PHARMACOGENOMICS
November 15 - 18, 2006
Abstract Deadline: September 1, 2006

Organizers:
Alan Guttmacher, National Human Genome Research Institute
Steve Leeder, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Deborah Nickerson, University of Washington
Munir Pirmohamed, University of Liverpool, UK
Dick Weinshilboum, Mayo Medical School, Minnesota
C. Roland Wolf, University of Dundee, UK

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This conference is fourth in the series of joint Cold Spring Harbor/ Wellcome Trust conferences on Pharmacogenomics held in Hinxton, UK and Cold Spring Harbor in alternate years. The 2006 conference will be held at Cold Spring Harbor, beginning on the evening of Wednesday November 15, 2006 and ending with the banquet on Saturday evening November 18, with normal departure on Sunday morning.

This meeting will focus on the opportunities presented by the growing contribution of emerging genomic information and technologies to interdisciplinary approaches in the study of variable responses of humans to drugs and toxic agents, and how research may benefit the individual. The meeting will provide an in depth focus on diverse areas including the biochemistry and physiology of drug action, uptake and metabolism, and how this is affected by genetics; the opportunities for discovery and design of new therapeutic agents; personalizing medicine; understanding and managing adverse drug reactions; the impact of academic and commercial initiatives; ethical, legal, regulatory and social consequences of genetics applied to medicines.

The meeting will include two sessions devoted to major global pharmacogenomics research initiatives. These sessions are intended to highlight recent advances in global pharmacogenomics research and to stimulate collaborations through sample sharing and data/knowledge sharing.

We aim to bring together senior and junior investigators, postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers, medical, regulatory and ethical experts in a range of disciplines to share existing research and experience, and to explore the potential of working together in new international and interdisciplinary research areas for the benefit of individual patients.

Topics:
• Genome Structure & Variation
• Molecular Approaches to Phenotype
• Disease Genetics
• Translation into Clinical Practice
• Pre-Clinical Aspects
• Basic Approaches
• Societal / Economic Impact and ELSI Issues

Speakers/Discussion Leaders
Francis Collins, National Human Genome Reserach Institute
David Flockhart, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Matthew Goetz, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Kathy Giacomini, University of California, San Francisco
Andrew Hattersley, Peninsula Medical School, UK
Joel Hirschhorn, Broad Institute, MIT
James Ingle, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Howard Jacob, Medical College of Wisconsin
Yusuke Nakamura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
to be announced

Global Pharmacogenomics Sessions
(arranged by Kathy Giacomini (UCSF) and Huijun Z. Ring (UCSF)
Russ Altman, Stanford University
Richard Cotton, Genomic Disorders Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Michel Eichelbaum, Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany
David Gurwitz, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Michael Hayden, University of British Columbia, Canada
Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, National Institute of Genomic Medicine, Mexico
Martin Kennedy, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, New Zealand
Munir Pirmohamed, University of Liverpool, UK
Jae-Gook Shin, Inje University College of Medicine, South Korea
Guilherme Suarez-Kurtz, National Cancer Institute, Brazil
Roland Wolf, University of Dundee, UK

Abstracts should contain new and unpublished material. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Please note that a number of scholarships are likely to be available for women and underepresented minorities though the auspices of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Please register and apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating eligibility and need.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in November.

This conference is supported in part with funds from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.