Joint Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/Wellcome Trust Conference

PHARMACOGENOMICS
October 17 - 20, 2007
Abstract Deadline: August 10, 2007

Organizers:
Alison Coffey, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Michel Eichelbaum, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
Steve Leeder, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, USA
Munir Pirmohamed, University of Liverpool, UK
Dick Weinshilboum, Mayo Medical School, Minnesota, USA
Roland Wolf, University of Dundee, UK

2007 Program Summary

2007 Full Conference Program

The fifth Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/Wellcome Trust conference on Pharmacogenomics will be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK. The meeting will begin in the afternoon (3 pm) of Wednesday October 17, and end with a banquet on Saturday evening, October 20, with departure on Sunday morning .

This meeting will focus on the opportunities presented by the growing contribution of emerging genomic information and technologies to interdisciplinary approaches in the study of variable responses of humans to drugs and toxic agents, and how research may benefit the individual. The meeting will provide an in depth focus on diverse areas including the biochemistry and physiology of drug action, uptake and metabolism, and how this is affected by genetics; the opportunities for discovery and design of new therapeutic agents; personalizing medicine; understanding and managing adverse drug reactions; the impact of academic and commercial initiatives; ethical, legal, regulatory and social consequences of genetics applied to medicines.

We aim to bring together senior and junior investigators, postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers, medical, regulatory and ethical experts in a range of disciplines to share existing research and experience, and to explore the potential of working together in new international and interdisciplinary research areas for the benefit of individual patients.

Topics:
• Translation into Clinical Practice
• Cancer Pharmagenomics
• Human Genome Variation
• Pharmacogenetics in Neuropsychiatric Disease
• Epidemiological Approaches in Pharmacogenetics
• Adverse Drug Reactions

Confirmed Speakers & Discussion Leaders:
Laurent Becquemont, Hopital Bicete, France
Clive Bowman, GlaxoSmithKline, UK
Vivian Cheung, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Gordon Duff, University of Sheffield, UK
Andrew Futreal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
David Goldstein, Duke University, USA
Arthur Holden, Pharmaceutical Biomedical Research Consortium, Ltd., USA
Matthew Hurles, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Ken-ichi Inui, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
Julie Johnson, University of Florida, USA
Larry Lesko, US Food & Drug Administration, USA
Paul McKeigue, University College Dublin, Ireland
Andrew Morris, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Scotland, UK
Johannes Oldenburg, University Clinic Bonn, Germany
Kevin Park, University of Liverpool, UK
Peter Propping, University of Bonn, Germany
Mark Rieder, University of Washington, USA
David Veenstra, University of Washington, USA

Abstracts should contain new and unpublished material. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. All registrations and abstracts MUST be submitted by the abstract deadline, August 10, 2007. Late registration may be accepted after the abstract deadline if the meeting is not oversubscribed. In the event of over subscription, every effort will be made to ensure that all groups who wish to participate will be represented. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We look forward to seeing you at Hinxton in October.

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