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PLENARY KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


? George Church, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Craig C. Mello, Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate
Blais Professor in Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Howard Hughes Investigator
HHMI

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Dear Colleague,

GTC is proud to present our largest summit of the year, the Omics Evolution 2012, to be held on May 29th-31st in Boston, Massachusetts. The Summit will bring together leading pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, top scientists and government experts to discuss research and developments in drug discovery, new technologies and the evolving landscape of the industry in genomics, proteomics, RNAi, next-generation sequencing, epigenetics and protein kinases.

The Summit will have six tracks and a workshop that will allow attendees to engage in individual programs – or portions of all tracks – while enjoying networking opportunities with all attendees, speakers, poster presenters and exhibitors:

Clinical Sequencing Workshop
2nd Genomic & Proteomic Drug Discovery
2nd Next Generation Sequencing
2nd Epigenetics in Drug Discovery
3rd RNAi Research and Development
7th Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery
Genome-wide Partnering & Dealmaking

The Summit features the following Conferences sessions:

Clinical Sequencing Workshop:
Emerging Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies and its Clinical Applications
The Implementation of Next-Generation Sequencing in a CLIA Laboratory - Issues and Challenges
Translation of NextGen sequencing from research applications to a standardized lab developed test in a CLIA environment
Measuring and Ensuring Quality in NGS

2nd Genomic & Proteomic Drug Discovery:
Pharmaco-omics
Advances in Genomic Medicine
Identification and Validation of Drug Targets

Systems Biology for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Discovery

2nd Next Generation Sequencing:
Novel Sequencing Strategies
Next Next Generation Sequencing
Applications of NGS Platforms
Analysis and Data Management
Sequencing Technology and Software

2nd Epigenetics in Drug Discovery:
Epigenetic Mechanisms
Role of Epigenetics in Human Diseases
Enabling Technologies for Epigenetics Drug Discovery
Drug Discovery in Epigenetics
Preclinical and Clinical Development in Epigenetics
Diagnostics and Therapeutic Trends in Epigenetics

3rd RNAi Research and Development:
RNAi Delivery Methods
Gene Activation and Silencing by Small RNAs
Target Validation
Therapeutic, Diagnostics and Clinical Applications
MicroRNA and Diseases
*Sub-Session: ncRNAs, lncRNA

7th Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery:
Overcoming Challenges in Kinase Drug Development
Trends in Drug Design – Structure/Selectivity/Pathway/Epigenetics
Oncology Kinases & Inhibitor Candidates
Other Kinases & Inhibitor Candidates
Pre-Clinical Kinase Targets to Clinical Trials

Genome-wide Partnering & Deal-making:
Partnering for Personalized Medicine

Technologies in Genomic and Diagnostics Partnering

Companion Diagnostic Partnering Business Models
Reimbursement Issues and Trends
Genome-wide ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues)
Panel Discussion: The Future of Pharma-Diagnostic Partnering
Panel Discussion: Genome-wide Industry and Academia Collaboration

Kind Regards,

2012 Conference Advisory Committee



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