EMBL Conference
Cancer Genomics
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sunday 3 November - Tuesday 5 November 2013 Registration deadline: Thursday 19 September 2013Abstract deadline: Thursday 8 August 2013

(Preliminary) Programme
The 2013 preliminary programme (subject to changes)
| Time | Speaker | |
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| 11:00-13:00 | Registration and Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:15 | Opening remarks | |
| 13:15-18:45 | Session I: Cancer Genetics Chair: |
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| 13:15-14:15 | Keynote Lecture: Taking Insights from CLL Genomic Sequencing to the Clinics Elias Campo, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona |
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| 14:15-14:45 | Elaine Mardis, The Genome Institute at Washington University |
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| 14:45-15:15 | Coffee break | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Peter Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
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| 15:45-16:00 | Selected talk | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Selected talk | |
| 16:15-16:45 | Genomics of Germinal Center derived B-Cell Lymphomas Reiner Siebert, Kiel University |
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| 16:45-17:15 | Coffee break | |
| 17:15-17:45 | Steven Jones, BC Cancer Agency |
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| 17:45-18:00 | Selected talk | |
| 18:00-18:15 | Selected talk | |
| 18:15-18:45 | Stephen Chanock, National Cancer Institute |
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| 18:45-20:00 | Dinner | |
| 20:00-21:00 | Keynote Lecture: Genetic predisposition to cancer – new horizons Nazneen Rahman, The Institute of Cancer Research |
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| 21:00-22:30 | Welcome reception & Poster preview | |
| Time | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:30 | Session 2: Functional Genomics & Epigenomics of Cancer Chair: |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Chromatin dynamics during cellular differentiation and response Ido Amit, Weizman Institute of Science |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Peter Lichter, German Cancer Research Center |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Selected talk | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Selected talk | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Yijun Ruan, Genome Institute of Singapore |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Ivo Gut, National Genome Analysis Centre |
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| 12:00-12:15 | Selected talk | |
| 12:15-12:30 | Selected talk | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-18:15 | Session 3: Systems Biology & Integrated Analysis of Cancer Chair: |
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| 14:00-14:30 | Nikolaus Rajewsky, MDC Berlin |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Valerie LeBleu, Harvard Medical School |
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| 15:00-15:15 | Selected talk | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Selected talk | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI |
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| 16:30-17:00 | Andrea Califano, Columbia University |
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| 17:00-17:30 | Jan Korbel, EMBL Heidelberg |
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| 17:30-17:45 | Selected talk | |
| 17:45-18:00 | Selected talk | |
| 18:00-18:15 | Selected talk | |
| 18:15-19:30 | Poster session I | |
| 19:30-00:00 | Conference Dinner and Party | |
| Time | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:30 | Session IV: Cancer Model Systems & Systems Pharmacology Chair: |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Ultan McDermott, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Invited speaker | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Selected talk | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Selected talk | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Katerina Politi, Yale University |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Invited speaker | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Selected talk | |
| 12:15-12:30 | Selected talk | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Poster session II | |
| 15:00-19:15 | Session V: Translation and Clinical Impact of Cancer Genomics Chair: |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Lynda Chin, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Jessica Zucman-Rossi, Inserm U674 |
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| 16:00-16:15 | Selected talk | |
| 16:15-16:30 | Selected talk | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Sam Aparicio, BC Cancer Agency |
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| 17:30-18:00 | Invited speaker | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Keynote lecture: Andy Futreal, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 19:00-19:15 | Closing remarks and poster prize |
