CSU2017111 Human Genome Variation - en vigtig hjørnesten i præcisionsmedicin
Human Genome Variation – a key cornerstone of precision medicine
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. Genome variation is one of the most frequently measured individual variations and a cornerstone of precision medicine.
Understanding the nature and consequences of genome variations
and translating them into clinical practice is an important aspect
of precision medicine and it is of interest not only for all the
medical and laboratory specialties and pharmaceutical industry, but
to an extent for the whole society.
Understanding genome variations in disease and health is thus of
crucial importance as also reflected by establishment of large
scale national projects around the world. Very recently, December
2016, the Danish Government and the Regions announced a strategy
for establishment of a National Genome Center, which emphasises
that genome variation studies will be a focus point in future
research and health practice.
What you will learn
- Basic concepts of precision medicine with focus on genome variation
- Genetic and epigenetic variations and their interplay in disease pathology
- The current methods and technologies to investigate genome variations
- Different public genome variation databases
- Bioinformatic tools and data analysis, including handling of big data
- Data storage and protection – Danish Computerome project
- To evaluate the consequences of genome variations in health and disease.
- Current applications of genome variations in precision medicine: Examples from cancer disorders, immunology, psychiatry
- How to translate genetic knowledge to clinical practice, inclusion of the patients/individuals in the process, genetic counselling
- Ethical and juridical aspects of genome variation studies
Course Content
This course will provide insights into key principles of the
human genome and a practical understanding of the consequences of
genome variations. The course will also cover technical tools,
bioinformatics, data storage and projection, ethical and juridical
aspects of genome research and inclusion of patients in decision
processes. The teaching style is interactive and includes a
combination of lectures, discussions, group work, case studies.
The topics include:
- Genome variations – pathogenic versus benign
- Genome variation databases
- Architecture of the genome and its complexity
- Genome variation and evolution
- Methods and technologies to investigate genome variations
- National Genome Projects of different countries, including the Danish Genome Project, and importance of these projects in precision medicine
- Bioinformatic tools and data analysis: Handling of big data
- Data storage and protection via Computerome
- Ethical and juridical aspects of large scale genome variation studies
- Current applications of genome variations in precision medicine
- Inclusion of patients
Participants
The course is for professionals working in the field of medicine, bioinformatics or related health sciences (e.g. public health, human biology and biotechnology), persons with special interest in technical aspects of genome variation and persons from the pharmaceutical industry. The course offers an introduction for those less familiar with human genome variation and will provide a deeper understanding for health professionals with experience within the field.
Course dates
5 days, 21-25 August 2017, 9:00 – 16:30 at the University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Campus.
Course directors
Zeynep Tümer, DMSc, MD, PhD, Kennedy Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Co-directors
Finn Cilius Nielsen, Professor, DMSc, Center
for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital,
Rigshospitalet
Niels Tommerup, Professor, DMSc, Wilhelm Johannsen
Center for Functional Genome Research, Institute of Cellular and
Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Other course teachers
Søren Brunak, Professor, Research Director,
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of
Copenhagen; Center for Biological Sequence Analysis
Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark
(DTU)
Johan den Dunnen, Professor, Leiden University
Medical Center, The Netherlands and The Human Genome Variation
Society
Magnus Fontes, Professor, Director of the Lund
University Centre for Data Analysis, Sweden; Founder of the
bioinformatics software company Qlucore; Head of International
Group for Data Analysis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Anne-Marie Gerdes, Professor, Head of Department
of Clinical Genetics Copenhagen University Hospital,
Rigshospitalet; Member of The Danish Council on Ethics (Det Etiske
Råd)
Anders Johannes Hansen, Associate Professor,
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Torben Hansen, Professor and Acting Scientific Director, Novo
Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research Metabolic
Genetics, University of Copenhagen
Mette Hartlev, Professor, Head of Centre for Legal Studies in
Welfare and Market, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
Anna Lindstrand, Senior Researcher, Department of
Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Jens Lundgren, Professor, Department of Infectious
Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet; Director
of CHIP - Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections
Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, Professor, Center for
Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen
Maaike Vreeswijk, Senior Scientist, Ledien
University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Thomas Werge, Professor, Institute of Biological
Psychiatry, Mental Health Centre, Sct. Hans, Capital Region of
Denmark; Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and
Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Torben Franck Ørntoft, Professor, Head of
Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
Elsebet Østergaard, Associate Professor,
Department of Clinical Genetics Copenhagen University Hospital,
Rigshospitalet; Chair of Danish Medical Association.
Course fee
EUR 2,600/DKK 19,000 excl. Danish VAT. Fee includes teaching, course materials and all meals during the course.
Approved by the Organisation of General Practitioners in Denmark. If you are a member of the Organisation of General Practitioners in Denmark (PLO) you can apply for reimbursement.
What you will learn
- Basic concepts of precision medicine with focus on genome variation
- Genetic and epigenetic variations and their interplay in disease pathology
- The current methods and technologies to investigate genome variations
- Different public genome variation databases
- Bioinformatic tools and data analysis, including handling of big data
- Data storage and protection – Danish Computerome project
- To evaluate the consequences of genome variations in health and disease.
- Current applications of genome variations in precision medicine: Examples from cancer disorders, immunology, psychiatry
- How to translate genetic knowledge to clinical practice, inclusion of the patients/individuals in the process, genetic counselling
- Ethical and juridical aspects of genome variation studies
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- 21 - 25 August 2017
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EUR 2,600 (DKK 19,000) excl. Danish VAT
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Udbydende institut
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin
Kursusansvarlige
- Zeynep Tümer (20-6c7e80786c793985708479707b397f807078707d4b7d7072747a7973396f76)
- Finn Cilius Nielsen (19-70737878386d7376737f7d3878736f767d6f784a7c6f7173797872386e75)
- Niels Tommerup (9-797f7a7878707d807b4b7e80796f397680396f76)