Translating Genomics Into Personalized Therapy
Speaker
Margit Burmeister PhD, David Haas MD, Arthur Nienhuis MD, Charles M. Perou, Ph.D.
Date
March 26, 2010, 1:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location
Biological Science Learning Center – Room 109
University of Chicago
Description
SAVE THE DATE
The University of Chicago
Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology Annual Symposium
Friday, March 26, 2010 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
“Translating Genomics Into Personalized Therapy”
SPEAKERS
Margit Burmeister, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Title: “Prospects for Genomics in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders”
David Haas, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title: “Human Genomics of HIV Infection and its Therapy”
Arthur Nienhuis, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Title: “Development of Gene Therapy for Blood Disorders”
Charles M. Perou, Ph.D.
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: “Molecular Portraits of Human Breast Tumors
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