11th International Congress of Human Genetics

Session Details

Poster Session 2b

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 17:30 -18:30

Exhibition Hall 2

Worldwide investigation of a BRCA1 founder mutation causing breast-ovarian cancer found exclusively in the Greek population
  • Dr Theodore Anagnostopoulos, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, IRRP, National Centre for Scientific Research, Greece
  • KIF14 mRNA expression is a predictor of grade and outcome in breast cancer
  • Mr Timothy W Corson, Ontario Cancer Institute/University of Toronto, Canada
  • Canine: a genomic model for human breast cancer
  • Dr Silvia SE Crusco, UNIP - Universidade Paulista, Brazil
  • Dr Marcela MP Milazzotto, FMVZ- USP, Brazil
  • Dr Hugo H Murua Escobar, Center for Human Genetics - Bremen, Germany
  • Dr Fabiane F Siqueira, UNESP, Brazil
  • Dr Luiz LL Coutinho, ESALQ - USP, Brazil
  • Dr Claudio CM Melo, Universidade Federeal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Dr Alexandre AL Andrade, UNESP, Brazil
  • Dr Jose JF Garcia, UNESP, Brazil
  • Inflammation degree of esophageal mucosa cells from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) patients is related to DNA damage frequency
  • Prof Dertia V Freire-Maia, Sao Paulo Federal University (UNIFESP), Brazil
  • Frequency and accuracy of the first-degree family history of cancer
  • Roberto Giugliani, Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Hs.568769 and DNTT (TdT): ‘partners in crime’ in a novel t(5;10) translocation in ALL?
  • Dr Sheryl M Gough, Cancer Genetics Research Group, Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand
  • Genetic characterization of chordoma using tiling resolution BAC microarrays
  • Dr Karolin Hansén Hallor, Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
  • A large duplication including exons 3 to 7 of the mismatch repair gene MSH 2 is associated with the Muir-Torre syndrome
  • Ingo Hansmann, Institut für Humangenetik und Medizinische Biologie; MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
  • Haplotype and linkage disequilibrium analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes: identification of a hemizygous region of BRCA2 in a German high risk breast cancer familiy
  • Wera Hofmann, Department of Tumor Genetics, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
  • Fine Mapping Of The 15q Glioma Susceptibility Locus And Search For Candidate Genes
  • Hong Jiao, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Localization of breast cancer modifying loci using a whole genome SNP linkage disequilibrium mapping
  • Tomas Kirchhoff, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
  • BORIS Transcripción in Fibrocystic Mastopathy: A Case Report
  • Brissia Lazalde, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Mexico
  • Altered X chromosome inactivation profiles in breast and ovarian cancer
  • Felicity Lose, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Complex structural and numerical abnormalities in myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorders
  • Agripina G Lungeanu, Romania
  • Germinal mutation of NBS1 gene as a risk factor for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children
  • Prof Jerzy Nowak, Institute of Human Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • Fine mapping of regions containing potential prostate cancer susceptibility genes in a large Tasmanian family
  • Briony Patterson, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, 7001., Australia
  • Efficiency of extraction and amplification of DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded archival bone marrow trephine specimens
  • Dr Dipti Talaulikar, ACT Pathology & The Canberra Hospital, Australia
  • Knocking down of Hsp27 radiosensitizes DU145 cancer cells
  • Dr Shahram Teimourian, Immunology, Asthma & Allergy Research Institute, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Expression Profiling of Familial Breast Tumours
  • Nic Waddell, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Identification of novel chromosome 22 tumour suppressor genes involved in ovarian and breast cancer
  • Louise H Williams, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
  • Prospective study of 174 Chinese de novo acute myelogenous leukemias according to the WHO classification: subtypes, cytogenetic features and FLT3 mutations
  • Dr Liming Bao, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, United States
  • The pressure of genetic disease on Iran: Strategies towards prevention
  • Nasrin Ghasemi, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi Medical Sciences University, Iran
  • Detection of MALT1 gene rearrangements by FISH using AP12 and MALT specific probes in the peripheral blood lymphocytes of the Helicobacter Pylori seropositive patients
  • Stavroula N Kokkinou, SISMANOGLIO GENERAL HOSPITAL - CYTOGENETIC UNIT, Greece
  • Screening for Sub-microscopic Chromosomal Rearrangements in Wilms Tumor using Whole Genome Microarrays
