Programme

BeSHG 2025

Day 1 : March 13, Genetics Retreat (PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical trainees)

Genetics Retreat

9:00-9:05: Welcome address

9:05-9:15: Presentation of the moderators: Professor Han Brunner (NL) and Professor Michel Georges (BE)

9:15-10:30: Oral presentations I (5 presentations)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-12:30: Oral presentations II (6 presentations)

12:30-14:00: Lunch break

14:00-15:30: Oral presentation III (6 presentations)

15:30-16:00: Coffee break

16:00-17:00: Wrap up and lecture by Professor Han Brunner (BE), best oral presentations (3), concluding remarks: Why we have the diseases we have

Working Group meetings:

Afternoon

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Day 2 : March 14, 25th Anniversary Conference

Registration and coffee : 8:00 – 9:00

Session 1 : 09 :00 – 10 :45

9 :00-9 :15 : Welcome address by the president of the BeSHG, Dr Damien Lederer (IPG Gosselies, BE)
9 :15-10:45 : Invited speakers
9 :15-10 :00 : Professor Michel Georges (BE) : Coevolution of balanced polymorphisms in the host and its intestinal microbiome
10 :00 -10 :45 : Dr Jennifer Meadows (SE) : Comparative Genomics, unravelling the secrets of fundamental biology and complex mammalian traits

10 :45-11 :15 : Coffee break and poster session

Session 2 : 11 :15-13 :00

11 :15-12 :00 : Invited speaker Professor Molly Przeworski (USA) : Why do human germline mutation rates depend on age and sex?

13 :00 -14 :30 : Lunch and Poster Session

Session 3 : 14 :30-16 :00 : Invited speakers

14:30 - 15:15 : Professor Sam Behjati (UK) : Childhood cancer predisposition, penetrance and mosaicism
15:15 - 16:00 : Professor Luigi Naldini (IT) (to be determined)

16 :00-16 :30 : Coffee break

Session 4 : 16 :30-18 :00 Round Table Discussion : The Future of Genetic Testing

Moderator : Professor Han Brunner

18 :00 Drinks, Dinner and Party !!