Personal Genome Project

2nd Annual Personal Genome Project Meeting


Monday, October 20, 2008
New Research Building (Room 350)
Harvard Medical School
77 Ave Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
(map)



MORNING SESSION

845am
Coffee

9am

Introductory Remarks
George Church PhD, Harvard Medical School

930am
PGP-10 comment period


10am

Genomic Consultation Overview
Joseph Thakuria MD, Mass General Hospital

1030am

Dispatches from the Scientific Frontier
Jay Lee MD PhD, Harvard Medical School
In Hyun Park PhD, Harvard Medical School
Presentation (ppt)
11am
Dispatches from the Scientific Frontier
Robert Green MD, Boston University
Presentation (pdf) and Publications (pdf)
1130am
PGP-10 & Staff Flex Time
-saliva specimen collection for microbiomics

12pm
Lunch



AFTERNOON SESSION

1245pm
Tour featuring Polonator instruments
1pm
Dispatches from the Scientific Frontier
John Wilbanks, Science Commons
Presentation (pdf)
130pm
Dispatches from the Scientific Frontier
David Altshuler MD PhD, Broad Institute
2pm
PGP-10 & Staff Flex Time

3pm
Dispatches from the Scientific Frontier
Jeantine Lunshof, Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Presentation (ppt)

Margret Hoehe MD PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics (Berlin)
Presentation (pdf)
330pm
PGP-10 comment period and public data release

4pm
Closing Remarks
George Church, PhD
430pm
Press conference
NRB Rotunda
Listen to an audio recording of the press conference



EVENING SESSION

6pm
Public event featuring the PGP-10, sponsored by Nova scienceNow
At Cambridge 1.

Sci Cafe event flyer with more information
See also, Nova video on the PGP.