  • Evica Rajcan-Separovic, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Cytogenetic Review of Paediatric AML over 7 Consecutive Years
  • Arabella Smith, Department of Cytogenetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
  • Cytogenetic study of 145 myelodysplastic syndromes from India
  • Babu Rao Vundinti, Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR), India
  • Combined Cytogenetic and Y Chromosome Microdeletion Screening of Turkish Infertile Males
  • A/Prof Dr Dilek Aktas, Department of Genetics, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, TURKEY, Turkey
  • Genetic counseling for BRCA1/2 among a population-based cohort of women with breast carcinoma in situ
  • Elizabeth B Claus, Yale University School of Medicine, United States
  • A case-control association study for analysing the implication of different candidate genes in congenital hip dislocation
  • Claude Férec, INSERM U 613 "Génétique moléculaire et génétique épidémiologique", Brest, France
  • Unexpected cryptic chromosomsal complexity: microarray and FISH analysis reveals an interstitial duplication of 5q13 present in a recombinant chromosome arising from a complex paternal chromosome rearrangement involving chromosomes 5, 7 and 12
  • Ms Barbara Gibbons, North East London Regional Cytogenetics Laboratory, Great Ormond St Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Inheritance of a maternal preferentially inactivated X by a monosomy X conceptus
  • Kathy Hardy, Cyto Labs Pty Ltd, Australia
  • A novel 3.5 Mb interstitial deletion of chromosome 15q24.1-q24.3 detected by array CGH and review of the literature
  • Eva Klopocki, Institute of Medical Genetics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
  • Jumping Translocation at Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Rajkumar Krishnaswamy, TissuPath Pty Ltd, Australia
  • Inherited and “de novo”chromosomal changes identified in cases with reproductive failures
  • Agripina G Lungeanu, Romania
  • Biparental inheritance of non-mosaic 5-5 translocation
  • Nicole J Martin, Queensland Fertility Group, Australia
  • Genetic Analysis of the relationship between NRG, ErbB and Schizophrenia
  • Dr Matthew R Nelson, GlaxoSmithKline, United States
  • Array-CGH: a useful tool to detect and characterise subtelomere abnormalities in patients with intellectual disability
  • Jillian K Nicholl, Children,Youth and Women's Health Service, Australia
  • Detailed Mapping of a Deletion at Chromosome 5q14.3 involving MASS1/VLGR1 in a Patient with Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Hua Ren, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
  • Partial trisomy 12q by duplication of 12q12->q21: a rare chromosome aberration
  • Ms Deise H Souza, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Brazil
  • Sodium Selenite Induces Apoptosis in Cultured Cortical Neurons with Special Concomitant Changes in the Expression of Apoptosis-related Genes
  • Prof Rong Xiao, Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100069, P.R.China, China
  • Wei Wang, China
  • A Novel Mutation in the OFD 1 Gene in A Filipino Child with Oral Facial Digital Syndrome Type 1
  • Eva Maria Cutiongco, National Institutes of Health Philippines, Philippines
  • Microcephaly and radio-ulnar synostosis: another case of Giuffrè-Tsukahara syndrome with supposed X-linked semi-dominant inheritance
  • Harald Gaspar, Switzerland
  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia and Other Skeletal Anomalies in a Patient with the 6p25 Microdeletion Syndrome
  • Dr Peter Kannu, Genetic Health Services Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Australia
  • Tel-Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome in a 10 year-old boy
  • Dirk Korinth, Switzerland
  • De novo duplication (19)(q13.1q13.3); second case with a mild phenotype
  • Julie M McGaughran, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Australia
  • Clinical features of CMT associated with mutations in the neurofilament light chain polypeptide gene
  • Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Dept. of Medical Genetics and Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria, Austria
  • Blepharofacioskeletal syndrome and Schilbach-Rott syndrome are the same disorder: another case
  • Danilo Moretti-Ferreira, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Brazil
  • Likelihood ratio tests of association for X-linked genes using a case-parents design
  • Richard Morris, Anesthesiology, DUKE University, United States
  • Large deletions of the MECP2 gene in Chinese patients with classical Rett syndrome
  • Hong Pan, Peking University First Hospital, China
  • Congenital cataracts, facial dysmorphism, neuropathy - clinical study of a new family
  • Dr Cristina Rusu, University of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Romania
  • A new syndrome of jaw fusion, microcephaly and colobomata?
