rearrangements in South African oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell lines by dual and multiple colour fluorescent in situ hybridisation
  • Miss Jacqueline Brown, National Health Laboratory Services/University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Evaluation of the relation between urinary tract infection and ABO blood group antigens
  • Nasrin Ghasemi, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi Medical Sciences University, Iran
  • Leydig cell tumors of the testis: A molecular-cytogenetic study of 25 cases
  • David Horst, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
  • Molecular cytogenetic analyses of malignant brain tumor cells
  • Kyra Michalova, Center of Oncocytogenetics, General Faculty Hospital Prague, Czech Republic
  • Recurrent homozygous deletion on chromosome 18q22.3 in prostate cancer
  • Xavier T Reveles, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
  • Three unrelated clonal cell lines identified by cytogenetic analysis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) evolved from a pre-existing polycythemia vera (PV)
  • D Pal Singh-Kahlon, Genzyme Genetics, United States
  • Molecular cytogenetic strategy for the early detection and characterization of Fanconi Anemia-specific MDS- and AML-associated chromosomal imbalances
  • Dr Holger Tonnies, Institute of Human Genetics, Charité, Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • A genome-wide association study of early-onset BRCA1/2-negative invasive breast cancer among non-Hispanic Caucasian women
  • Habibul Ahsan, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, United States
  • Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome: What do Women Want?
  • Ms Rachel Austin, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
  • The Bilginturan syndrome is caused by multiple rearrangements on chromosome 12p
  • Dr Sylvia Bähring, Charité Campus Berlin-Buch, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Helios Clinics Berlin, Germany
  • Rapid translocation breakpoint mapping by ultra-high resolution array painting facilitates direct amplification and sequencing of junction fragments
  • Miss Deborah C Burford, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs, UK, United Kingdom
  • Type I hereditary hemochromatosis: dominating role of the environmental factors on the appearance of biological signs in patients C282Y/H63D
  • Claude Férec, INSERM U 613 (INSERM - UBO - EFS), Brest, France
  • Cytogenetic fingerprints of past exposure to high LET radiations
  • Dr Prakash Hande, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Morpholino antisense oligonucleotide induced dystrophin expression in the mdx mouse
  • Kaite Honeyman, Experimental Molecular Medicine Group, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, UWA, Australia
  • A five-year cytogenetic review of products of conception cases: Implications for first trimester non-invasive prenatal diagnosis
  • Mr Christopher Joy, Genetics Department, Queensland Medical Laboratory, Riverview Place, Murarrie, QLD, 4172, Australia
  • PSORS2 markers are not associated with psoriatic arthritis in the Italian population
  • Giuseppe Novelli, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
  • Why do de novo t(11;22)s arise only in sperm?: Analysis using a yeast model system
  • Dr Tamae Ohye, Div Molecular Genetics, Inst Compre Med Sci, Fujita Health Univ, Japan
  • Routine Karyotyping for Couples Presenting to an Infertility Clinic
  • Stephen J Withers, Genesis Clinical Genetics, Australia
  • Partial Trisomy 1q Syndrome: Report of a Case
  • Assoc Dr Dilek Aktas, Hacettepe University, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Turkey
  • Keipert-Danks syndrome is X-linked and maps to Xq22.2-28
  • David J Amor, Genetic Health Services Victoria, Australia
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 2 and Chemokine, CC Motif, Ligand 3 are Novel Molecular Markers to Predict the Development of Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease
  • Dr Kenji Furuno, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Pachydermoperiostosis: A Case Report of a Brazilian Family
  • Roberto Giugliani, Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Homozygosity for FBN1 missense mutation: clinical and molecular evidence for recessive Marfan syndrome
  • Ben CJ Hamel, Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • A Seven Generation European New Zealand Kindred with Brachydactyly A1:- Molecular and Clinical Study and a Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Dr Alexa M Kidd, Central and Southern Regional Genetics Services, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand, New Zealand
  • Transcriptional Profiling of Maternal Uniparental Disomy 7 cell lines
  • Dr Cecilia M Lindgren, Clinical Research Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Dep. of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Sara K Bruce, Dep. of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Mutations in ND5 gene rather than PDHE1alpha are associated with thiamine responsive Leigh Syndrome in India
  • Ms Shalini Mani, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
  • Polycystic kidneys, gall bladder abnormalities and other anomalies in siblings: a new syndrome?
