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| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 | |
| 17:45 | Welcome Reception |
| SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 | |
| 08:30-10:15 | Session 1: Introduction - Genetics 101 Chairs: Simon Fishel, UK; Yuval Yaron, Israel; Antoni Borrell, Spain |
| 08:30-08:45 | Welcome Simon Fishel, UK and Antoni Borrell, Spain |
| 08:45-09:15 | Basic genetic principles for the non-geneticist Yuval Yaron, Israel |
| 09:15-09:45 | Update on Laboratories Technologies Vincenzo Cirigliano, Spain |
| 09:45-10:15 | The origin of aneuploidy Eugene Pergament, USA |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 10:45-11:45 | Session 2: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Chairs: Darren Griffin, UK and Attila Vereczkey, Hungary |
| 10:45-11:15 | Concurrent single gene disorder and aneuploidy screening without whole genome amplification Rebekah Zimmerman, USA |
| 11:15-11:45 | Mosaicism in human embryos: Etiology and pregnancy outcome Santiago Munne, USA |
| 11:45-12:00 | Technical Break |
| 12:00-13:30 | Industry-Sponsored Symposium |
| 13:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:30 | Session 3: Introduction to Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) Chairs: Joshua Blazek, USA and Ariel Hourvitz, Israel |
| 14:00-14:30 | Making sense of PGS: EBM, RCTs, mosaicism and reconciling the two sides Darren Griffin, UK |
| 14:30-15:00 | Results of the Virtual Academy of Genetics (VAoGEN) questionnaire on mosaicism in PGS Ariel Weissman, Israel |
| 15:00-15:30 | Evidence based scoring system for prioritizing mosaic aneuploid embryos for transfer Francesca Grati, Italy |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 16:00-16:30 | Session 4: Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) Chair: Zvi Appelman, Israel |
| 16:00-16:30 | Rapid genomic screening of embryos using Nanopore sequencing Dan Turner, UK |
| 16:30-18:00 | Session 5: Debate on PGS Technology: Targeted vs. Whole genome approach Chair: Alan Handyside, UK |
| 16:30-18:00 | Targeted NGS - Nathan Treff, USA qPCR - Antonio Capalbo, Italy versus aCGH - Joshua Blazek, USA NGS - Francesco Fiorentino, Italy |
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 | |
| 08:30-10:00 | Session 6: New Genetic Technologies Chairs: Antoni Borrell, Spain and Eugene Pergament, USA |
| 08:30-09:00 | The importance of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) pre-test counseling: an overview and 3 years of implementation experience in teaching university hospital Vedran Stefanovic, Finland |
| 09:00-09:30 | Expanded Carrier Screening - Optimizing Panel Design James Goldberg, USA |
| 09:30-10:00 | Genome Editing Optimizations: Implications for Pre- and Post-Implantation Genetics Gerald Schatten, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
| 10:30-12:00 | Session 7: Prenatal diagnosis Chair: Francesca Grati, Italy |
| 10:30-11:00 | Prenatal application of whole exome sequencing (WES) Mark Kilby, UK |
| 11:00-11:30 | Counseling issues for fetal whole exome sequencing (WES) Mark Kilby, UK |
| 11:30-12:00 | Lessons learned from postnatal diagnostics: phenotype-driven penetrance analysis in the assignment of disease liability of genetic variants Milan Macek, Czech Republic |
| 12:00-13:15 | Session 8: Prenatal diagnosis – non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) Chairs: Antoni Borrell, Spain and Vincenzo Cirigliano, Spain |
| 12:00-12:25 | Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis (NIPD) for single-gene disorders Fiona McKay, UK |
| 12:25-12:50 | Cell based non-invasive prenatal screening Ripudaman Singh, Denmark |
| 12:50-13:15 | Noninvasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) for microdeletions; an update Peter Benn, UK |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:45 | Session 9: Prenatal diagnosis Chairs: Peter Benn, UK and Howard Cuckle, Israel |
| 14:00-14:25 | What is known about the health of Children Born after PGD/PGS –evidence from research Alastair Sutcliffe, UK |
| 14:25-14:50 | Genetic workup of recurrent miscarriages The-Hung Bui, Sweden |
| 14:50-15:15 | A comprehensive new paradigm for Prenatal Diagnosis Antoni Borrell, Spain |
| 15:15-15:45 | Best Practice for Prenatal Genomics Javier Garcia-Planells, Spain |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
| 16:15-17:05 | Session 10: Genetics in reproduction Chairs: Simon Fishel, UK and Yuval Yaron, Israel |
| 16:15-16:40 | Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency Micheline Misrahi, France |
| 16:40-17:05 | Experiences with laboratory implementation of a microarray based cell-free DNA testing system Francesca Grati, Italy |
| 17:05-17:20 | Closing remarks Yuval Yaron, Israel |
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