  • Rachel D Susman, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Australia
  • Characterization of Proteus Syndrome Associated with Atrial Septal Defect in a Thai Male Adolescent with Disproportionate Overgrowth Disorder
  • Dr Objoon Trachoo, Division of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Clinical Manifestations of Beta Thalassemia-Hb E Disease Associated with IgA Nephropathy in a Thai Identical Twin
  • Dr Objoon Trachoo, Division of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Depression as a Diagnostic Clue to Undiagnosed Klinefelter Syndrome
  • Stephen J Withers, Genesis Clinical Genetics, Australia
  • Quantification of male (foetal) cells in a background of female (maternal) cells.
  • Dr Richard Allman, Genetic Technologies Ltd, Australia
  • Couple Cystic Fibrosis Mouthwash Screening: Experience of an after-hours Drop in Clinic Service. Is it working?
  • Louise Christie, GOLD Service, Hunter Genetics, Australia
  • Mosaic tetrasomy 18p: Studies of parent and cell division of origin, prenatal and postnatal findings in 3 carriers
  • Dagmar Hansmann, Institute of Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Counselling, Bonn-Meckenheim, Germany
  • Birth defects and possible imprinting defects after assisted conception
  • Dr Paul AL Lancaster, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards NSW, Australia, Australia
  • MTHFR C677T polymorphism and elevation of transaminases in Mexican patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis treated with methotrexate
  • Juan P Mena, Doctorado en Genetica Humana, IGH, U de G; Division de Genetica CIBO, IMSS, Mexico
  • Prenatal Diagnosis of Menkes Disease
  • Dr Nicholas Pachter, Genetic Health Services Victoria & Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  • Pregnancy after preimplantation genetic diagnosis exclusion testing for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Sharyn E Stock-Myer, Melbourne IVF, Australia
  • Quality aspects in prenatal cytogenetic diagnostics: Effect of various factors on the quality of in situ culture and slide preparation of primary amniotic fluid and chorionic villi biopsy cells
  • Ron F Suijkerbuijk, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Dynamic regulation of dyslexia candidate gene product DYX1C1 in cell stress reaction
  • Nina J Kaminen-Ahola, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Unequal distribution of Alu repeat conformations in human genes
  • Harald M Oey, Australia
  • Frequency of Sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) Mutations in Hereditary and Sporadic Paget’s Disease of Bone in the United States
  • Emily C Rhodes, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States
  • Genetic Counselling Within a Multidisciplinary Team Setting
  • Jennifer L Berkman, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Australia
  • A successful example of (Re)Establishing a Genetic Counselling Service in rural NSW, Australia
  • Mr Matthew J Burgess, Greater Southern Area Health Service, NSW, Australia
  • Genetics education for midwives in Victoria (Australia) - The current scene
  • Ms Yasmin Bylstra, GEM Consortium, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • Lost in translation – the challenges of genetic counselling for the Sudanese population
  • Kellie S Chenoweth, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Australia
  • Determinants of familial risk perception of common diseases
  • Prof Jon Emery, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • The UK NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre: principles and challenges
  • Peter A Farndon, NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre, United Kingdom
  • Communicating genetic information to family members- what families have to say?
  • Ms Laura E Forrest, Genetic Education and Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
  • Evaluation of multimedia genetic education resources in Australian secondary schools
  • Ms Amy E Nisselle, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Rapid genotyping of R577X and Q523R polymorphisms of Actinin alpha 3 gene, in the Italian population and elite endurance athletes by real time pcr
  • Andrea Paparini, Department of Health Sciences - IUSM, Italy
  • The development of an electronic Family History Tool for Australian general practice
  • Ms Gabrielle T Reid, The University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Challenges of Non-Disclosure
  • Jennifer Schulz, Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Australia
  • Teaching principles of genetics through SNP analysis
  • Kim M Summers, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Paternally Transmitted Haplotypes of the Imprinted Insulin Gene are Associated with Size for Gestational Age
  • Ronald M Adkins, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United States
  • The genetic basis of age at menarche: heritability and linkage analyses from a large longitudinal study of twin families
  • Carl A Anderson, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Homozygous R117H CFTR mutation - parental R117H or uniparental disomy or R117del?