  • Ingrid Meinecke, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Brisbane, Australia
  • A case of Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral (OAV) spectrum in a mother and probable VATER association in her daughter: coincidence or connected?
  • Dr Nicholas Pachter, Genetic Health Services Victoria &, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  • Management of children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome
  • Mary C Phelan, Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, United States
  • Tiling resolution array-CGH for the identification of gene dose imbalances in patients with autism spectrum disorders
  • Jacqueline Schoumans, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, CMM L8:02, Stockholm, Sweden
  • A new mental retardation – dysmorphic condition?
  • Carlos E Steiner, Department of Medical Genetics, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
  • Defining the phenotype in Floating Harbor syndrome
  • Susan M White, Genetic Health Services Victoria, Australia
  • Enrichment of foetal cells from the blood of pregnant women by fluorescence activated cell sorting
  • Dr Richard Allman, Genetic Technologies Ltd, Australia
  • Validation of the Tulip Classification for Causes of Perinatal Mortality
  • Katelijne Bouman, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
  • The proform of eosinophil major basic protein (ProMBP) and SP1 are efficient maternal serum markers for Down's syndrome in gestational week 6-8
  • Michael Christiansen, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Analysis of Placenta-derived mRNA in maternal plasma during pregnancy
  • Osamu Samura, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University,, Japan
  • Improved interpretation of aneuploidy screening QF PCR using relevant allele ratio ranges
  • Andrijana Trninic, Sydney Genetics and Sydney IVF, Australia
  • The capillary electrophoresis ability to distinguish and analyse free foetal DNA in maternal plasma using STR loci
  • Radek Vodicka, Department of Clinical Genetics and Foetal Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • The Search for DNA Mutations Which may Cause Smith - Magenis Syndrome: A project being undertaken at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga in 2006
  • Miss Kathryn A Addison, Charles Sturt University - Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia
  • The Role of TOM1L2 in Smith-Magenis Syndrome
  • Paula M Hauck, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
  • Identification of cis-Regulatory Elements for MECP2 Expression
  • Dr Jinglan Liu, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5323, USA, United States
  • Dr Uta Francke, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5323, USA, United States
  • Transcription regulation by GTF2IRD1 - A gene deleted in Williams-Beuren Syndrome
  • Pamela D Thompson, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Patient-based genetics scenarios for dietitians: their use for raising awareness and genetics education
  • Peter A Farndon, NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre, United Kingdom
  • Cross-cultural Counselling- barriers and interventions. A case report of prenatal diagnosis of fetal akinesia deformation sequence for a couple with traditional Islamic beliefs
  • Mr Ron A Fleischer, Genetic Counselling. Royal North Shore Hospital. St Leonards NSW, Australia
  • Education of Latvian medical students in DNA testing
  • Astrida Krumina, Riga Stradins University, Latvia
  • Development of a national genetics resource for general practitioners in Australia
  • A/Prof Sylvia A Metcalfe, GEM Consortium, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Dept Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • A survey of Australasian genetic counsellor's views on cultural difference and consanguinity
  • Mrs Helen Mountain, Murdoch University, Australia
  • Trisomy 18: Changes in sex ratio during intrauterine life
  • Dunja Niedrist, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prenatal screening and testing for Down syndrome: A pilot study of healthcare professionals' current knowledge and practice
  • Madelyn Peterson, Australia
  • Self help groups: pathological or positive partnership?
