Annual MEDIGENE Meeting 2015
Final Program
Wednesday May 13th 2015 (18:30, Center EK)
Executive Committee meeting
Thursday May 14th 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 16th, 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)
Dates: 13th-16th May, 2015
Lloc:
IDIBAPS, Barcelona
Centro Esther Koplowitz
c/Rosselló, 149-153, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Horari: 9:30 -19:00