Program

Registration will take place on Saturday 22 April from 14:00 to 18:00.

23 Apr
Time	Session
7:00 – 8:15	Breakfast Frontenac
8:15 – 8:30	Open Meeting Chair Paul Lasko Salle de bal
8:30 – 10:30	Human Gutome: What You Eat Affects You! Chair Paul Lasko Human Gutome: What You Eat Affects You! Iwona Rudkowska Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology , Université Laval Jacques Corbeil Professor, Molecular Medicine, Laval University Elena M Comelli Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto Alanna Crouse Master's Student , Human Genetics , McGill University Genelle Harrison PhD Candidate, Human Genetics, McGill University Salle de bal
10:30 – 11:00	Break Salle de bal – Foyer
11:00 – 13:00	BioBanks: What Resources are Available and How to Access Them? Chair Paul Lasko DNA on Loan: Integrating indigenous values with biobanking in the era of genomics Laura Arbour Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia Genome-wide Genotyping in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Andrew Paterson Senior Scientist, Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute Biobank, genetics, and large clinical trials - the McMaster experience Guillaume Paré Associate Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Genome-Wide Association Study of Heel Bone Mineral Density Identifies 153 Novel Loci and Implicates Functional Involvement of GPC6 in Osteoporosis John Morris PhD Candidate, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 21 Quantifying the Effect of Copy-number Variants on General Intelligence in Unselected Populations Guillaume Huguet Post doc, CHU Ste Justine Poster: 47 Salle de bal
13:00 – 16:00	Poster Session 1 with Lunch Verchères
16:00 – 18:30	Parallel Sessions Chairs Eric Marcotte Celia Greenwood Human Genetics Epigenomics Workshop Jacques Côté Full Professor, Oncology Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center Martin Hirst Head, Epigenomics, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency Misha Bilenky Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre Montmagny B Impact of Childhood Abuse on Histone Modification Landscape in the Amygdala Marc-Aurele Chay Graduate Student, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 71 Investigating Epigenomic Features of Paediatric Glioblastoma Dependent on the Histone 3 K27M Mutation Brian Krug Graduate Student, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 46 Human and Statistical Genetics Statistics Workshop: Leveraging Information from Studies in Families and Populations Andrew Paterson Senior Scientist, Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute Alexandre Bureau Professor, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval Sara Mostafavi Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia Salle de bal Genetics of Gene Expression in the Lung to Elucidate the Susceptibility of Asthma Jean-christophe Berube Université Laval Poster: 22 ExpressionLncr: A Pipeline for Leveraging Latent Gene Expression Data in lncRNA Studies George Ellis Software Developer, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia Poster: 53
19:00 – 23:00	Networking Cocktail Dinatoire Verchères

