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Personalized Medicine School
03/11/2017 - 04/11/2017
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40 years sequencing – a new era in contemporary diagnostics and personalized medicine
Day 1: 3rd November 2017 (Friday) | |
10:00 – 13:00 | Registration |
13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome and Opening Statement Dr. Yavor Drenski, Chairperson of the Board, BAPEMED Corr. mem. Prof. Dr. Stefan Kostianev, Rector, Medical University of Plovdiv Prof. Dr. Victoria Sarafian, Vice-rector, Medical University of Plovdiv |
First Part: About sequencing – past, present and future Moderator: prof. Alexey Savov, Head of the National Genetics Laboratory, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
13:15 – 13:45 | Lecture 1 – The History of Sequencing Prof. Alexey Savov Head of the National Genetics Laboratory Sofia, Bulgaria |
13:45 – 14:15 | Lecture 2 – NGS in the Era of Genome Medicine. The Bulgarian experience Assoc. Prof. Radka Kaneva Executive manager of the Molecular Medicine Centre Medical University – Sofia |
14:15 – 14:45 | Lecture 3 – QIAGEN Sequencing Solutions for Personalized Medicine – from Pyrosequencing, over Universal NGS, to GeneReader Fully Integrated Sample to Insight Solution Erik Söderbäck Director, Market Development Clinical & Applied Genomics Team, EMEA QIAGEN |
14:45 – 15:15 | Lecture 4 – NGS Platforms Overview – Basic Principles, Advantages and Future Developments Peter Ianakiev Principal, Hera Biosciences LLC |
15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee break |
Second Part: About Sequencing and Personalized Medicine – Global Challenges in Health Care Moderator: Prof. Radka Argirova | |
15:45 – 16:15 | Lecture 5 – How Will Real World Evidence (RWE) Change Clinical Decisions in Oncology? Dr. Deyan Mehandjiev MA/ CEC Real World Evidence (RWE) Lead, Novartis Pharma Services Inc. |
16:15 – 16:45 | Lecture 6 – The Future of Health: Connecting Data and Genomics Bogi Eliasen Futurist & Special Advisor on Future of Health/ Head of Denmark Unit UNESCO Chair in Bioethics |
16:45 – 17:15 | Lecture 7 – Clinical application of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in personalized medicine – the solutions of Illumina Inc. Prof. Sue Hill OBE Chief Scientific Officer NHS England |
17:15 – 17:45 | Lecture 8 – Establishing a National Genomic Medicine Service Prof. Sian Ellard Consultant Clinical Scientist Genetics Laboratory Director, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Professor of Genomic Medicine, University of Exeter Clinical Programme Director, South West NHS Genomic Medicine Centre Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust |
17:45 – 18:15 | Lecture 9 – Precision Medicine Programs and Ecosystem in Scotland: Creating an Environment for Success Dr. Marie-Claire Parker Acting Head of Operations Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre |
19:30 – 20:30 | EVENT “IN THE DARK” Sinergia Foundation |
Day 2: 4th November 2017 (Saturday) | |
09:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
Third Part: About Sequencing and Personalized Medicine – the Institutions/ Organizations Point of View; Global Challenges in Health Care Assoc. Prof. Radka Kaneva | |
10:00 – 10:30 | Lecture 10 – Advantages of Native Nanopore Sequencing (Oxford Nanopore) for Personalized Diagnostics Prof. Dr. Soren Hayrabedyan Laboratory of Reproductive OMICs Technologies Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction |
10:30 – 11:00 | Lecture 11 – NGS and its Application in Clinical Practice Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vili Stoianova Head of the Medical Genetics Department St. George University Hospital – Plovdiv, Pediatry and Medical Genetics Department, Medical University of Plovdiv |
11:00 – 11:30 | Lecture 12 – Establishing a National Genomic Medicine Service Dr. Theodor Zamfirov CEO, ELTA 90 |
11:30 – 12:00 | Lecture 13 – Taking NIPT to Another Level. Detection of Fetal Trisomy Based on qPCR Torsten Pfaff PhD in Molecular biology LifeCodexx AG |
12:00 – 12:30 | Lecture 14 – Epigenetics complement genetic markers in individualized health care; ageing, metabotypes Torsten Pfaff Assoc. prof. Dr. Alexander Haslberger Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna |
12:30 – 13:30 | Business lunch |
Fourth Part: The Innovations in Personalized Medicine Moderator: Prof. Victoria Sarafian Prof. of Immunology, Department of Medical biology, MU-Plovdiv | |
13:30 – 14:00 | Lecture 15 – Medical simulators Corr. mem. Prof. Dr. Stefan Kostianev Rector, Medical University of Plovdiv |
14:00 – 14:30 | Lecture 16 – 3D Bioprinting in Oncology – the Wise Choice Prof. Dr. Victoria Sarafian Prof. of Immunology Department of Medical biology. MU-Plovdiv |
14:30 – 15:00 | Lecture 17 – 3D bioprinting Prof. Colin McGuckin Chairman and CSO, CTIBIOTECH President of Cell Therapy Research Institute, Lyon, France |
15:00 – 15:30 | Lecture 18 – 2D/3D in vitro cell-based Bioassays Dr. Nicolas Forraz CEO, CTIBIOTECH Vice President of Cell Therapy Research Institute, Lyon, France |
15:30 – 16:00 | Conclusion and Close of the Event |
17:30 – 18:30 | EVENT “IN THE DARK” Sinergia Foundation |
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