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 February 07, 2006

African Society of Human Genetics

AfSHG 2006 Conference Program (provisional)

Session 1                   Opening and Keynote lecture

08.00 - 08.15               Opening address by the President

08.15 - 08.30               Opening remark by a representative of the people of Ethiopia

08.30 - 09.30               Keynote Speaker: David Weatherall (Oxford University)

                                    Introduction of the Keynote Speaker by the President of AfSHG

Session 2                   Understanding Human Ancestries (Chair: T. Jenkins/Fatimah Jackson)

09.30 - 09.50               Human Ancestries and Migration: The Genographic Project. 

                                    Himla Soodyall University of Witwatersrand,South Africa

09.50 - 10.10               The use of genetic and non-genetic factors in reconstructing African ancestries 

                                    (including the African Diaspora). Fatimah Jackson

10.10 – 10.30              The genetic structure of human populations in Africa.

                                    F. Reed/S. Tishkoff (University of Maryland)

10.30 – 10.45              Break

10.45 – 11.05              Genetic Diversity and Diseases: what could be learnt from the Y
chromosome?  Muntaser Ibrahim (University of Khartoum)

11.05 – 11.25              Genomics of domestic livestock in Africa David Mburu (CGIAR)

 11.25 – 12.25              Workshop on New Advances in Molecular Anthropological Genetics.

                                    Fatimah Jackson, Bert Ely and others.

12.25 – 13.00              Panel Discussion – all presenters to the podium.

 13.00 -  14.00              Lunch

Session 3                   Genomics of Communicable Diseases (Chair: G. Sirugo/O. Doumbo)

14.00 – 14.20              Genetics of mycobacterial diseases.  Erwin Schurr (McGill University)

14.20 – 14.40              HIV genetics - Giorgio Sirugo (MRC Labs, The Gambia)

14.40 – 15.00              Genomics of malaria and dengue fever. Cecile Julier (Institut Pasteur)

15.00 – 15.10              Break

15.10 – 15.30              Sickle Cell Genomics. David Modiano (Universita “La Sapienza”, Rome)

15.30 – 15.50              Genetic epidemiology of malaria protection: Sickle cell trait (HbAS), Innate and 

                                    Acquired immunity to the parasite. Thomas Williams (KEMRI/Wellcome Trust)

15.50 – 16.00              Break

16.00 – 19.00              Social:  Visit National Museum, Lucy and reception at Museum

07.30 - 08.30               Early bird teaching session Research Methodology I

                                    Mapping Complex Traits Facilitators - Joseph Beyene (Toronto University), 

                                    David Goldstein (Duke University) and Scott Williams (Vanderbilt Uni)

 
Session 4                   Genomics of Non-communicable Diseases (Chair R. Ramesar/M. Ibrahim)

08.30 - 09.30               Keynote Speaker - Cancer Genomics. Sir Walter Bodmer (Oxford Univ)

09.30 – 09.50              Current Status of Breast and Prostate Cancer Epidemiology in Nigeria.

Clement Adebamowo (University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

09.50 – 10.10              Translating high technology research into a sustainable genetic service: 
Familial Cancer Genetics in South Africa. Raj Ramesar (University of Cape Town)

10.10 – 10.30              Molecular Epidemiology of Cardiomyopathy in Africa. 

Bongani Mayosi (University of Cape Town)    

10.30 – 10.45              Break

10.45 – 11.05              Genetic Basis of Hypertension. Scott Williams (Vanderbilt Uni)

 11.05 – 11.25              Genetic Epidemiology of Diabetes and Related Complications. 

                                    The Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) Study. Charles Rotimi (Howard University)

11.25 – 11.45              Genetics of Podoconiosis: Gail Davey. (Addis Ababa University)

11.45 – 12.05              Clinical, Cytogenetic and Molecular Data on Disorders of Abnormal sexual development: 

                                    The Egyptian Experience. Yehia Zakaria Gad

12.05-14.00                 Lunch and poster viewing

 
Section 5                    Application of Human genetic variation (Chair: J. Licino/T. Jenkins)

14.00 – 14.40              Keynote Presentation: Genetic Basis of Drug Response: Will Tomorrow's Medicine 

                                    Work for Everyone? David Goldstein (Duke University)

14.40 – 15.00              The Promise of Whole-genome Admixture Mapping for Complex Diseases. 

                                    Adebowale Adeyemo (Howard University)

15.00 – 15.20              Human Variation in Health Disparities Research: From population-based to 

                                    personalized medicine. G. Dunston (Howard University)

15.20 - 16.00               Poster Presentations 4 X 10 minute presentations (Post Docs and Students)

16.00 – 18.00              Society Annual General Meeting - All members (Chair: Roland  Ikheloa)

18.00 - 19.00               Refreshment and poster viewing

19.00-22.00                 Society Dinner

Day 3: June 05, 2006 

07.30 – 08.30              Early-bird Teaching Session Research Methodology II

                                    Title to be confirmed A. Adeyemo (Howard University), 

                                    D. Bentley (Solexa, Chesterford, UK), and others to be named.

08.30 - 09.30               Keynote Presentation – Advances in Genomic Technology: 

                                    Implications for Scientists in Developing Countries. David Bentley (Solexa, Chesterford, UK)

9.30 – 10.00                Poster Presentations 3 X 10 minute presentations (Post Docs and Students)

 10.00 -10.15                Break

 Session  6                  Ethics of Genetic Epidemiology Research (Chair: to be named)

 10.15– 12.00               Panel Discussion: Ethics of Genetic Epidemiology Research.

(Each presenter will have 15 mins and 45 mins of general discussion will follow).

Topics and Presenters:

            1)         Lazar Poame:             Animist bioethics and genomic research

            2)         Charmaine Royal:       Engaging Africans for the International HapMap project

            3)         Clement Adebamowo:Ethics education in West Africa: An overview of IRB needs

            4)         Efuah Amenyah:         Ethics and genomic research in Africa, a Francophone perspective

            5)         Dayo Ogundiran:         The interface of bioethics, genomics and poverty in Africa

 
12.00 – 13.00              Lunch

 
Session 7                   Informatics – The Open Door Workshop: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

13.00 – 14.00              The Open Door Workshop provides an introduction to bioinformatics tools freely available on the internet, 

                                    focusing primarily on the Human Genome data. The workshops provide hands-on training in the use of 

                                    public databases and web-based sequence analysis tools, and are taught by experienced instructors.              

Coordinators Rebecca Twells and Jane Loveland

14.00 – 16.00              Hands-on trial (HapMap data, etc)  

 
16.00 – 18.00              Tour of the City of Addis Ababa  

19.00 – 22.00              Group Dinner

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