CORS State of the Art Symposium: Genetics for the clinician osteoporosis and fracture risk
Åre, March 4-8, 2015
Holiday Club Åre
Preliminary program
March 4th
Wednesday
19.00-21.30
Welcome reception
March 5th
Thursday
7.30 - 7.50
Introduction to CORS (Mattias Lorentzon, Director of CORS, Martin
Nilsson, Director of studies)
7.50 – 9.40
Genetic regulation of bone phenotypes and osteoporosis – an
overview (Fernando Rivadeneira, Rotterdam)
9.40 - 10.00
Coffee
10.00 – 11.00
Investigating heredity of bone disease using twin and family studies
– methodological considerations and available registers (Karl
Michaelsson, Uppsala)
11.00 - 12.00
Lunch
16.00 – 17.00
Heredity of bone disease – results from twin and family studies (Karl
Michaelsson, Uppsala)
17.00 – 18.00
Genome Wide Association studies, bone phenotypes and fractures
(Fernando Rivadeneira, Rotterdam)
18.00 - 19.00
New developments and next steps in Complex Genetics (André
Uitterlinden, Rotterdam)
20.00-
Dinner
March 6th
Friday
7.30 –9.45
Interactions between genetic factors and the environment in
musculoskeletal diseases (David Karasik, Safed, Israel)
9.45-10.00
Coffee
10.00 – 11.00
Approaches to identify novel genes and rare variants of bone disease
(Outi Mäkitie, Stockholm)
11.00 - 12.00
Lunch
16.00 – 17.00
Approaches to identify novel genes and rare variants of osteoporosis
- continued (Outi Mäkitie, Stockholm)
17.00 – 19.00
MicroRNAs in bone disease (Jane Lian, Worcester)
20.00
Dinner and entertainment
March 7th
Saturday
7.30 – 9.45
Epigenetic regulation of bone metabolism and osteoporosis (Jose´ A
Riancho, Santander)
9.45 – 10.00
Coffee
10.00 - 11.00
Novel methodologies to study genetic variation in human
populations (Ulrika Liljedahl, Uppsala)
11.00 - 12.00
Lunch
16.00 - 18.00
Workshops:
Whole genome sequencing (Jessica Nordlund, Uppsala)
SNP and CNV – high throughput analysis of genomic DNA (Ulrika
Liljedahl Uppsala)
18.00 – 19.00
Instructions for the examination (PhD students)
20.00-
Dinner
March 8th
Sunday
7.30 – 12.00
Departure