"Base-pair to Bedside", Date: March 25,2015 at 10.00 A.M.

Base-pair to Bedside
Genomics and Cancer Prevention
March 25, 2015
Organized by
Bioinformatics Centre (BIC)
Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR)
Department of Health Research
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Government of India
Noida, Uttar Pradesh -201301
EVENT SUMMARY
Developments in high throughput technologies are revolutionizing
medical research. With applications in both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, these technologies have potential for translating
research to clinical practice. Although high throughput technologies have been
used worldwide for medical research, these are not being used as widely in
India. One of the biggest hurdles in use and analyses of high throughput
technologies for medical research in India is limited training of clinicians in
such technologies and minimal interaction between clinicians and translational
researchers.
ICPO aims to bridge the gap between clinicians and translational
researchers by organizing an interactive brainstorming session with the
objective of increasing interaction and stimulating collaborative projects. The
theme of the symposium is ‘Genomics and Cancer Prevention” where leading
practicing clinicians and researchers will be invited to interact and discuss the
following themes:
1. Cancer genomics
2. Practical applications of genomic approaches in cancer
3. Translational genomics
4. Use of technologies in outreach cancer prevention and care
5. Lacunae in cancer awareness and prevention
PROGRAM
Time
Contents
Speaker
10:00
Welcome
Prof. Ravi Mehrotra
10.15
Making clinical sense of missense
Dr. Rajiv Sarin
and intronic gene variants
11.00
Next Generation Cancer Genomics-
Dr. Arindam Maitra
Our experiences in the ICGC Project
11:45
Tea/coffee break
12.00
Personal genomes to precision
Moderator:
Dr. Vinod Scaria
Rajaraman
medicine
12.45
Discovering evidence for heritability
Dr. Preetha
Dr. Rajesh Dixit
of cancer in Indian Population: Role
of GWAS and future directions
13.30
Lunch break
14.30
Engineering reversal of drug
15.15
Dr. Shantanu Chowdhary
Moderator:
resistance in cancer cells - metastasis
Dr. S.M.
suppressor proteins as change agents
Agarwal
Panel Discussion 1
Panelist:
Genes and proteins as platforms
1. Dr. Rajesh Dixit
Moderator:
for designing diagnostics and
2. Dr. Balraj Mittal
Dr. Andrew
therapeutics in cancer
3. Dr. Harpreet Singh
Lynn
4. Dr. Hariprasad
5. Dr. Mausumi Bharadwaj
16.00
Tea/coffee break
16.15
Panel Discussion 2
Panelist:
Shortcomings in cancer awareness
1. Prof. G. K. Rath
Moderator:
and prevention: Measures to
2. Dr. Anurag Srivastava
Prof. Rajiv
overcome
3. Dr. H. Sudershan
Sarin
4. Dr. Jayanti ManiaPramanik
17.00
Summary and the way forward
Discussion led by Prof. Ravi
Mehrotra
KEY TOPICS
 Translational Genomics
 Next Generation Cancer Genomics
 Role of GWAS in Cancer
 Use of technologies in Cancer prevention
 Lacunae in Cancer prevention
Wednesday March 25, 2015
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Venue: Conference Hall, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology,
Noida
Convenor:
Prof. Ravi Mehrotra
Scientist-G & Director
Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR)
I - 7, Sector - 39, Noida
Uttar Pradesh – 201301, India