Cytogenomics Conference

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1 ANNOUNCING The Fifty-fourth Annual Great Lakes (please note the name change!!) DATES: May 19-20, 2016 LOCATION: 89 Chestnut Street, University of Toronto ACCOMMODATION: Conference rates are not available at the Metropolitan Hotel or at the University of Toronto Residences. Please make your reservations early! Doubletree by Hilton: 108 Chestnut Street, Toronto (formerly The Metropolitan Telephone: 1 (800) or 1 (416) Hotel) Room Rate: ~ $ University of Toronto 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto Residences: Telephone: 1 (416) press 0 Room Rate ~ $ single or double plus taxes (basic accommodation no TV/no room service full breakfast buffet included) GLCC REGISTRATION FEES 1. Advance registration (by April 15, 2016) Regular: $150 (CDN or USD) Student: $70 (CDN or USD) 2. Late registration (After April 15, 2016) Regular: $200 (CDN or USD) Student: $100 (CDN or USD) One Day: $100 (CDN or USD) One Day: $40 (CDN or USD) One Day: $150 (CDN or USD) One Day: $70 (CDN or USD) PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY ALL REGISTRATIONS. IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED BY APRIL 15, THE LATE REGISTRATION FEE WILL APPLY AT THE DESK UPON CHECK-IN. A continental breakfast and lunch for both days of the meeting, as well as a wine and cheese after Thursday s sessions, are included in the registration fee. A Thursday evening social dinner is scheduled, but this is NOT included in the registration fee. Please budget ~ $80 (CDN) for this event.

2 Please mail cheque, payable to The Great Lakes Chromosome Conference, with your registration to: Ellen Mak-Tam, GLCC Registrar North York General Hospital Genetics Program 4001 Leslie St. 3SE Toronto, ON M2K 1E1 A receipt will be issued at the meeting. WE ARE SORRY WE CANNOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2016 GREAT LAKES CYTOGENOMICS CONFERENCE Here is a sampling of topics this year: Bekim Sadikovic, Clinical Molecular Geneticist, London Health Sciences, London, Ontario Hereditary cancer panel vs. somatic tumour panel in clinical service - LHSC experience Tracy Stockley, Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario New technologies for copy number variant assessment Janette van den Berghe, Laboratory Scientist, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver British Columbia Cancer genes, chromosomes and therapeutics Richard Wintle, Assistant Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Whole genome sequencing at The Centre for Applied Genomics Josée Lavoie, Associate Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec Group presentation on interesting cases or lab-related problems Cynthia Hawkins, Neuropathologist, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Principal Investigator, The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, SickKids, Toronto, Ontario The integration of new genomic technologies in the analysis of pediatric brain tumours

3 Sébastien Chénier, Medical Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec Molecular cytogenetics: beyond arrays and NGS Mary Ann George, Clinical Laboratory Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, SickKids, Toronto, Ontario Constitutional chromoanagenesis: two illustrative cases and review of the literature Ron Carter, Program Director, LifeLabs Genetics, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University NIPT: evolution into a funded standard of care in Canada Jeff MacDonald, Bioinformatician, The Centre for Applied Genomics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario New resources and updates at the Database for Genomic Variants (DGV) Elena Kolomietz, Co-Head, Division of Diagnostic Medical Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Application of next generation sequencing technology for comprehensive chromosome testing of embryos Marsha Speevak, Discipline Lead, Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario The new database of clinical variants: a progress report Trevor Pugh, Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario Circulating tumour DNA sequence analysis to extract cytogenomic data from liquid biopsies The H. Allen Gardner Memorial Lecturer: Dr. Christa Lese Martin, PhD, FACMG Director and Senior Investigator Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute Geisinger Health System Lewisburg, PA Déjà VUS: Interpreting recurrent CNVs in developmental brain disorders