  • Dr Bruce H Bennetts, Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW Australia, Australia
  • Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome, Type III (TRP III): A familiy case report
  • Nory O Dávalos-Rodríguez, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Molecular Progression from Retinoma to Retinoblastoma
  • Helen Dimaras, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada
  • Investigation on the polymorphisms of CYP2E1, GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genes in a group of patients with esophagitis
  • Prof Dertia V Freire-Maia, Sao Paulo Federal University (UNIFESP), Brazil
  • Screening for deletions in the KLK gene family using small pedigrees
  • Anna M Johansson, Dept. of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sweden
  • Genetic and Archaeological Evidences from South Pacific to Purepechas, Amerindians of Michoacan Mexico
  • Dr Francisco Loeza, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
  • Estimation of the cystic fibrosis mutation dF508 frequency in Latvia
  • Timurs Maculins, RSU, Latvia
  • Polymorphism of CYP1A1and mEH Genes and Susceptibility to Bladder Cancer in Northern India
  • Dr Rama Devi Mittal, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
  • Development of a densely genotyped population reference sample: a resource for population, disease, and pharmacological genetics research
  • Dr Matthew R Nelson, GlaxoSmithKline, United States
  • Strategies for Characterizing Regions of Genetic Association
  • Dr Matthew R Nelson, GlaxoSmithKline, United States
  • Study of MEFV mutations in the Iranian population by means of reverse-hybridization teststrips
  • Christian Oberkanins, ViennaLab Labordiagnostika GmbH, Vienna, Austria
  • A cohort study of the effects of MTHFR genotypes on bone structure 1214 elderly women
  • Dr Richard L Prince, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Infantile Arterial Calcification: Successful Treatment with Bisphosphonates
  • Dr Tony Roscioli, Molecular and Clinical Genetics Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Prevalence of structural haemoglobin variants in malaria endemic states of northeast India
  • Dr Santanu Kumar Sharma, REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, N.E. REGION (INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH), DIBRUGARH-786001, ASSAM, India
  • NBS1 founder mutation and Darwinian fitness
  • Karl Sperling, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
  • A clarification of the Hardy-Weinberg law
  • Alan E Stark, Australia
  • Hospitalisation patterns of people with Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome in Western Australia
  • Ms Allyson K Thomson, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Analysis of Head Circumference, Birth Weight and Birth Length in Japanese triplets
  • Prof Yoshie Yokoyama, Japan
  • The effect of ethnicity on serum marker concentrations and nuchal translucency measurements in first trimester Combined Ultrasound and Biochemical screening for Down’s syndrome
  • Dr Jennifer A Crossley, Institute of Medical Genetics, United Kingdom
  • Detection of microsatellite instability in peripheral blood of a Filipino family with HNPCC
  • Ma Luisa E Enriquez, Research and Biotechnology Division, St. Luke's Medical Center and College of Science, De La Salle University, Philippines
  • Consumer contribution to the delivery of Genetic Health Services in Victoria - Measures of satisfaction
  • Mrs Robin M Forbes, Genetic Health Services Victoria, Australia
  • DNA repair genes and genetic susceptibility in malignant melanoma patients
  • Gilka F Gattás, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Rapid Pre-screen Mutation Analysis in a UK Diagnostic Laboratory
  • John F Harvey, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, United Kingdom
  • The Genetic Testing Quality Control Materials Program (GTQC)-A sustainable community process to improve availability of appropriate, verified quality control (QC) materials for genetic testing
  • Lisa Kalman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
  • Risk Perception of Developing Inherited Diseases
  • Drª Ângela M T Leite, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Univ. Porto, Portugal, Portugal
  • Genetics and health care: Perception, knowledge and attitudes of health professionals and mothers about risk factors and prevention of mental retardation
  • Antonia Paula Marques-de-Faria, Department of Medical Genetics State University of Campinas School of Medicine, Brazil
  • Developing Recommendations for a Core Curriculum in Genetics in Medicine and Allied Health
  • Dr Wiji AP Nadesapillai, Genetic Health Services Victoria, 10th Floor, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
  • Population Screening for Cystic Fibrosis and the Ashkenazi Jewish Disorders
  • Mr Steven Nasioulas, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, MCRI, Australia
  • Genetics professionals views of outcome measures for genetics services: A Delphi survey
  • Dr Katherine Payne, Nowgen & University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Fragile X parental opinions towards a Newborn Screening Programme for Fragile X Syndrome
  • Carolyn Rogers, GOLD Service, Hunter Genetics, Australia
