Conference Program


07:45-08:15Registration
08:15-08:30Welcome address

State of the art on next generation sequencing analysis (moderator Michael Rossbach)
08:30-09:30Suzanne LealStatistical models for rare variant association analysis
09:30-10:30Paul de BakkerNext Generation Sequencing: Implications for the design of complex trait association studies
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-12:00Ivo GutChoosing the right sequencing tool for the Job
12:00-13:30Walking lunch

Student opportunity to interact with invited speakers (moderator Andreas Ziegler)
13:30-13:45Rita CacaceWhole genome sequencing in early-onset Alzheimer disease: re-instigation of gene hunting
13:45-14:00Pelagia DeriziotiNext-generation sequencing coupled to functional genomics implicates FOXP pathways in autism and language impairment
14:00-14:15Aline VerstraetenWhole genome sequencing for identification of novel genes for Parkinson disease
14:15-14:30Chloé SarnowskiImprinting and maternal genotype effects of 4q35 genetic variants on combined asthma-plus-rhinitis phenotype
14:30-14:45Stéphanie PhiltjensIdentification of novel genes for frontotemporal lobar degeneration using whole genome sequencing
14:45-15:00Short break
15:00-15:15Caroline Van CauwenbergheFine-mapping of the PICALM locus in Alzheimer disease, CSF biomarker profile analysis and neurofibrillary pathology in a Flanders-Belgian cohort
15:15-15:30Myriam BrossardHow can genotype imputations contribute to the identification of disease causal variants in genome-wide associations studies of complex diseases?
15:30-15:45Bärbel MausInference and comparison of different genetic stratification techniques
15:45-16:00Raf WinandExtension of healthy life using preventive genomics
16:00-16:15Attila BercesSimulation based analysis quality control for genomic biomarker discover
16:15-16:30Coffee break

Session summary and case study
16:30-17:15Andreas ZieglerShort summary presentation of afternoon session
17:15-18:00Samuli RipattiCase study: Cardiovascular disease
18:30-22:30Social Event