4 CALL FOR PAPERS SESSIONS The GLCC is divided into three sessions: Session I: Cancer Cytogenetics; Session II: Clinical Problems; Session III: New Technologies. The meeting closes with the annual Allen H. Gardner Memorial Lecture. The following guidelines are suggested: 1. Please title/abstract to or fax to: Attn: Dr. Mary Shago. Please include authors names and addresses and the address of the presenting/corresponding author (underlined). The abstract should be limited in length to 250 words or less for publication to the web. 2. Titles and abstracts are accepted on a first come basis, until timeslots are filled. An confirmation will be sent acknowledging receipt of the abstract. Presenters will be informed of the assigned timeslot approximately two weeks prior to the meeting. 3. Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, which includes a 5-minute question and discussion period. 4. A laptop will be available at the meeting. Presentations should be in PowerPoint format on a USB key. 5. Early Submission Prizes: Abstracts received by April 15 will be eligible for 3 random draws of $ CDN each to be held at the meeting. 6. We are a friendly, receptive crowd, so you have nothing to lose by participating. We rely on you to make the meeting a success! So please select your cases now. RULES FOR EARLY SUBMISSION PRIZE 1. Abstracts/titles must be received by the advance registration deadline, April 15, in order to be included for the draw. Everyone is eligible except meeting organizers. 2. A random draw of the titles from each session will be performed and a cash prize awarded to each presenter that is drawn.

5 DECLARATION OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST Please note, as required by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, all speakers will be requested to disclose to the audience, any real or apparent conflict of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program. Please include a PowerPoint slide (second slide after the title/topic slide) declaring any apparent conflicts(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program. INFORMATION We look forward to your suggestions and to seeing you in May. For more information please feel free to call Dr. Kathy Chun at (416) ; Fax # (416) ; kathy.chun@nygh.on.ca.

6 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM All events to be held on the 2 nd floor, at University of Toronto, 89 Chestnut Thursday, May Registration and morning wake-up (coffee, muffins) Centre Room, 2 nd Floor Introductory Remarks Session I Cancer Cytogenetics Chair: Bekim Sadikovic Hereditary cancer panel vs. somatic tumour panel in clinical service - LHSC experience Bekim Sadikovic (London Health Sciences, London, ON) Cancer genes, chromosomes and therapeutics Janette van den Berghe (Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC) Short Presentations Break The integration of new genomic technologies in the analysis of pediatric brain tumours Cynthia Hawkins (SickKids, Toronto, ON) Short Presentation Lunch Provided Session II Clinical Problems Chair: Sébastien Chénier Molecular cytogenetics: beyond arrays and NGS Sébastien Chénier (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC) Group presentation on interesting cases or lab-related problems Josée Lavoie (Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC) Break

7 The new database of clinical variants: a progress report Marsha Speevak (Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON) Constitutional chromoanagenesis: two illustrative cases and review of the literature Mary Ann George (SickKids, Toronto, ON) New resources and updates at the Database for Genomic Variants (DGV) Jeff MacDonald (The Centre for Applied Genomics, Toronto, ON) Short Presentations Wine & Cheese Reception Terrace (3 rd Floor) Friday, May Registration and morning wake up Centre Room, 2 nd Floor Session III New Technologies Chair: Tracy Stockley New technologies for copy number variant assessment Tracy Stockley (University Health Network, Toronto, ON) Circulating tumour DNA sequence analysis to extract cytogenomic data from liquid biopsies Trevor Pugh (Princess Margaret, Toronto, ON) NIPT: evolution into a funded standard of care in Canada Ron Carter (LifeLabs, Mississauga, ON) Break Application of next generation sequencing technology for comprehensive chromosome testing of embryos Elena Kolomietz (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON) Whole genome sequencing at The Centre for Applied Genomics Richard Wintle (The Centre for Applied Genomics, Toronto, ON)

8 Short Presentation Lunch Provided H Allen Gardner Memorial Lecture: Déjà VUS: Interpreting recurrent CNVs in developmental brain disorders Dr. Christa Lese Martin (Geisinger Health System, Lewisburg, PA) Conclusion and Adjournment of GLCC