  • Profile of a hospital-based genetic counselling service in a developing country (Malaysia) in 1995 and 2005
  • Dr Meow Keong Thong, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Mutation detection in Duchenne & Becker Muscular Dystrophy
  • Corrina Walsh, Molecular & Cytogenetics Unit, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Australia
  • Epigenetic alterations in tumor suppressor genes among non-familial breast carcinomas
  • Azhar B Ali, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • The Nomenclature of Human Genes
  • Elspeth A Bruford, HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, United Kingdom
  • Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM): Knocking Out All Murine Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Richard H Finnell, Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, United States
  • Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1a in a 6 year-old-girl with a mild intellectual phenotype: 2 novel PMM2 mutations
  • Dr Matthew Hunter, Royal Childrens Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
  • Non-hotspot-related breakpoints of common deletions in Sotos syndrome are located within destabilized DNA regions
  • Naomichi Matsumoto, Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology (SORST), JST, Kawaguchi, Japan, Japan
  • Structural characterization and high-throughput genotyping of human intermediate-size structural variation
  • Tera L Newman, University of Washington, United States
  • Distribution of human genomic large-scale copy number variants (LCVs) in three ethnic populations
  • Dr Evica Rajcan-Separovic, Dept. of Pathology , University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Association of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene with Mulitple Sclerosis
  • Dr Lotti Tajouri, Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Science, Griffith University Gold Coast, Southport, Queensland, Australia 4215, Australia
  • Comparative genomics supports significance of mutations in two models for inherited eye disease, VMD2 and PRCD
  • Barbara Zangerl, Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  • BioParser: recursive descent parsing of bioinformatics text databases using perl
  • John V Pearson, Translational Genomics Research Institute, United States
  • Evaluation Of Oxidative Stress In Treated Phenylketonuric Patients
  • Roberto Giugliani, Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis: what does it happen from birth until diagnosis?
  • Roberto Giugliani, Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Mice with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency and men with hyperhomocysteinemia have reduced expression of Apolipoprotein A-I, the major protein in HDL Cholesterol
  • Rima Rozen, McGill University, Canada
  • Molecular Analysis of DIA1 gene in a Thai Female Patient Suspected of Hereditary Methemoglobinemia
  • Dr Objoon Trachoo, Division of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Comparison of differential gene expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes among individuals with arsenical skin lesions and selenium-supplemented individuals from a Bangladeshi population chronically exposed to arsenic
  • Habibul Ahsan, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, United States
  • Replication of linkage and association of PROP perception to chromosome 7 and suggestion of novel loci on chromosome 6
  • Jonathan L Hansen, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Molecular Genetic Studies On Autosomal Recessive Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy
  • Chitra Kannabiran, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad 500 034, India, India
  • Linkage mapping of a major familial Ménière disease locus to human chromosome 14
  • Miss Yvonne Lowe, Division of Molecular Genetics, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • A familial duplication of Xp22.2 analysed with high resolution X chromosome specific array-MAPH (Multiplex Amplifiable Probe Hybridization) methodology
  • Philippos C Patsalis, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus
  • DRD2 TaqI A and COMT val158met Polymorphisms are Associated with Pain Response in Chinese Heroin-dependent Males
  • Dr Alfreda Stadlin
  • Genome-Wide Linkage Scan for QTL Influencing Measures of the Pubertal Growth Spurt in Healthy Children from the Fels Longitudinal Study
  • Bradford Towne, Wright State University School of Medicine, United States
  • Characterization of the 2p12 dyslexia candidate region
  • Ms Heidi Anthoni, Dept. of Biosciences at Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Multivariate Quantitative Trait Analysis in Genome-wide Association: An Application to Gene Expression Phenotypes
  • Dr David M Evans, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Implication of an apoptosis-related pathway in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility
  • Anna S Hellquist, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
  • Examination of the effect of heterogeneity on the chromosome 10 risk in Late-onset Alzheimer Disease
  • Xueying Liang, Center for Human Genetics Research and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, United States
