Final Program

Wednesday May 13^th 2015 (18:30, Center EK)

Executive Committee meeting

Thursday May 14^th 2015

Welcome & general overview

9:00 – 9:15     Welcome address from the local organizer – Ramon Gomis (Spain)

9:15 – 9:30     Overview from the coordinator - Florin Grigorescu (France)

Session I – Anthropology of the Mediterranean area (WP1 and WP2)

Moderators:  Serghey Litvinov (Russia) and Saša Missoni (Croatia)

9:00 – 9:30     Biobanks and the use of biological research samples the era of personalized medicine - Anna Bosch (Spain)

9:30 – 10:00    Ancient Roman DNA Bank and perspectives – Mercedes González-Ruiz (Spain)

10:00 – 10:30   Dental pathology of inhabitants of Tarraco - Incidence and evolution between 2nd – 7th century - Maite Salagaray, Josep M. Macias, Judit Ciurana (Spain)

10:30 – 11:00   Antique and modern migrations in Europe: Florin Grigorescu (France)

Coffee break (11: 00-11: 30)

11:30 – 12:00   Genetic anthropology of MEDIGENE populations and other Eastern ethnic groups - Sergey Litvinov and Elza Khusnutdinova (Russia)

12:00 - 12:30   Double use of customized AXIOM_MEDISCOPE Genechip for locus refining and GWAS in metabolic syndrome and other complex disorders – Florin Grigorescu (France)

12:30-13:00     Round-table on future directions in anthropological research

13:00     Lunch

Session II – Spectra of metabolic syndrome in native populations (GWAS-1 samples)

Moderators: Felicia Hanzu (Spain) and Agathocles Tsatsoulis (Greece)

15:00 – 15:30   Metabolic syndrome in Spain and samples used for GWAS – Elizabeth Gordillo, Laura Brugnara and Ramon Gomis (Spain)

15:30 – 16:00   Metabolic syndrome in Southern Italy: new proposals for GWAS – Gaia Manino and Francesco Andreozzi (Italy)

Coffee break (16: 00-16: 30)

16:30 – 17:00   Metabolic syndrome in Central Italy (Rome) - Andrea Coppola (Italy)

17:00 – 17:30   Metabolic syndrome in Greece – Agathocles Tsatsoulis and Thanasis Fountas (Greece)

17:30 – 18:00   Specificity of metabolic syndrome in France - Corinne Lautier (France)

18:00 – 18:30   MEDIPAD – a new tool in investigating dietary profile - Louis Ollagnon (INTACTILE Design - France)

18:30 – 19:00   General discussion on metabolic syndrome in Europe

Friday, May 15th, 2015

Session III – Spectra of metabolic syndrome in countries origin

Moderator Mihai Coculescu (Romania) and Rym Kefy (Tunisia)

9:00 – 9:30     Metabolic syndrome in native populations of Algeria - Mohamed Makrelouf (Algeria) and Redha Attaoua (France)

9:30 – 10:00    Investigation of metabolic Syndrome in Tunisia - Rym Kefi (Tunisia)

10:00 – 10:30   Collections of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Romania – Nicoleta Baculescu, Florin Grigorescu and Mihai Coculescu (Romania)

10:30 – 11:00   Spectra of metabolic syndrome in Morocco - Hamid Barakat (Morocco)

Coffee break (11: 00-11: 30)

11:30 – 12:00   Metabolic syndrome in Turkish speaking populations in Anatolia and Russia – Yildiz Tutuncu (Turkey)

12:00 – 12:30   Specificity of metabolic syndrome in Balkan region (Croatia and Albania) – Saša Missoni (Croatia)

12:30-13:00     Metabolic syndrome in Albania - Dorina Illy (Albania)

13:00     Lunch

15:00 – 15:30   Applications of MEDISCOPE in locus refining and strategic decisions (WP4) - Sabrina Prudente, Vincenzo Trischitta (Italy) and Florin Grigorescu (France)

15:30 – 16:00   Applications of MEDISCOPE GeneChip for locus refining – FTO gene as a model – Redha Attaoua and Florin Grigorescu (France)

Session IV - Immigration in Europe (GWAS-2 in WP5)

Moderators: Christophe Normand (France) and Hamid Barakat (Morocco)

16:00 – 16:30   Recruitment of immigrants in Europe – problems and efficiency of WP5 and perspective in the final GWAS (native and immigrants) – Discussion moderated by Florin Grigorescu and Christophe Normand

Coffee break (16: 30-17: 00)

16:30 – 17:00   New orientations and potential realizations in WP8 – finalize MEDIGENE program  – all coordinating teams

Reporting & Amendments

17:00 – 17:30   Vote of the General Assembly - Christophe Normand & Consortium

Saturday, May 16^th, 2015

Event in Tarragona – Roman Festival (Joseph Macias ICAC)

   9:00   Transfer from Barcelona to Tarragona by pulman (meeting point)

11: 00    Guided tour to Roman monuments of Tarragona

13:00 Visit to Roman Market and museum trade fair

14:00 Lunch (free time)

17:00 Gladiators at Roman Amphitheatre

19:00 Transfer to Barcelona (meeting point: Portal de Sant Antoni)