  • Kim M Summers, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Selenoprotein S is associated to coronary heart disease in two independent prospectively followed cohorts
  • Mervi Alanne, National Public Health Institute - KTL, department of Molecular Medicine, Finland
  • Polymorphisms in the Mismatch Repair Genes and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Canadian population
  • Bharati Bapat, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Genetic counselling in the context of a recent cancer diagnosis and Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer: helpful or harmful? A case report
  • Dr Kristine Barlow-Stewart, The Centre for Genetics Education, Australia
  • Multivariate Mixture Distribution Model to Analyse Twin Data of Unknown Zygosity
  • Beben Benyamin, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Frequency of haplotypes in the von Willebrand Factor gene in a selected sample of Mexican Mestizo population
  • Dr Leonor Buentello, Institute of Anthropology Research, UNAM., Mexico
  • Fabio Salamanca, Unit of Medical Research in Human Genetics. National Medical Center, IMSS, Mexico
  • Identification of Men with a Genetic Predisposition to Prostate Cancer: Targeted Screening in BRCA 1 / 2 Mutation Carriers and Controls: the IMPACT study
  • Dr Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Prostate Cancer, Sun Exposure and Genes Modifying Risk
  • Jo L Dickinson, Menzies Research Institute, Australia
  • Genome-wide Distribution of Linkage Disequilibrium in Taiwan Aborigines
  • Ms Dinusha Fernando, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
  • High Prevalence of Hypomorphic UGT1A1 Haplotypes in the Singapore Population
  • Denise L Goh, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Functional Alleles of a 5-Lipoxygenase Promoter Polymorphism are Associated with Myocardial Infarction
  • Jaana Hartiala, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, United States
  • Hooman Allayee, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, United States
  • The Repeat Frequency of Twins Using Two Sets of Census Data in Japan
  • Dr Yoko Imaizumi, Faculty of Health Science, Hyogo University, Japan
  • Association of a newly identified single nucleotide polymorphism (G148T) in the human kallikrein 10 (KLK10) gene with prostate cancer susceptibility
  • Dr Mary-Anne Kedda, Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia
  • Incidence of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in Poland: preliminary results
  • MD, PhD Malgorzata Krajewska-Walasek, Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  • Robotic Microscopy of Amniotic Fluid Cells for the Fully-Automated Quantitation of FISH Signals
  • Arved Kristjan
  • A comparison of two genetic methods for quantitative chimerism analysis after hematopoetic stem cell transplantation
  • Wolfgang Kühnau, Institute of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Germany
  • Power of TDT and AFBAC in genome-wide association studies
  • Xueying Liang, Center for Human Genetics Research and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, United States
  • Analysis of pooled DNA samples on high density arrays without prior knowledge of differential hybridization rates
  • Stuart Macgregor, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Identification of mutations in VWF gene in Mexican patients with von Willebrand disease
  • Biol Brenda M Melo-Nava, Unit of Human Genetics, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Dra Rosenda I Peñaloza, Unit of Human Genetics, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
  • MTHFR gene polymorpisms and homocysteine levels in hemodialysis patinets
  • Ivana Novakovic, Institute of Biology and Hum. Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • Occurrences of Chromosomal Abnormalities in Prolonged Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Cultures
  • Sun Kyung Oh, IRMP, MRC, Dept. OB&GY, College of medicine, Seoul National University, Korea
  • The role of MTHFR polymorphisms and dietary folate in childhood cancer
  • Dr Anne Ronan, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Australia, Australia
  • A quatitative model of errer accumulation during PCR amplification
  • Dr Nerina C van der Merwe, Department of Human Genetics, NHLS, South Africa
  • Newborn Screening in South Africa
  • Prof Philip Venter, University of Limpopo, South Africa
  • Heritability of Brachymesophalangia-V and Related Phenotypes in an endogamous population from eastern Nepal
  • Kimberly D Williams, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States
  • Quality assured first trimester screening for aneuploidies
  • Mr Michael Bonifacio, Sydney Genetics Sydney IVF, Australia
  • Perceptions of Genetic Counselling - A Student's View
  • Wen Min Cham, Australia
  • Screening for autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness: The Indian story
  • Giriraj R Chandak, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India