  • Seeming difficulties of telomere aging theory are explained by uneven shortening of telomeres in cells of different tissues and organs
  • Viktor M Mikhelson, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Stroke susceptibility loci in the northern Swedish population
  • Sofie Nilsson-Ardnor, Sweden
  • Syntropies as phenome components. Syntropic genes
  • Valery P Puzyrev, Institute for Medical Genetics, Tomsk Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia
  • Genetic Variation in the Class I Region of the HLA Complex is Associated with Susceptibility to Multiple Sclerosis
  • Justin P Rubio, The Howard Florey Institute, Australia
  • The COL12A1 and COL14A1 genes and Achilles tendon injuries
  • Dr Alison V September, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine of the Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences,, South Africa
  • Linkage disequilibrium between polymorphisms at the IRF6 locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in the Italian population
  • Paolo Carinci, Department of Histology, Embryology, and Applied Biology; Center of Mol. Genetics, CARISBO Foundation, University of Bologna, Italy
  • A Tool for Selecting SNPs for Association Studies Based on Observed Linkage Disequilibrium Patterns
  • Francisco M De La Vega, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA, United States
  • The serotonin transporter gene: haplotype analysis in different psychiatric disorders
  • Daria Gaysina, Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Scientific Center, RAS, Russia
  • The HapMap as a tool in candidate gene association studies
  • Edmund Ling, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Redefining the null hypothesis for Hardy Weinberg equilibrium
  • Kelli K Ryckman, Vanderbilt University, United States
  • Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) in French Canadians: Founder effect and genotype - phenotype correlation
  • Eva Andermann, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Canada
  • Evaluation of LMNA as a Candidate Gene for Familial Atrial Fibrillation
  • Dr Guanglan Guo, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia
  • Spectrum mutations in the Factor VIII gene among patients with severe, mild and moderate haemophilia A
  • Prof Jürgen Horst, Institut für Humangenetik, Münster, Germany
  • Genetic Analysis Of A Family With Granular Corneal Dystrophy
  • Chitra Kannabiran, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034., India
  • Genetic heterogeneity of uromodulin associated kidney diseases
  • Stanislav Kmoch, Center for Applied Genomics, Institute for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Severe nemaline myopathy caused by mutations of the stop codon of the skeletal muscle alpha actin gene (ACTA1)
  • Nigel Laing, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Molecular Analysis of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Thailand
  • Miss Yuwarat Monteerarat, Medical Scholar Programme, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Molecular Characterisation of a Novel Case of Friedreich Ataxia
  • Ms Novita Puspasari, Genetic Health Research (Bruce Lefroy Centre), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • Identification of novel interacting partners of the BBS2 protein supports complex inheritance in Bardet-Biedl syndrome
  • Dr Alison J Ross, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom
  • Mutation analyses of factor VIII gene using direct sequencing method in severely or moderately affected Korean hemophilia A patients
  • Sung H Shim, Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Korea
  • Youl H Cho, Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Korea
  • Mutiple Familial Trichoepithelioma in two brothers with normal parents
  • Carlos E Steiner, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Unicamp, Brazil
  • A preliminary estimate of the incidence of deleterious BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in the general population of Ontario, Canada
  • Dr Sherry AM Taylor, Kingston General Hospital, Canada
  • A platform for testing systemic treatment protocols
  • Kaite Honeyman, Experimental Molecular Medicine Group, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, UWA, Australia
  • Development of Fluorescence-Based Genomic Reporter Assay for High-Throughput Screening of Potential Fetal Hemoglobin Inducers
  • Ms Preeyachan Lourthai, Cell and Gene Therapy Group, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia., Australia
  • Exon skipping in the 4CV mouse model of Muscular Dystrophy
  • Chalermchai Mitrpant, Experimental molecular medicine group, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Transgenic Genomic Reporter Assays for Functional Studies and Stem Cell Therapy
  • Dr Joseph P Sarsero, Genetic Health Research (Bruce Lefroy Centre), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • A Novel Cryptic Splice Site in IVSI-110 β-thalassemia
  • Dr Jim Vadolas, Cell and Gene Therapy Group, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia., Australia
  • PTC124: a novel therapeutic for the treatment of genetic disorders caused by nonsense mutations
  • Ellen M Welch, PTC Therapeutics, United States
  • Heterozygous Lgl1 knockout mice display delayed maturation of the lung and kidney
