European-American School in Forencis Genetics and
Mayo Clinic Course in Advanved Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Zagreb, September 1-5, 2003
ORGANIZERS
Program Directors
- Moses Schanfield, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
- Dragan Primorac, University of Split, Split, Croatia
- Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Organizing Institutions
- Connecticut State Police, USA
- George Washington University, USA
- Mayo Clinic, USA
- Polyclinic Holy Spirit II, Croatia
- The Bode Technology Group, USA
- University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Weizmann Institute, Israel
Standing Committee of the Mayo Clinic-University of Advanced Medical Education
- Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović, Ph.D.
- Nada Čikeš, M.D., Ph.D.
- John La Forgia
- Nijaz Hadžić, M.D. Ph.D.
- Thomas McDonald, M.D.
- Dragan Primorac, M.D., Ph.D.
- Mark Wilhelm, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee
- Frederick Bieber, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Bruce Budowle, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C., USA
- Mitchell Holland, The Bode Technology Group, Inc., Springfield, VA, USA
- Ed Huffine, International Commission on Missing Persons, USA
- Doron Lancet, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Henry Lee, Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA
- Slobodan Macura, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Timothy Palmbach, Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA
- Thomas Parsons, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA
- Walter Parson Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria
- Jeffrey Platt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Raj Puri, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA
- David Rowe, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, USA
- Stephen Russell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- John Ryan, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, USA
- David I. Smith, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Richard Weinshilboum, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Local Organizing Committee
- Šimun Andelinović, Croatia
- Ivana Erceg, Croatia
- Dalibor Marijanović, Croatia
- Inga Marijanović, Croatia
- Vedrana Škaro, Croatia
PROGRAM
The 2003 symposium features sessions addressing
European-American School in Forensic Genetics
- Analysis of X and Y Chromosomes
- Bioterrorism
- DNA Analysis in Mass Disaster
- DNA Data Banks
- DNA Identification of Skeletal Remains
- DNA in the Court-room (Scientific, Statistical and Legal Aspects)
- Ethical Issues in Forensic Science
- Innovations in DNA Typing Technologies
- Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
- Plant and Animal DNA Typing
- Statistics in Forensic Science
- Workshop: PCR-Based Detection Instruments and Chemistry in Forensic Genetics
Mayo Clinic Course in Advanced Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Bioethics
- Cell Engineering for Bone Marrow Transplants and Immunotherapy
- Design of Clinical Trials
- DNA Patenting
- Genomics and Pharmacogenetics
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Proteomics
- Stem Cells
- Vector Design and Application (Gene Therapy)
- Xenotransplantation
- Workshop: PCR-Based Detection Instruments and Chemistry in Molecular Medicine
SPEAKERS
European-American School in Forensic Genetics
- Antonio Alonso (National Institute of Toxicology, Madrid, Spain)
- Ted Anderson (Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA)
- Christopher Asplen (Smith Alling Lane, London, UK)
- Michael Baden (New York State Police, NY, USA)
- Christine Boyer (Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA)
- Zoran Budimlija (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA)
- Cassandra Calloway (Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, CA, USA)
- Dave Coffman (Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
- Yasser Daoudi (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA)
- Tracy Dawson (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
- Pero Dimsoski (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA)
- Rebecca Hamm (Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, US)
- Juergen Henke (Institute fuer Blutgruppenforschung, Cologne, Germany)
- Charity Holland (Bode Technology Group, Springfield, VA, USA)
- Mitchell Holland* (Bode Technology Group, Springfield, VA, USA)
- Edwin Huffine (International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Marty Johnson (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA)
- Linda Kenney (Forensic Lawyer, Red Bank NJ, USA)
- Greggory LaBerge (Denver Police Department and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA)
- Carll Ladd (Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA)
- Henry Lee* (Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA)
- Jose Lorente (University of Granada, Granada, Spain)
- Stephen Lupton (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA)
- Terry Melton (Mitotyping Technologies, State College, PA, USA)
- Heather Miller (Coyle Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA)
- Timothy Palmbach* (Connecticut State Police, Meriden, CT, USA)
- Walther Parson (Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria)
- Vincenzo Pascali* (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy)
- Haskell Pitluck (McHenry County Circuit Court, Woodstock, IL, USA)
- Tanja Popović (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA)
- Dragan Primorac (Medical School Split, Split, Croatia)
- Mechthild Prinz (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA)
- Marilyn Raymond (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA)
- John RyanMyriad (Genetic Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
- Antti Sajantila (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
- Moses Schanfield* (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
- Peter Underhill* (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA)
- Erin Williams* (Foundation for Genetic Medicine, Reston, VA, USA)* Plenary speaker
Mayo Clinic Course in Advanced Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Gideon Bach (Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel)
- Pavo Barišić* (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia)
- Frederick Bieber* (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
- Fiona Brew (Affymetrix, London, UK Phil DanielsonUniversity of Denver, Denver, CO, USA)
- Allan Dietz (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Eithan Galun (Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel)
- Dennis Gastineau (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Dennis Gilbert* (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA)
- Francis Glorieux (McGill University, Shriners Hospital for Children, MontrÈal, QC, Canada)
- Doron Lancet (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)
- Slobodan Macura (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Nino Margetić (National Centre for Genotyping, Paris, France)
- Tonci Matulić* (School of Catholic Theology, Zagreb, Croatia)
- Thomas Meitinger (Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich and GSF National Research Institute, Neuherberg, Germany)
- Dean Nižetić (University of London, London, England)
- Kresimir Pavelić (Institute Rugjer BoskoviÁ, Zagreb, Croatia)
- Pier Franco Pignatti (Institute of Biology and Genetics University of Verona, Italy)
- Doros Platika (Centegenetix, Cambridge, MA, USA)
- Jeffrey Platt* (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Raj Puri (Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA)
- David Rowe (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA)
- Stephen Russell (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Edgar Schreiber (Celera Diagnostics, Alameda, CA, USA)
- David Smith (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Davor Šolter (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany)
- L. David Tomei (Xenomics Inc., Richmond, CA, USA)
- Petros Tsipouras (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA)
- Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Richard Weinshilboum* (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
- Patrick Willems* (Synergene, Mechelen, Belgium)
- Catherine Wu (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA)
- George Wu (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA)