  • Subtelomeric Testing by Multiplex Ligation – dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) in a Diagnostic Setting
  • Ms Kathy Cox, Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
  • Emerging patterns of cryptic imbalances in patients with idiopathic mental retardation and multiple congenital anomalies: the Leuven experience
  • Dr Thomy JL de Ravel, Center for Human Genetics, UZ Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Integration of Genetics into Breast Cancer Management in South Africa
  • Dr J Nico P de Villiers, Genecare Molecular Genetics, South Africa
  • Jaclyn Gerber, Genecare Molecular Genetics, South Africa
  • Predictive testing for Huntington disease in Victoria, Australia- 1989-2004
  • A/Prof Martin B Delatycki, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
  • Altered Monoamine Oxidase Gene Expression in Response to Alcohol Exposure
  • Mr Michael Green, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
  • The Genetic Testing Quality Control Materials Program (GTQC)-Development of Verified Quality Control Materials for Huntington Disease, Fragile X and Ashkenazi Jewish Panel Genetic Testing
  • Lisa Kalman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
  • Developing a genetic clinic in Indonesia
  • Nanis S Marzuki, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Development of a new array-MAPH methodology for detection of copy-number changes and screening of patients with X-linked mental retardation
  • Dr Philippos C Patsalis, Department of Cytogenetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus, Cyprus
  • An audit of a mutation screening service for the 21-hydroxylase gene
  • Dr Simon Patton, National Genetics Reference Laboratory, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Genetic variants in the epithelial sodium channel and related pathway genes that associate with PPARγ induced fluid retention and oedema in Type 2 diabetic patients receiving Farglitazar
  • Colin Spraggs, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
  • Benefit and limitations of interphase M-FISH-applications on uncultured amnion cells and polar body biopsies
  • PD Dr Markus Stumm, Zentrum für Pränataldiagnostik, Kurfürstendamm 199, Berlin, Germany, Germany
  • Consanguinity, Life-styles and Longevity among Kurichians: a tribal population of Kerala, India
  • Dr Parvathi Kumara Reddy Thavanati, Instituto de Genetica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Successes and failures of the GOLD (Genetics of Learning Disability) Service in New South Wales
  • Prof Gillian Turner, NSW GOLD Service, Hunter Genetics, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Gestational Diabetes: a model for mapping genes involved in Type 2 Diabetes
  • Dr Alan Wilton, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales., Australia
  • Retrospective review of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for carriers of structural chromosome abnormalities
  • Dale Wright, Sydney IVF, Australia
  • Gene expression profiles in Xeroderma Pigmentosum fibroblasts after UV-light exposure
  • Ms Nikola A Bowden, NISAD/University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Challenges and Ethical Issues in Genetic Counselling when seeing multiple family members independently- Two Case Examples
  • Lisa Bristowe, Liverpool Health Service, Australia
  • Incorporating linkage information in testing strategies for genome-wide association studies in family-based designs
  • Mr David W Fardo, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, United States
  • High resolution detection of copy number changes and LOH using the Affymetrix® 500K Mapping SNP Array on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue
  • Dr Sharoni Jacobs, Affymetrix, Inc, United States
  • Upregulation of gene expression is a potential therapeutic strategy for methylmalonic aciduria
  • Dr Mahmoud S Khaniani, Paediatric Department, Melbourne University,Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran, Australia
  • Regions transcribed in the human germline have characteristic nucleotide substitution patterns
  • Miss Helen Lindsay, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australia
  • Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA evolutionary patterns in the TBGENENV case-control study of Tuberculosis in West Africa
  • Edmund Ling, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • High through-put Targeting Induced Local Lesions In Genomes (TILLING) using Applied Biosystems’ 3730 series capillary electrophoresis system
  • Andrew M Masel, Applied Biosystems, Brisbane, Australia
  • Galaxy2: An interactive platform for genome analysis and tool integration
  • Anton Nekrutenko, Penn State University, United States
  • Word frequency analysis reveals enrichment of dinucleotide repeats on human X chromosome and GATA in the X escape region
  • Gayle J Pageau, University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
  • Mitosis specific centromere association of phosphorylated RNA polymerase II in human cells
  • Richard Saffrey, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia
  • Detection of DNA Copy Number Changes using High Density Oligonucleotide Arrays
  • Michael H Shapero, Affymetrix, United States
  • Genotype × Adiposity Interaction Linkage Analyses Reveal a Locus on Chromosome 1 for a Marker of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
  • Dr Vincent P Diego, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, United States
  • Analysis of familial data in large pedigrees
  • Dr Stephen Quinn, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
  • Oxidative Stress in Maple Syrup Urine Disease Patients
  • Roberto Giugliani, Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Mutational Spectrum of steroid 21-hydroxylase in Australian patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: GeneMapper analysis and identification of 6 novel mutations
  • Mr Ivan N McGown, Mater Laboratory Services, Sth Brisbane, Australia
  • Oral miglustat in Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease: 1-year interim analysis
  • Marc C Patterson, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, USA, United States
  • Dr James Edmond Wraith, Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • A cohort study of the effects of MTHFR genotypes on homocysteine and folate levels in 1214 elderly women
  • Dr Richard L Prince, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Medium chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency screening by C8:C10 fatty acid chain ratio
  • Angela M Sharp, Chemical Pathology , QHPS-RBHC, Australia
  • Hearing impairment and deafness: Identification of novel gene loci for the Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome
  • Ralf Birkenhäger, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
  • Mitochondrial DNA HVII Polymorphisms Inheritance in a Brazilian Population
  • Dra Cintia Fridman, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Association of the Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5) with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in American Whites
  • Jennifer A Kelly, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, United States
  • Whole Genome Genotyping on BeadArray™ Technology
  • Semyon Kruglyak, Illumina, Inc, United States
  • MUTATIONS IN THE GENE ENCODING THE PML NUCLEAR BODY PROTEIN Sp110 ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNODEFICIENCY AND HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
  • Dr Tony Roscioli, 1Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney; 2Molecular & Cytogenetics Unit, Department of Haematology, Australia
  • Locus-wide association study of schizophrenia with 43 genes located in the 5q33.1 region
  • Hiroki Shibata, Division of Disease Genes, Research Center for Genetic Information, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Maping Genes Affecting Age-At-Onset of Alzeihmer's Disease in the Chromosome 8
  • Dr Jeffery M Vance, Duke University Center for Human Genetics, United States
  • Obesity-related traits linked to gene region on chromosome 7 but not to biochemical characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, which are influenced by perinatal factors
  • Prof Dr Robert Vlietinck, Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium and Population Genetics, University of Maastricht, Netherlands, Belgium
  • Analysis of the complement factor H gene in progression of age related macular degeneration
  • Paul N Baird, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • SALL1 mutations in sporadic Townes-Brocks syndrome are of predominantly paternal orgin without obvious paternal age effect
  • Johann Böhm, Institute of Human Genetics, Freiburg, Germany
  • Genetic and clinical study of Spanish families affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Jose M Garcia-Sagredo, Medical Genetics Dept., University Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
  • The Simple Intrafamilial Correlation Correction (SICC) Procedure
  • John B Harley, University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, OK, United States
  • Obesity-related phenotypes are associated with CART and CNR1 gene polymorphisms
  • Janaína P Jaeger, Universidade Federal do Rio grande do Sul, Brazil
  • The Maori Population as a Candidate for Admixture Gene Mapping
  • Dr Rod A Lea, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
  • Genomewide Quantitative Trait Association Study of Cardiac Repolarization identifies a QTL for the QT-interval in the CAPON/NOS1AP Gene
  • Arne S Pfeufer, Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Analysis of linkage disequilibrium with schizophrenia in three candidate genes: GRM-3, AKT-1 and NRG-1
  • Dr Sibylle G Schwab, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • High Density Genome Scanning using Affymetrix and Illumina chips: An evaluation of performance based on the HapMap
  • Dr Michael R Barnes, GlaxoSmithKline, Bioinformatics, United Kingdom
  • Linkage disequilibrium maps: from the LD landscape to genome-wide association
