1st Central- Eastern European Symposium on the Free Nucleic Acids in the Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis

1st Central-Eastern European Symposium on Free Nucleic Acids in the Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis, March 19th, 2010, Budapest
Scientific program

14:00   Opening Ceremony
            Prof. István Karádi, Dean of the Medical Faculty of Semmelweis University
            Prof. János Rigó, Director of the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis             University, Budapest
            Prof. Sinuhe Hahn, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
14:10   Neil D. Avent, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
            New biomarkers and the non-invasive prenatal genetic diagnosis.
14:30   Thomas Kroneis, Peter Sedlmayr, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
            Single cell analysis for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis
15:00   Andres Metspalu, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
            Next generation sequencing
15:20 Lyn Chitty, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
            Non-invasive prenatal detection of fetal sex in pregnancies at risk for X-linked disorders
15:40   Coffee break
16:00   Barbora Vlkova, Tomas Szemes, Gabriel Minarik, Peter Celec, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
            Brainstorming fetal DNA: our thoughts and hypotheses.

16:10   Ewa Brojer, Katarzyna Guz, Agnieszka Orzińska, Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
            Non-invasive fetal blood group genotyping – the decade of Polish experience
16:20   Jasenka Wagner and Gordan Lauc, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
            Fetal gender determination methodology as a tool for developing noninvasive prenatal paternity test
16:30   Levente Lázár, Gyula R. Nagy, Bálint Nagy, János Rigó, Jr. Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
            Other applications of cell free nucleic acids analysis in obstetrical and gynecological diagnostics
16:40   Gyula R. Nagy, Levente Lázás, Bálint Nagy, János Rigó, Jr. Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
            Amniotic fluid is a suitable source for whole genome microarray analysis
16:50   Closing remarks
17:00   Reception, Danubius Hotel Flamenco, Budapest