24 Apr
Time	Session
7:00 – 8:30	Breakfast Frontenac
7:00 – 8:30	Career Development/Mentoring Laval
8:30 – 10:30	Nuclear Structure and Impact on Human Disease Chair Carolyn Brown University of British Columbia Rewiring of enhancer-gene interactions drives PLAU over-expression in Quebec Platelet Disorder Mike Wilson Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Surviving DNA damaging events via evolutionarily conserved 3D genome structure dynamics Karim Mekhail Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Uncovering distal regulatory element function using CRISPR genome engineering Jennifer Mitchell Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Genes Related to Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance are Hypomethylated after Bariatric Surgery Juan De Toro Martin Post Doc, INAF, Université Laval Poster: 25 Genome-wide Characterization of Copy Number Variants in Epilepsy Patients Jean Monlong PhD Candidate, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 8 Salle de bal
10:30 – 11:00	Break Salle de bal – Foyer
11:00 – 13:00	Parallel Sessions Chairs Yohan Bossé Laval University Alexandre Bureau Université Laval Human Genetics Tumor Development, Evolution, and Invasion Yann Joly Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Francine Durocher Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Laval University Jacek Majewski Associate Professor, Human Genetics, McGill University Salle de bal Tumor-based Gene Expression Biomarkers to Predict Survival Following Curative Intent Resection for Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma Alisson Clemenceau MSc Student, CRIUCPQ, Université Laval Poster: 37 Genome-wide Association Study of Time-to-Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer Michelle Penney Graduate Student, Human Genetics, Memorial University of Newfoundland Poster: 35 Human and Statistical Genetics Integration of Machine Learning and Bioinformatics in Human Genetics Sébastien Lemieux Chercheur principal, Unité de recherche en bio-informatique fonctionnelle et structurale, IRIC Guillaume Bourque Associate Professor, Human Genetics, McGill University Mickael Leclercq Researcher, Computational Biology Laboratory, Université Laval Montmagny B Virtual ChIP-seq: Prediction of Transcription Factor Binding by Learning from the Transcriptome Mehran Karimzadeh PhD Student, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Poster: 28 Helping Researchers Face the Data Analysis Challenge Mathieu Bourgey Bioinformatics manager - R & D unit, Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics, McGill
13:00 – 16:00	Poster Session 2 with Lunch Verchères
16:00 – 18:00	GE3LS Chair Vardit Ravitsky Université de Montréal The use of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology to treat hereditary diseases Jacques Tremblay Professor, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL), Université Laval Gene Editing: Ethical and Social Implications Vardit Ravitsky Associate Professor, Bioethics Programs at the School of Public Health, Université de Montréal Gene Editing: Law, Policy and Public Perceptions Timothy Caulfield Professor, Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health , University of Alberta DNA Methylation of the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTT) May Be Associated with Impaired Medication Response in Major Depressive Disorder Amanda J. Lisoway Graduate student, University of Toronto Poster: 55 A TTC14 Low Frequency Missense Variant Private to the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Population Is Associated to Lung Function Andréanne Morin PhD Candidate, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 44 Deep Resequencing Identifies Enrichment of Nonsynonymous Variants in Leprosy Susceptibility Genes Vinicius Fava Post Doc, McGill University Poster: 13 Salle de bal
18:00 – 23:00	Free Evening Explore the city

25 Apr
Time	Session
7:00 – 8:30	Breakfast Frontenac
8:30 – 10:30	Gene–Environment Interaction in Complex Diseases Chair Louis Pérusse Université Laval Tackling GWAS findings one locus at the time Guillaume Lettre Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Montreal The complex interplay of genes and environments in obesity and type 2 diabetes David Meyre Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University Evolution and Immune Response to Pathogens Luis Barreiro Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Université de Montréal DRD4 Exon 3 Genotype as Predictor of Symptom Severity and Treatment Outcome in Children with ADHD: Gene-Treatment and Gene-Environment Interaction Study Darya Naumova Master Student, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 63 The Expression of IQCJ, NXPH1, PHF17 and MYB Genes as Determinants of Plasma Triglyceride Levels Bastien Vallée Marcotte Student, Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) Poster: 31 Salle de bal
10:30 – 11:00	Break Checkout Salle de bal – Foyer
11:00 – 13:00	Rare Genetic Disease Chair Paul Lasko Precision Care in Rare Genetic Disease: towards a diagnosis for most patients Micheil Innes Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary Patients and families: moving to the centre - from subjects to partners in research Isabel Jordan Chair, Rare Disease Foundation The Gene Cure Legacy: Advancing diagnostics and therapies for rare diseases Monica Justice Senior Scientist and Head, Genetics & Genome Biology, Hospital for Sick Children A Missense Mutation in DCST2 Causes the Strongman Syndrome Talita Conte PhD candidate, Human Genetics, McGill University Poster: 24 Determining the Genetic Basis of Rare Diseases Using Whole-exome Sequencing: Brachydactyly Type 1A Rosettia Ho Masters Candidate, Biochemistry, Western University Poster: 27 Salle de bal
13:00 – 13:30	Conference Close Lunch box Salle de bal

Registration will take place on Saturday 22 April from 14:00 to 18:00.

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