MEETINGS & PRESENTATIONS 2003/2004 KARLENE AUSTRALIE KEN DEWAR ELEANOR ELSTEIN WILLIAM D. FOULKES BRIAN GILFIX THOMAS HUDSON LIDIA KASPRZAK KENNETH MORGAN DAVID ROSENBLATT GUY ROULEAU PATRICIA N. TONIN

KARLENE AUSTRALIE

March 2004

Annual meeting of the American College of Medical Geneticists Orlando Florida

KEN DEWAR

October 20-21, 2003	St. Louis, U.S.A. Title: Biology of Soybean Genomics
November 4, 2003	CH Montreal, Global Television Network Interview: “This Morning Live”
March 31 to April 4, 2004	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, U.S.A. Title: Evolution of Developmental Diversity

ELEANOR ELSTEIN

March 2004

St. Mary’s Hospital Title: Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

WILLIAM D. FOULKES

March 27, 2003

NHGRI, Division of Intramural Research Seminar Series, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA Title: Founder populations and cancer genetics: a view from just north of here

BRIAN GILFIX

April 29, 2003	Inter-Hospital Medical Biochemistry Seminar Series, Royal Victoria Hospital Title: Homogeneous DNA-Based Technologies In the Clinical Laboratory
June 7-11, 2003	Annual Joint Congress of Medical Laboratory Sciences (CSMLS/SCSLM), Quebec City, Qc Invited Speaker Title: Homocysteine: Analytical and Clinical Aspects
September 19, 2003	Friday Lecture and Seminar Series Medical Genetics, Montreal Children’s Hospital Title: Essentials of a Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
February 26, 2004	MUHC Endocrinology Rounds, Montreal General Hospital Title: Homocysteine

THOMAS HUDSON

April 10, 2003	The Scriver Family Scholarship Symposium”, hosted by the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal Invited speaker Title: “Genomics and Medicine: Beyond the Human Genome Project”
April 15, 2003	Career Day, Selwyn House School, Montreal Invited speaker Title: “The Human Genome Project”
April 24, 2003	Ataxie de Charlevoix-Saguenay Fund Raiser, Jonquière, Quebec Invited speaker Title: “La génétique médicale après le Projet Génome Humain : progrès, mythes et espoirs"
April 27-30, 2003	Human Genome Meeting, Cancun, Mexico Plenary speaker Title “Gene Finding in Quebec Population”
April 30 and May 1, 2003	The 2^nd Annual Boston-Montreal Conference (Biomedex), at the Bonaventure-Hilton, Montreal Panelist Title: “Cross Research Between Boston and Montreal”
May 15-17, 2003	CGDN Annual Scientific Meeting, Calgary Attendant
May 23, 2003	Affymetrix Eastern Canadian User Group Meeting, Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal Invited speaker Title: “SNPs and Chips”
June 1-5 2003	Conference of the Société québécoise de biologie clinique and of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists, Manoir Saint-Sauveur Invited speaker Title: “Genome-Wide Views of Gene Expression and Regulation”
June 17-19, 2003	Bovine Genomics Workshop, Montreal Invited speaker Title: “Mapping Disease Loci-Genomic Perspective”
June 25, 2003	New Frontiers of Systems Biology & Medicine 2003, Tokyo, Japan Invited speaker Title: “Regulatory Genetics”
June 26-27, 2003	5^th International Workshop on Advanced Genomics (From Molecules to Systems), Tokyo, Japan Invited speaker Title: “Genetic and Epigenetic Variation Affecting Human Gene Expression”
September 8-10, 2003	Genetics and Multiple Sclerosis Workshop: Future Projects, Washington, D.C. Invited speaker Title: “The Canadian Hap Map Efforts”
September 13-16, 2003	SNPs, Haplotypes and Cancer: Applications in Molecular Epidemiology, American Association for Cancer Research, Key Biscayne, Florida Invited speaker Title: “Linking Haplotypes with Gene Regulation”
September 25-28, 2003	2^nd COGENE Wofkshop on Pharmacogenomics, Frankfurt, Germany Invited speaker Title: “Canadian initiatives in Genetic Epidemiology”
Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2003	Schizophrenia Genetics Scientific Advisory Board, Cambridge, Maryland Chair Title: “Gene to Target?”
October 4, 2003	World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Quebec Invited speaker Title “SNPs, Haplotypes and Complex Mapping”
November 7, 2003	Congrès INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier 2003, Stoneham, Quebec Invited speaker Title : “Génétiques des maladies complexes: nouvelles technologies de génotypage”
November 2003	Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain Invited speaker Title: “SNPs, Haplotypes and Complex Disease Mapping”
November 2003	Genoma España Foundation, Barcelona, Spain Invited speaker Title: “Genomics and Medicine: Beyond the Human Genome Project”
November 17-19, 2003	BioNorth 2003 - Canada’s International Life Sciences Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa Keynote speaker Title: “International Human Haplotype Map”
November 20-23, 2003	6^th International Meeting on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Complex Genome Analysis, Chantilly, VA, Invited speaker Title: “SNPs, Haplotypes and Common Diseases”
December 4-5, 2003	28e Congrès de l”association des biologistes de Québec (ABQ) “Les biotechnologies, 50 ans après la découverte de l’ADN”, Montreal Invited speaker Title : “Génomes, variations génétiques et maladies complexes”
December 8-9, 2003	3^rd Strategy Meeting for the International HapMap Project, Montreal, Moderator Title: “How Many More SNPs Are Needed for the Project”
December 14-15, 2003	2^nd Public Population Project in Genetics (P3G) Meeting, Manchester, UK Invited speaker Title: “Phenotyping Issues Related to Popular Genetics Projects”
January 26-27, 2004	Finland Biotechnology Workshop, Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal Keynote speaker Title: “The Hap Map Project, Canada”
February 19, 2004	Meeting of the Board of Directors, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal Invited speaker Title: “The McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre”
February 26, 2004	Colloque Bâtir une cité apprenante et innovante, CDRIM, Montreal Guest speaker Title: “Montréal, ville de savoir”
March 27, 2004	AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) 95^th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida Invited Speaker Title: “High-Throughput Genotyping for the Haplotype Map Project”

LIDIA KASPRZAK

September 13-16, 2003	National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Educational Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina 2003 Short Course: Genetic Counseling for Psychiatric Disorders
September 17-18, 2003	4^th Annual Montreal Colon and GI Cancers Conference Montreal, Quebec
November 4-8, 2003	53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics Los Angeles, California Poster Presentation

KENNETH MORGAN

May 16, 2003	Canadian Genetic Diseases Network Annual Scientific Meeting Kananaskis, Alberta Invited speaker Title: Epigenetic factors and inheritance
June 5, 2003	Genetics Society of Canada, Award of Excellence Halifax, Nova Scotia Invited speaker Title: History, demography and genetics of the Hutterite population, a hierarchically structured isolate
April 14 2003	Ad Hoc Steering Committee for the Canadian Lifelong Health Initiative. CIHR Institutes of Aging, Genetics, Human Development, Child & Youth Health, and Population and Public Health, Ottawa Participant
May 28, 2003	Participant, Canadian National Birth Cohort, Genetic Epidemiology Steering Committee “Objectives and aims. CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health and the Institute of Genetics, Ottawa
October 22-23, 2003	MITACS NCE Biomedical Theme Meeting, Banff, Alberta Chair, Theme Project (Statistical modeling and analysis of complex traits in human populations
March 8-9, 2004	Multigenerational Canadian Birth Cohort Design, International Workshop, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health and the Institute of Genetics, Toronto Participant & Commentator

DAVID ROSENBLATT

April 28, 2003	Lecture - Gilda’s Club, Montreal, Quebec Title: Do you need genetic testing for cancer?
July 6-11, 2003	Gordon Research Conference on Cobalamin, Colby College, Waterville, MN. Invited Speaker - Discussion Leader - B12 and Medicine
Sept 11-12, 2003	Health Technology Assessment in Genetics and Policy-making in Canada: Towards a sustainable development Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal
September 17, 2003	Chance or Choice Phase IV National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Montreal Section, Montreal, Quebec Moderator: Genetic Diseases in the 21^st Century: What are they and how do they afffect me?
November 4-8, 2003	American Society for Human Genetics Meeting, Los Angeles, CA Poster presentation Title: Mutation and biochemical analysis of patients belonging to the cblA complementation class of vitamin B12-dependent methylmalonic aciduria
December 5-9, 2003	45^th Annual Meeting & Exposition of American Society Of Hematology, San Diego, CA Invited Speaker - Session Update on Cobalamin, Folate, and homocysteine Title: Genetic diseases and polymorphisms

GUY ROULEAU

January, 2003	University of Pennsylvania. Title: Molecular Genetics of Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, a PolyAlanine Disorder (talk)
June 17-21, 2003	Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Neurobiology Review Course. Québec Invited Speaker Title: Molecular Mechanism of Hereditary Ataxias
October 2, 2003	5e réunion annuelle, Société de Néphrologie et Société française de dialyse. Lyon, France. Invited Speaker Title: Écogénétique des réactions anaphylactoïdes en hémodialyse.
October 10, 2003	Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Canada Invited Speaker Title: La génétique du syndrome Gilles-de-la-Tourette
(date not communicated)	CHUM - Saint-Luc Invited speaker Title: Génétique en Psychiatrie : Étude du syndrome de Tourette
December 10 & 11, 2003	University of Alberta Invited Speaker
January 25-27, 2004	San Diego Invited Speaker Title: Molecular Pathogenesis of OPMD. New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle
February 13, 2004	Service de médecine génique, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Invited speaker Title: Génétique du syndrome de Gilles de la Tourette
February 18, 2004	Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal Invited Speaker Title Molecular Pathogenesis of OPMD
February 28 – March 4, 2004	Banff, Canada Invited Speaker Title: 4^th International Conference on Unstable Microsatellites and Human Diseases
April 18, 2004	Université de Montréal. Portes ouvertes sur les neurosciences. Invited speaker. Title: Les gènes et le cerveau

PATRICIA N. TONIN

January 22, 2004

Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill U. Title: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation spectrum in breast and/or ovarian cancer families of French Canadian descent

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