First International GENCODYS Conference

  Integrative Networks in Intellectual Disabilities

14-17 April 2013, Paphos, Cyprus

 

 

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 Main Sponsor: 

 

EU 7th framework Program Grant No.: 241995

 

Sponsors 2013:

 

            

 

 

 -General Information 

 -REGISTRATION is on a first-come first-serve basis. Registration will close 31 March 2013. Registration is handled by PAO Heyendaal:

 

 

-The actual conference will be held from Monday morning 15 – Wednesday lunch 17 April 2013. The welcome reception is in the evening of 14 April 2013.

 

-It will be hosted in a very pleasant environment at the Coral Beach Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus. The registration will include 3 nights stay in the resort based on full board and a social event. Accomodation in the Hotel and Resort of the venue is based on availibility.

 

-This is the start of a series of Conferences on Cognitive Disorders with a multidisciplinary approach to be hosted every 2 years.

 

-Besides about 20 keynote speakers there will be space for about 20 speakers selected based on recent work and submitted abstracts.

 

-Scientific committee:         -Executive Board GENCODYS:

-Hans van Bokhoven

-Hilger Ropers

-Annette Schenck

-Yann Herault

-Seth Grant

-Martijn Huynen

-Frédéric Laumonnier

-And:

-Vera Kalscheuer

-Philippos Patsalis

 

 

-Contact person:         Dik Hagenbeek

Project Manager GENCODYS

Email: D.Hagenbeek@gen.umcn.nl

Tel. +31 243655299, Fax +31 243668752

 

-Registration fee

Registration fee will be all inclusive. It is 800 Euro based on single room occupancy and 660 Euro based on double room occupancy. Accomodation is based on availibility.

 

Registration fee includes welcoming reception at Sunday evening 14 April. Three nights room in 5 star Hotel and Resort from 14 till 17 April (on availibility). All meals and (coffee) breaks from breakfast on Monday morning 15 April until lunch on Thursday 17 April. And a social event planned for tuesday 16 April.

 

Special rates for non participants (accompanying persons) and locals not requiring accomodation are available. Additional nights can be booked (based on availibility). Please email:

y.savelkoul-broekman@pao.umcn.nl    (registration manager)d.hagenbeek@gen.umcn.nl                  (organisation contact)

 

-Payment options

After registering yourself for the conference at our partner site from PAO Heyendaal you will be given several options to make the payment:

- Creditcard (Visa; Mastercard; Maestro)

- Internetbanking (iDEAL)

- Direct Debit

- Transfer

 

-Abstract submission 

To be considered for an oral presentation and/ or poster presentation you will need to sent in an abstract. This abstract submission is also handeled by PAO Heyendaal.

-The start of a biennial International GENCODYS Conference!

The increasing power of sequencing allows the elucidation of causative genetic defects and risk factors in cognitive disorders (CD) by analysis of entire exomes and even complete genomes. A wide variety of chromosomal aberrations and a bewildering number of single gene mutations underlie intellectual disability (ID), and in a growing number of examples share a common etiology with other cognitive defects such as autism and schizophrenia. Elucidation of the complete landscape of all CD-associated genes will allow us to recognize the underlying common pathological mechanisms. Already now, extensive functional interactions are seen between ID-associated proteins and intricate networks are becoming apparent. Examples include protein networks driving synaptic morphology and plasticity and the epigenetic orchestration of neuronal gene expression.

 

The European funded research consortium GENCODYS exploits a multilevel approach to resolve the integrative networks in intellectual disabilities. We are bringing together top researchers with complementary expertise and patient representatives to apply a systems biology approach to reveal the common molecular and cellular mechanisms leading to cognitive impairment and translational research possibilities. Our overall concept that also will be strongly reflected in the program of our conference is to: (1) Identify novel genes involved in cognitive disorders; (2) Elucidate associated molecular networks that are commonly disrupted in CD; and (3) Identify genetic modifiers and small compounds that are able to modulate the disease phenotype.

 

We aim to bring together about 200 top researcher, medical doctors and patient representatives, who represent the top in Cognitive Research and related activities. We will have about 20 invited speakers from the international top including speakers from our own top consortium. An additional 20 speakers will be selected on the bases of their recent achievement and submitted abstract. Talks and submissions for talks have to be related to studies of cognitive dysfunction but can be in widely varying fields, including genetics, cellular, molecular and physiological studies, genomics and epigenomics and bioinformatics. Integrative network approaches and focus on overlapping disease mechanisms between different disorders are prioritized.

 

If you don’t want to miss the exciting developments in neurogenetics-driven cognitive research, it makes sense to take part in this International Conference on Integrative Networks in Cognitive Dysfunction!

  

-Final Program

   

Program: 1st International GENCODYS Conference,
		14-17 April 2013, Paphos, Cyprus
Sun 14 April	19:00	20:30	Reception	and registration desk
Mon 15 April	8:00	8:50	Registration
Morning
	8:50	9:00	Welcome
	Session 1: Building bridges between monogenic and complex cognitive disorders
	Chairs:	Luciana Musante; Bert de Vries
	9:00	9:30	Keynote	Evan Eichler
	9:30	9:45	Selected abstract 1	Thomas Arbogast
	9:45	10:00	Selected abstract 2	Stephen Meader
	10:00	10:30	Keynote	Luciana Musante
	10:30	11:00	Coffee break
	Session 2: Genes and genetic networks disrupted in Intellectual Disability
	Chairs:	Bert de Vries; Luciana Musante
	11:00	11:30	Keynote	Hans van Bokhoven
	11:30	11:45	Selected abstract 3	Vera Kalscheuer
	11:45	12:00	Selected abstract 4	Christiane Zweier
	12:00	12:15	Selected abstract 5	Tjitske Kleefstra
	12:15	12:30	Selected abstract 6	Thomas Wienker
	12:30	14:15	Lunch
Mon 15 April	Session 3: Disease mechanisms in Cognitive Disorders: Synaptic plasticity
Afternoon	Chairs:	Maksym kopanitsa, Olivier Dorseuil
	14:15	14:45	Keynote	Alcino Silva
	14:45	15:00	Selected abstract 7	Rhiannon Meredith
	15:00	15:15	Selected abstract 8	Barbara Bardoni
	15:15	15:45	Keynote	Yann Humeau
	15:45	16:15	Coffee break
	Session 4: Molecular mechanisms in Cognitive Disorders: epigenetic mechanisms
	Chairs:	Annette Schenck, Guillaume Pavlovic
	16:15	16:45	Keynote	Henk Stunnenberg
	16:45	17:00	Selected abstract 9	Nael Nadif Kasri
	17:00	17:15	Selected abstract 10	Sofie Metsu
	17:15	17:45	Keynote	Li-Huei Tsai
	17:45	19:00	Poster viewing	with drinks
Mon 15 April	20:00	21:30	Dinner
Evening
Tue 16 April	Session 5: Molecular mechanisms in Cognitive Disorders: the synapse
Morning	Chairs:	Guillaume Pavlovic, Annette Schenck
	8:30	9:00	Keynote	Seth grant
	9:00	9:15	Selected abstract 11	Frederic Laumonnier
	9:15	9:30	Selected abstract 12	Jess Nithianantharajah
	9:30	10:00	Keynote	Stephan Sigrist
	10:00	10:30	Coffee break
	Session 6: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Cognitive Disorders
	Chairs:	Martijn Huynen, Caleb Webber
	10:30	11:00	Keynote	Jamel Chelly
	11:00	11:15	Selected abstract 13	Charlotte Kilstrup-Nielsen
	11:15	11:30	Selected abstract 14	Nicoletta Landsberger
	11:30	12:00	Keynote	Guy Rouleau
	Session 7: Genomics in cognition across species
	Chairs:	Caleb Webber, Martijn Huynen
	12:00	12:30	Keynote	Yann Herault
	12:30	14:00	Lunch
Tue 16 April	14:00	14:30	Keynote	Jonathan Flint
Afternoon	14:30	15:00	Keynote	Annette Schenck
	15:00	15:30	Keynote	Chris Ponting
	15:30	16:00	Coffee break
	16:00	23:30	Social program	including dinner
Wed 17 April	Session 8: Pre-clinical studies towards therapeutic intervention
Morning	Chairs:	Annick Toutain, Sheikh Riazuddin
	8:30	9:00	Keynote	Mara Dierssen
	9:00	9:15	Selected abstract 15	Sien Braat
	9:15	9:30	Selected abstract 16	Ilaria Meloni
	9:30	10:00	Keynote	ype Elgersma
	10:00	10:30	Coffee break
	Session 9: Diagnostics and therapy: Current practice and future perspective
	Chairs:	Sheikh Riazuddin, Annick Toutain
	10:30	11:00	Keynote	Philippos Patsalis
	11:00	11:15	Selected abstract 17	Claire Redin
	11:15	11:30	Selected abstract 18	Yoshimi Inaba
	11:30	12:00	Keynote	Han Brunner
	12:00	12:30	Keynote	Cor Oosterwijk
	12:30	14:00	Lunch	End of Conference

 

-Invited speakers:

(Click on the pictures for more info on the Keynote speakers.)

 

 

 

 

 

List of Invited Speakers:
Hans van Bokhoven		Nijmegen
Han Brunner		Nijmegen
Jamel Chelly		Paris
Mara Diersen		Barcelona
Evan Eichler		Seattle
Ype Elgersma		Rotterdam
Jonathan Flint		Oxford
Seth Grant		Edinburgh
Yann Herault		Strasbourg
Yann Humeau		Bordeaux
Cor Oosterwijk		Brussel
Philippos Patsalis		Nicosia
Chris Ponting		Oxford
Hans-Hilger Ropers (Prevented and replaced by:Luciana Musante)		Berlin Berlin
Guy Rouleau		Montreal
Annette Schenck		Nijmegen
Stephan Sigrist		Berlin
Alcino Silva		Los Angelos
Henk Stunnenberg		Nijmegen
Li-Huei Tsai		Cambridge, MA

 

  

 - How to get there:

You can enter Cyprus at two airports: the main International Airport Larnaca or if possible from your place of departure to Paphos Airport.

 

Transportation from Paphos  Airport to our hotel. The distance is 22 km and it takes about 30 Min by car. There are public busses from the airport to Kato Paphos and from Kato Paphos to the hotel. The cost is 2€/way. Shuttle busses have to be pre-arranged with the hotel. The cost depends on how many seats you need and start from about 60€/way (6 seats mini bus). A taxi costs around 50€/way.

 

Transportation from Larnaca Airport to our hotel. The distance is 146 km and it takes about 1h 45 Min by car. There are no public busses from the airport. Shuttle busses have to be pre-arranged with the hotel. The cost depends again on how many seats you need and start from about 130€/way (6 seats mini bus). A taxi costs around 120€/way.

 

For those interested we will try to arrange shuttle busses jointly at common time points from the airports to the hotel. Please inform us of your arrival time and departure time (d.hagenbeek@gen.umcn.nl) if you are interested.

 

Below are directions to follow to reach the 5 star Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, in Paphos, Coral Bay if you decide to rent a car. It takes you along the coast line.

 

From Paphos (Pafos) Airport:

• Follow signs towards the A6 motorway and drive west to the town of Paphos (Pafos) for about 10km
• On entering Paphos at the first roundabout take the first exit to the Left onto a dual carriageway towards Kato Paphos
• Drive for about 6km straight over traffic lights and roundabouts
• At the second roundabout take the Right exit joining a dual carriageway
• Stay on this road going straight through traffic lights and two cross roads heading towards Coral Bay
• After about 11km you shall see a sign for Coral Bay Village on your Left
• Turn Left and drive through the village of Coral Bay, down the hill until you see signs for Coral Beach Hotel & Resort
• Turn Left at this sign
• Take the fourth Left -the first left takes you to a parking area!
• You have arrived at the Coral Beach Hotel & Resort

From Larnaca Airport

• Leaving Larnaca Airport you will follow the Motorway signs that take you towards the town of Limassol (Lemessos)
• Once you have reached the area of Limassol (Lemessos) you will begin to see signs for Paphos (Pafos), follow these
• The motorway will take you outside the town of Lemessos over several fly overs, always following sign to Paphos (Pafos)
• This road will take you straight into the town of Paphos (Pafos)
• At the end of the motorway you will arrive at a road about -you have arrived in Paphos (Pafos) 
• On entering Paphos at the first roundabout take the first exit to the Left onto a dual carriageway towards Kato Paphos
• Drive for about 6km straight over traffic lights and roundabouts
• At the second roundabout take the Right exit joining a dual carriageway
• Stay on this road going straight through traffic lights and two cross roads heading towards Coral Bay
• After about 11km you shall see a sign for Coral Bay Village on your Left
• Turn Left and drive through the village of Coral Bay, down the hill until you see signs for Coral Beach Hotel & Resort
• Turn Left at this sign
• Take the fourth Left -the first left takes you to a parking area!
• You have arrived at the Coral Beach Hotel & Resort

 

-Become a conference sponsor:

We will bring together a group of top scientists (from young talents to prominent scientists), working on cognitive dysfunction in widely varying fields, including genetics, cellular, molecular and physiological studies, genomics and epigenomics and bioinformatics. If you like to raise awareness for your organization in this international audience of excellent scientists and patient network representatives we would welcome you to sponsor/ join the meeting. Sponsors will receive recognition in the conference program, the conference website and will be able to have a stand during the conference to display and advertise their products/services. To find out more information about becoming a sponsor, please contact: Dik Hagenbeek.

 

Main Sponsor: 

 

EU 7th framework Program Grant No.: 241995

 

Sponsors 2013: