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Mitochondrial Medicine 2012 Scientific Program
From Genomics and Systems Biology to Translation

Bethesda Marriott, Bethesda, MD

(Click Here for PDF of Program)

Registration will open in February!!

Day One             Day Two                 Day Three          Day Four


Day 1: June 13 (Wednesday) 

 

Morning Platform Session (1) – Platform Title: Genomics of Mitochondrial Biology

8:00 a.m.

Welcome
Topic Title: Identification of the Calcium Uniporter via Comparative Genomics
   Speaker: Vamsi K. Mootha, MD, Course Chair

8:45 a.m.

Topic Title: Genomics vs. Proteomics: Two Views of Mitochondrial Evolution 
    Speaker Name: Michael W. Gray, PhD

9:15 a.m.

Topic Title:  Remaining Relevant: The Minimalist Mitochondrion of Malaria Parasite
    Speaker Name: Akhil B. Vaidya, PhD

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Abstract Presentations (7)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch


Afternoon Platform Session (2) – Platform Title: Mitochondrial Proteomics

2:00 p.m.

Topic Title: Omics Approaches Reveal Novel Tools for Mitochondrial Disease 
     Diagnosis
     Speaker Name: Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara, MD, PhD

2:30 p.m.

Topic Title:  Proteomic Insights into Mitochondrial Form and Function
    Speaker Name: Dave Pagliarini, PhD

3:00 p.m.

Topic Title: TBA
    Speaker Name: Jennifer van Eyk, PhD

3:30 p.m.

Abstract Presentations (3)

4:15 p.m.  

Break & Poster Sessions (non cme) - Even Numbers Stay at Posters

6:30 p.m.

Adjourn

A 5-minute question and answer period is included in each of the speaker's allotted time.

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Day 2: June 14 (Thursday)

 

Morning Platform Session (3) - Chemical Biology and Metabolomics

8:00 a.m.

Topic Title: Redox Biomarkers in Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name: Gregory M. Enns, MB, ChB

8:30 a.m.

Topic Title:  Treating Regulatory Signaling Network Changes that Cause
    the Metabolic Sequelae of Mitochondrial Disease

    Speaker Name: Marni J. Falk, MD

9:00 a.m.

Topic Title: TBA
    Speaker Name: Joshua Rabinowitz, MD, PhD

9:30 a.m.

Topic Title: The Versatility of Mitochondrial Metabolism in Tumor Cell Growth 
    Speaker Name: Ralph J. DeBerardinis, MD, PhD

10:00 a.m.

 Break

10:30 a.m.

Abstract Presentations (6)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch


Afternoon Platform Session (4) – Platform Title: Systems Biology and Dynamics

2:00 p.m.

Topic Title: The Systems Biology of the Cardiac Mitochondrion
    Speaker Name: Robert S. Balaban, PhD

2:30 p.m.

Topic Title:  TBA
    Speaker Name: Bernhard Palsson, PhD (not confirmed)

3:00 p.m.

Topic Title: Genome Technology for Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name: Curt Scharfe, MD, PhD

3:30 p.m.

Abstract Presentations (3)

3:30 p.m.-
6:30 p.m. 

Special Clinical Director's Workshop - this session is a new opportunity for clinicians, in an open discussion format,  to work on day-to-day challenges faced by clinicians in their groups (patient care and systems related).  (NON CME)

4:15 p.m.

Break and Posters (non cme) - Odd Numbers Stay at Posters

6:30 p.m.

Adjourn

A 5-minute question and answer period is included in each of the speaker's allotted time.

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Day 3: June 15 (Friday)

 

Morning Platform Session (5) – Next-Generation Sequencing of Mitochondrial Disease

8:00 a.m.

Topic Title:   MitoExome Sequencing of Children with Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name: David Thorburn, PhD

8:30 a.m.

Topic Title: Challenges of Bringing Next Generation Sequencing
Technologies to CLIA/CAP Certified Clinical Laboratories
    Speaker Name: Lee Jun C. Wong, PhD

9:00 a.m.

Topic Title:   Exome Sequencing of Mitochondrial Disorders
    Speaker Name: Eric A. Shoubridge, PhD

9:30 a.m.

Abstract Presentations (2)

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Topic Title:   Diagostic Efficacy of Targeted Sequencing in Infantile Versus
Adult Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name: Sarah Calvo, PhD

11:00 a.m.

Abstract Presentations (5)

12:15 p.m.

Lunch


Afternoon Platform Session (6) – Translational Mitochondrial Medicine

2:00 p.m.

Topic Title:   Monitoring Disease: the Newcastle Approach
    Speaker Name: Patrick Chinnery, PhD, FRCP

2:30 p.m.  

Topic Title: The Mitochondrial of Methylmalonic Acidemia: Definition and
Therapeutic Approaches
    Speaker Name:  Charles P. Venditti, MD, PhD

3:00 p.m.

Topic Title: Disease Severity Scores and Outcome Measures in
Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name:  Jan Smeitink, MD, PhD

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Topic Title: NAMDC
    Speaker Name:  Michio Hirano, MD

4:15 p.m.

UMDF 2012 Funded Grant Projects

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6:15 p.m.

Reception

7:00 p.m.

Friday Night Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Keynote Address:  William Gahl, MD, PhD

A 5-minute question and answer period is included in each of the speaker's allotted time.

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Day 4: June 16 (Saturday)

 

Platform Session (7) - Clinical Algorithms, Biochemical Testing, Exercise Dx

8:00 a.m.

Topic Title: Respiratory Chain Testing   
    Speaker Name: Charles Hoppel, MD

8:30 a.m.

Topic Title: Biochemical Profiling in Mitochondrial Disease
    Speaker Name: Richard Haas, MB, BChir

9:00 a.m.

Topic Title: Exercise Diagnosis
    Speaker Name: Ron Haller, MD

9:30 a.m.

Topic Title:  Oxidative Phosphorylation Disorders: from Bench to Bedside
    Speaker Name: Jan Smeitink, MD, PhD

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Topic Title: Criteria for Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Disease in the Era of
Next Generation Sequencing
    Speaker Name: David Thorburn, PhD

11:00 a.m.  

Topic Title: New Treatments for Mitochondrial Diseases?
    Speaker Name: Patrick Chinnery, PhD, FRCP

11:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion - How to Incorporate Next Generation Profiles into Routine Clinical Diagnosis
Moderator: Vamsi Mootha 
Panel:  Chuck Hoppel, Richard Haas, Ron Haller, Jan Smeitink, Eric Shoubridge, David Thorburn, Patrick Chinnery, Anu Wartiovaara, and Lee Jun Wong

1:30 p.m.    Adjournment 

 A 5-minute question and answer period is included in each of the speaker's allotted time.

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