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OVERVIEW | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | HOTEL/TRAVEL | POSTERS

International Symposium
Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome
Scientific Meeting 2006

Bolger Center, Potomac, Maryland
Evening of November 17 through noon on November 19, 2006


7pm                         Dinner
8:30pm                     Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker:
Judith G. Hall, MD, FRCP, FAAP, FCCMG, FABMG, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
Disease mastery: the importance of gene discovery, molecular screening, the development of collaborative phenotypic databases and the detailed documentation and analysis of the natural history of human genetic disorders using Turner syndrome as a model


Saturday, November 18th


7:00-8:00am                  Breakfast

Clinical and Molecular Genetic Research Presentations
Twenty minute presentations followed by five minutes for question and answer

8:00am-10:05am
NS Clinical Research: Chair: Bryan Hall, M.D.
8:00-8:25 am Ineke van der Burgt M.D.: Diagnosis of NS; NS Scoring System
8:25-8:50 am Jackie Noonan M.D.: Cardiovascular manifestations and natural history
8:50-9:15 am Michael Patton M.D.: Bleeding disorders, MDS, Leukemia in NS
9:15-9:40 am Mary Ella Pierpont M.D., Ph.D.: Adult manifestations of disease and developmental outcomes
 
9:40-10:00 am Break
 
10:00am- 11:40am
 
10:20am-11:35pm
NS Molecular Genetic Research: Chair: Bruce Gelb, M.D.
10:00-10:25 am Maik Huttemann Ph.D.: tyrosine phosphorylation of mitochondrial enzymes and PTPN11
10:25-10:50 am Marco Tartaglia M.D.: The Ras/Raf pathway
10:50-11:15 am Kimihiko Oishi Ph.D.: PTPN11 Fly model
11:15-11:40 am Amy Roberts, M.D.: SOS1, the latest NS gene
11:40-12:00 pm Ben Neel, M.D., Ph.D.: Mouse models for Shp2-evoked disease
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
 
1:00pm-3:05pm
CFC Syndrome Clinical Research Chair: Decio Brunoni, M.D.
1-1:25 pm Maria Ines Kavamura M.D.: Diagnosis of CFC, the CFC Index
1:25-1:50 pm Angela Lin M.D.: Congenital heart disease in CFC vs. NS and Costello syndrome
1:50-2:15 pm Terri Young, M.D.: Ophthalmologic aspects of CFC
2:15-2:40pm Judith Allanson, M.D.: Gastrointestinal and neurological manifestations of CFC
2:40-3:05pm Karen Gripp M.D.: Clinical care in CFC
2:40pm-3:05pm Judith Allanson, M.D.: CFC Natural History
3:05pm-3:15pm Break
 
3:15pm-4:30pm
CFC Syndrome Molecular Genetic Research Chair: Yoichi Matsubara, M.D.
3:15-3:40 pm Kate Rauen, M.D., Ph.D. The molecular genetics of CFC: seeking out the genes
3:40-4:05 pm Yoko Aoki, MD, PhD: CFC genes: structure and function
4:05-4:30 pm Suzanne Schubbert, Ph.D.: KRAS: CFC vs NS
 
4:30-4:45 pm
 
4:45-6:00 pm Break
 
Somatic PTPN11 Disease: Chair: Benjamin Neel M.D., Ph.D.

 

4:45-5:10pm Christian P. Kratz M.D.: JMML germline vs somatic PTPN11 mutations
5:10-5:35pm Rebecca Chan M.D, Ph.D: Shp2 mutant effect on bone marrow and blood cell proliferation
5:35-6:00pm Judith Leopold, Ph.D.: Phosphotase inhibitors and therapeutic interventions
 
6:00-7:00 Poster Session
 
7:00-8:30 pm Dinner
 
8:30-10:00 pm CFC International and The Noonan Syndrome Support Group Dessert Social

Sunday Morning, November 19th

7:30am-8:30am Breakfast
 
8:30am-9:30am
Break Out Groups:  The chair of each group will lead their section in a discussion of how to practically achieve the general goals identified during the previous day's presentations. The chairs are each leaders in the field of clinical and molecular genetics.  Meeting attendees are welcomed to sit in on the break out group discussions.  

CFC Clinical Research Chair: D. Brunoni
Participants: J. Allanson, I. Kavamura, A. Lin, T. Young,

NS Clinical Research Chair: J. Hall
Participants: B. Hall, J. Noonan, M. Patton, M.E. Pierpont, W. Robinson, I. van der Burgt

CFC Molecular Research Chair: G. Neri
Participants: Y. Aoki, B. Conger, K. Gripp, , Y. Matsubara, K. Rauen , S. Schubbert

NS Molecular Research Chair: J. Carey
Participants: B. Gelb, M. Huttemann, B. Neel, K. Oishi, A. Roberts, M. Tartaglia

Somatic PTPN11 Diseases Chair: R. Kucherlapati
Participants: R. Chan, C. Kratz, J. Leopold

9:30am-10:30am
Summary Presentations: There will be brief presentations by each break out group chair of the results of their group discussion.

10:30am-12:00pm
Panel Discussion: The panelists will be asked to reflect upon Saturday's presentations, to identify key themes, and to suggest general approaches to achieving successful, timely, and relevant translational research. Meeting attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and make suggestions.
Moderator:
Judith Hall M.D.
Participants:,
Raju Kucherlapati, Ph.D.
Decio Brunoni, M.D.,
John Carey M.D.
Marco Tartaglia M.D.
Bryan Hall M.D.
Giovanni Neri, M.D.
Bruce Gelb, M.D.

12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch






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