  • Andrew R Collins, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Whole genome association study for psoriasis using the Quebec LD Map
  • Bruno Paquin, Genizon BioSciences, Canada
  • Identification of Potentially Important Polymorphisms in the ABC Transporter Genes through their Genomic Signatures of Recent Positive Selection
  • Zihua Wang, Graduate Programme in Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Deficiency of delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase (P5CS) in a consanguineous NZ family
  • Miss Louise S Bicknell, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Unravelling the thin filament: mechanisms of weakness in inherited muscle disease
  • Ms Ana Domazetovska, Institute for Neuromuscular Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, Australia
  • From gene to function: Molecular genetics and biology of hydrolethalus syndrome
  • Heli Honkala, Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Finland
  • Partial Gene Duplications in ATP7A Accounts for 5% of the Disease Causing Mutations in Menkes Disease
  • Nina Horn, The Kennedy Institute - National Eye Clinic, Denmark
  • Molecular Genetic Analysis Of Families With Autosomal Recessive Retinal Dystrophy
  • Chitra Kannabiran, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad 500 034, India., India
  • Novel mutations of transforming growth factor-beta receptor genes found in Japanese patients with atypical Marfanoid arteriopathy
  • Hiroko Morisaki, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Japan
  • CDG 1a caused by a complex genotype, presenting with hydrops in the second trimester of pregnancy
  • Catherine Nicholls, Womens' and Childrens' Hospital Adelaide, South Australia., Australia
  • Mutations in the transforming growth factor receptor type 2 (TGFBR2) gene in patients with Marfan syndrome or Ehlers Danlos syndrome type IV like features
  • Dr Gerard Pals, Dept. of Clinical Genetics, VU medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Life without sulfatases: exploiting a mouse model of multiple sulfatase deficiency
  • Dr Carmine Settembre, 1) TIGEM – Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Naples, Italy;2)S.E.M.M. – European School of Molecular Medicine, Naple, Italy
  • Molecular study in two families with Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis syndrome
  • Carlos E Steiner, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Unicamp, Brazil
  • Studies with candidate genes for type II autosomal recessive cutis laxa, “wrinkly skin syndrome” or gerodermia osteodysplasica
  • Carlos E Steiner, Department of Medical Gentics, State University of Campinas (Unicamp)., Brazil
  • Association of GST Polymorphisms and its levels in Cataractous Lenses-A Possible Evidence of Oxidative Damage as a Causative Factor
  • Bhagya Laxmi Sukka Ganesh, Department of Genetics,Osmania University,Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chromatin-Binding Domains of EBNA1 Protein Facilitate the Transfection of EBV-based Vectors
  • Sara E Howden, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia
  • Accurate Humanised Mouse Models of Friedreich Ataxia
  • Dr Joseph P Sarsero, Genetic Health Research (Bruce Lefroy Centre), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • Antisense-mediated correction of spinal muscular atrophy gene through a novel intronic splicing silencer
  • Dr Ravindra N Singh, Department of Medicine, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA, United States
  • Co-inheritance of α- and β-thalassemia in Mice Ameliorates Thalassemic Phenotype
  • Miss Hsiao Phin J Voon, Cell and Gene Therapy Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hos, Australia
  • Genome-wide microRNA and mRNA expression signatures in mouse ES and differentiated cells
  • Caifu Chen, Applied Biosystems, United States
  • LGL1 is regulated in lung and kidney morphogenesis
  • Feige Kaplan, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, Mcgill University, Canada
  • N1 expression in the developing heart: Ambystoma Mexicanum is an amazing animal model for heart development
  • Dr Mehves Poda, Istanbul University, DETAE, Department of Genetics, Turkey
  • Reconstruction of a 450 MY-old Ancestral Vertebrate Proto-karyotype
  • Dr Horst Hameister, Dept. Human Genetics, University Ulm, Germany
  • Copy number variation hotspots in chimpanzees and humans
  • Charles Lee, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
  • Release Of The July 2005 Bovine Genome Assembly Reveals High Levels Of Cross Species Polymorphism In Ruminants
  • Tracey C van Stijn, AgResearch, New Zealand
  • Ms Nessa H O'Sullivan, AgResearch, New Zealand
  • From genetic discovery to genetic screening program: Developing tools for policy-makers to assess the relevance, effectiveness and feasibility of potential genetic screening programs
  • Dr Anne Andermann, McGill University and Agence d’Évaluation des Technologies et des Modes d’Intervention en Santé, Canada
  • Experiences of Genetic Discrimination among Presymptomatic Individuals who Carry the Mutation for Huntington disease