  • Dr Feige Kaplan, Montreal Child. Hosp. Res. Inst. and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Canada
  • Assessing the role of Cited2 in human congenital heart disease
  • Ken Maclean, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia
  • Tetragametic Chimerism Detected in Healthy Twins
  • Martin J Somerville, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Use of the human and cattle genome sequences to identify novel microsatellite markers within the Major Histocompatibility (MHC) region of Sheep
  • Hannah M Henry, AgResearch, New Zealand
  • Evolutionary History of the Human X Chromosome
  • Dr Matthew J Wakefield, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
  • A proposed framework for genetic screening policy-making that identifies multiple decision nodes according to the development-implementation-evaluation cycle
  • Dr Anne Andermann, McGill University and Agence d’Évaluation des Technologies et des Modes d’Intervention en Santé, Canada
  • Improving Quality Assurance and Quality Control Materials for Rare Disease Genetic Testing
  • Dr Bin Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
  • SNP variation at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Cluster in the Maori Population
  • Mr David A Hall, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
  • OXTR polymorphism is associated with reproductive phenotypes in men and women
  • Ms Zoë M Prichard, Predictive Medicine Group, Australian National University, Australia
  • GSTP1 Promoter Methylation in Healthy Women Older than 65 Years
  • Brissia Lazalde, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Mexico
  • Different incidence of epigenetic and genetic alterations between Japanese and Caucasian patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
  • Dr Hidenobu Soejima, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
  • Trisomies represent risk factors for further independent non-disjunction events or subsequent complex rearrangements
  • Alessandra Baumer, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Visualisation of gene by gene interactions in pharmacogenetics
  • Mr Clive Bowman, Genetics Resarch, GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford, London, United Kingdom
  • Integrated model for the identification of drug targets and biomarkers in the development of new medicines for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Nigel K Spurr, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom
  • High frequency of partial SPG4 gene deletions in hereditary spastic paraplegia
  • Christian Beetz, Institut fuer Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Epilepsy, fetal anticonvulsant syndrome and MTHFR
  • John C Dean, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  • Complete high-density genomic screen for Parkinson’s disease in Tunisia
  • Lianna S Ishihara, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Cytokine Secretion, Oxidative Damage, Cell Growth and Apoptosis in Lymphoblastoid Cells and Skin Fibroblasts of Patients with MERRF Syndrome and A8344G Point Mutation of Mitochondrial DNA
  • Chen-Ling Kuo, Vascular and Genomic Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Taiwan
  • Linkage and association to chromosome 1q43 in multiple sclerosis
  • Dr Jacob L McCauley, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
  • Dr Jonathan L Haines, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
  • Parkinson’s disease and the meaning of family history
  • Dr George D Mellick, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
  • Genomewide Significant Linkage to Migrainous Headache
  • Dr Dale R Nyholt, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia, Australia
  • Clinical and genetic heterogeneity of recessive ataxia in the Hispanic population
  • Astrid Rasmussen, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez (INNN), Mexico City, Mexico
  • Facial and Vocal Emotion Recognition in Huntington’s Disease
  • Dr Sheila A Simpson, Clinical Genetics, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom
  • No association between MTRR A66G and MTHFR A1298C, and MS in an Australian cohort
  • Mr Attila L Szvetko, Genomics Research Centre, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Non-invasive foetal HLA typing using cell-free DNA.
  • Dr Richard Allman, Genetic Technologies Ltd, Australia
  • Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in Japanese: a gene-based analysis
  • Dr Toshiro Hara, Dept of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Med Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Analysis of MeCP2 protein expression in peripheral blood cells of RTT patients with common recurrent mutations
  • Alka Saxena, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Prof David Ravine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • A genetic basis for cognitive decline after cardiac surgery
  • Richard W Morris, Duke University Medical Center, United States
  • Further evidence that the 9q deletion syndrome phenotype is caused by disruption of a single gene, EHMT1
  • Dr Michael T Gabbett, Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales., Australia
  • Published on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser