Nature, Nurture or Neither? Genetics in the post-genome era

The Galton Institute 2006 conference in association with Progress Educational Trust

Programme

	Morning Session: Chair - Professor John Beardmore
	9.45	Registration
	10.00	Welcome and Introduction
	10.10	The Human Genome: past, present and future Professor Steve Jones
	10.40	Genetic Testing: uses and limitations Dr Frances Elmslie
	11.10	Coffee Break
		Genetic Testing and the Embryo: what is pre-implantation genetic diagnosis? Professor Alan Handyside
	11.40	Chaired discussion (panel of all three morning speakers)
	12.40	Lunch (provided for holders of yellow tickets only)
	Afternoon Session: Chair - Professor David Galton
	13.45	Introduction
	13.55	Human Inheritance, differences and diseases; putting genes in their place Professor Marcus Pembrey (Galton Lecture)
	14.35	Presentation: Professor Steve Jones
	14.45	Bringing Genetic Variation to Epidemiology: large scale case-control and cohort studies Professor David Strachan
	15.15	Tea Break
	15.45	Cannabis and Psychosis: gene-environment interaction? Professor David Nutt
	16.15	Chaired discussion (panel of all three afternoon speakers)
	16.45	Closing Remarks: Professor Steve Jones
	17.00	Close

Speakers and Chairmen

	Professor John Beardmore	University of Wales Swansea/The Galton Institute
	Dr Frances Elmslie	St George's Hospital, London
	Professor David Galton	Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital/The Galton Institute
	Professor Alan Handyside	The Bridge Centre, London
	Professor Steve Jones	University College London/The Galton Institute
	Professor David Nutt	University of Bristol
	Professor Marcus Pembrey	University College London/Progress Educational Trust
	Professor David Strachan	St George's, University of London

Organisers

Betty Nixon - Galton Institute

Khadija Ibrahim - Progress Educational Trust

Robert Peel - Galton Institute

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