  • Yvonne Bombard, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • South African Biotechnology – Academia Meeting Commerce
  • Jaclyn Gerber, Genecare Molecular Genetics, South Africa
  • Dr J Nico P de Villiers, Genecare Molecular Genetics, South Africa
  • A so-called 'chromosome emergency" at the Love Canal. Consequences for a community and social policy implications
  • Ernest B Hook, University of California, Berkeley, United States
  • The Influence of Bioethics and Religious Ruling in Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion
  • Frouzandeh Mahjoubi, NIGEB, Iran
  • The Genetic Sequence Right: A sui generis alternative to patents
  • Dr Luigi Palombi, The Centre for the Governance of Knowledge & Development, RegNet, Australian National University, Australia
  • Modelling the dimensionality of smoking behaviour in linkage analysis: preliminary results from Australian twin families
  • Katherine I Morley, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • RASSF1A promoter methylation is frequently detected in both pre-malignant and non-malignant microdissected prostatic epithelial tissues
  • Mr Alan Aitchison, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
  • Genome-wide detection of DNA methylation using GeneChip® microarrays
  • Yan Cao, Affymetrix Inc., United States
  • Exposure of Mouse Embryos to Ethanol During Preimplantation Development: Effect on Methylation in the H19 Imprinting Control Region
  • Mr Philip C Haycock, Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Global Methylation Analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • David Mossman, University of Newcastle / Hunter Medical Research Institute, Australia
  • BORIS, a Novel Potential Cancer Biomarker is Expressed in Senescent Human Fibroblasts
  • Brissia Lazalde, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Mexico
  • Neighbouring nucleotides affect substitution rates in a base-composition dependent manner
  • Dr Gavin A Huttley, Australian National University, Australia
  • Filtering pharmacogenetic signals
  • Clive Bowman, Genetics Research, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
  • Development of Cellular Genomic Reporter Assays for the Pharmacological Therapy of Friedreich Ataxia
  • Ms Lingli Li, Genetic Health Research (Bruce Lefroy Centre), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • Altered expression of Regulator of G-protein signalling 4 and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase in the superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia
  • Ms Nikola A Bowden, NISAD/University of Newcastle, Australia
  • PHF6 Protein Expression is Regulated by Alternative Splicing of PHF6 mRNA
  • Dr Mark A Corbett, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Use of the Susceptibility Markers for Genetic Risk Profiling in Migraine
  • Lyn R Griffiths, Genomics Research Centre, Australia
  • Neuropathology and Global Gene Expression in Ts1Cje, a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
  • Chelsee A Hewitt, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
  • A potential migraine susceptibility locus refined to Xq28
  • Ms Marina Kerr, Genomics Research Centre, School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Genetic modifyers of CADASIL
  • Minna Pöyhönen, Biomedicum, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Can psychological variables be possible biomarkers of the onset in late-onset neurological disorders?
  • Jorge Sequeiros, IBMC, Univ. Porto, Portugal
  • Molecular pathology of mutations in the ARX homeobox gene
  • Dr Cheryl Shoubridge, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, Australia
  • Autoimmunity in Aire-knockout mice - a murine model of the monogenic human disorder Autoimmune-PolyEndocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy (APECED)
  • Sarah A Kinkel, Walter and Eliza Hall Insitute of Medical Research, Australia
  • A change in ganglioside synthesis associated with pathogenic mechanism in a familial form of multiple sclerosis
  • Dr Emilia Vitale, UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School Newark New Jersey USA/CNR Institute of Cybernetics, Naples, Italy, United States
  • Candidate genes for human brain evolution: Do they relate to head size and cognitive ability?
  • Michelle Luciano, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Case Study: A Prenatal Test for the Mitochondrial NARP mutation, T8993G
  • Ms Sarah Pantaleo, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, MCRI, Australia
  • Dr Desirée du Sart, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
  • Dr David Thorburn, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia
  • SNP-GeneChip based copy number assessment for Cytogenetic Diagnostics
  • Mr Gareth Price, Mater Medical Research Institute, Australia
  • Patrick Willems
  • Exploiting new technologies to find orthologs of human genes in the kangaroo and the platypus
  • Dr Amber E Alsop, Australian National University, Australia
  • Published on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser