08:45 – 09:00

Welcome and GWAS highlights – Inke R. König & Jeanette Erdmann

09:00 – 09:30

GWAS: What have we learned for coronary artery disease since 2007? – Heribert Schunkert, Munich

09:30 – 10:00

GWAS and metabolomics – Winfried März, Mannheim

10:00 – 10:30

Progress in genetic epidemiology – Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Munich

 

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

 

11:00 – 11:30

EXC306 presents: Systems genetics approaches for coronary artery disease.
Johan Bjoerkegren, New York, USA

 

11:30 – 12:00

Clinical implications of GWAS – Markus M. Nöthen, Bonn

12:00 – 12:30

Population-based studies in the context of GWAS – Wolfgang Lieb, Kiel

 

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch break

 

13:30 – 14:00

From GWAS to transcriptomics – Tanja Zeller, Hamburg

14:00 – 14:30

Current status and future of microbiome-host GWAS – Andre Franke, Kiel

14:30 – 15:00

post GWAS: sequencing approaches – Thomas Meitinger, Munich

15:00 – 15:30

Translation of GWAS hits into the clinic – Gerard Pasterkamp, Utrecht, NL

15:30 – 16:00

Can proteomics help to understand GWAS hits? – Manuel Mayr, London, UK

 

16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break

 

16:30 – 17:00

Systematic data integration across diverse genomic domains – Lars Bertram, Lübeck

17:00 – 17:30

Testing for causality – Mendelian Randomization studies – Folkert Asselbergs, Utrecht, NL

17:30 – 18:00

Cross-disorder analyses: finding unexpected hits – Anke Hinney, Essen

18:00 – 18:30

UK biobank and implications of understanding the genetic basis of complex diseases – Panos Deloukas, London, UK

18:30 – 19:00

Round table & Farewell/Closing remarks – Inke R. König & Jeanette Erdmann

 

19:30 – open end

Reception, Dinner at "Die Schiffergesellschaft"

This event is accredited by the Ärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein with 10 points (Category A) for Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided within the symposium premises.

Dinner for networking will be served for all participants.