Daan Schuurbiers
(Centre for Society
and Genomics):

"GRE2007 offers the essentials
of genomics knowledge.
And that doesn't mean
just the science."

Programme - Thursday, 29 November 2007
 

09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 09:35

Welcome by Diederik Zijderveld
Director Netherlands Genomics Initiative

09:35 – 09:45

Opening by Ronald Plasterk
Minister of Education, Culture and Science
 

09:45 – 10:10

Extreme Comparative genomics: Bioenergy to Gene Regulation
Eddy Rubin
- Director of DOE Joint Genomics Institute, Walnut Creek, USA

10:10 – 10:20

Round of Excellence
Interactive presentation of the Genomics Centres

10:20 – 10:45

Taming the Genome for Society?
Ellen Wright Clayton - Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy; Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Law; Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
 

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee & snacks break

11:00 – 12:30

Workshops

11:00 – 12:30

Movie time - 'Gattaca'

12:30 – 14:15

Lunch break & posters at the Genomics Lounge

13:00 – 13:30 Meet the experts

13:00 – 14:00

Talk about research:
Present your poster in 5 minutes and compete for an award!
 

14:15 – 16:15

Masterclasses

14:15 – 16:15

Film première - ‘The Dodo game’

16:30 – 17:15

Consumption and happiness
Sir Brian Heap -
Formerly Master of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge; Formerly Director of Research at Babraham and Roslin; Director of Science of the Biotechnologyand Biological Science Research Council, Swindon, UK

17:15 – 17:30

GRE2007 Price Award ceremony

17:30 – 20:00

Drinks & Music by the Hootertooter Band

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