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Programme & Invited Speakers 

Thursday evening JUNE 18:
18.00 - 20.00   Welcome drinks, Hortus Botanicus

                        Amsterdam in historical perspective: Martin Ribbens


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM JUNE 19, FRIDAY

8.30 – 9.00        Welcome and registration with coffee
9.00 – 9.15        Introduction

Genetics & Phenotypic variation

                         Moderator: Akiko Shimamura

9.15 - 10.00      Johanna Rommens, PhD; Program in Genetics & Genome Biology,
                         Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                         Shwachman Diamond Syndrome, state of the art

10.00 – 10.30   Heather Ball, PhD; Program in Genetics & Genome Biology,
                         Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                         Rescue of Shwachman-Diamond mouse model phenotypes with loss of TP53
                         Elena Nicolis, PhD; Lab of Clin Chemistry and Haematology,
                         University Hospital, Verona, Italy
                         SBDS mRNA expression

10.30 - 11.00    Leslie Steele, MSc; Dept of Ped Lab Medicine,
                         The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                         De novo mutations in the SBDS gene causing Shwachman-Diamond
                         Syndrome
                         Nikolaus Trede MD, PhD; Dept of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Utah,
                         USA

11.00 – 11.30   Coffee break

                         Moderator: Alan Warren

11.30 - 12.00    Ivo Touw, PhD; Lab of Hematopoiesis and Transplantation
                         Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
                         Genetic variation in AML and MDS

12.00 - 12.30    Hanming Wang, MSc; Program in Cell Biology, Research Institute, The
                         Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                         SBDS-loss results in overexpression of Fas transcript 1 and accumulation of Fas at plasma membrane
                         Jean Donadieu, MD, PhD; AP-HP Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France
                         Risk factors for aplastic anemia and leukemia/myelodysplasia in
                         Shwachman Diamond syndrome (French-German Severe Chronic Neutropenia Registry)

12.30 – 13.30   Lunch
 

SBDS function        

                         Moderator: Johanna Rommens

13.30 - 14.00    Alan Warren, PhD; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK 
                         SBDS and associated proteins

14.00 - 14.30    Claudia Orelio, PhD; Sanquin Research & Emma Children’s Hospital,
                         Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands     
                         Cellular localization and mobility of SBDS proteins
       
14.30 - 15.00    Christine Hilcenko, PhD; MRC Lab of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
                         Quasi-independent motion of the human SBDS FYSH domain revealed by
                         NMR spectroscopy
                         Rastislav Horos, MSc; Dept of Hematology,
                         Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
                         mRNA translation control in erythoid cells deficient for SBDS and RPS 19

15.00 – 15.30   Tea break

                         Moderator: Peter Durie

15.30 - 16.00    Sanna Toiviainen-Salo MD, PhD; Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki
                         University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
                         MRI of the brain and the pancreas

16.00 - 16.30    A parent’s view, a patient’s view   
                         Liesbeth Siderius, pediatrician, the Netherlands
                         Comprehensive multidisciplinary care for identified SDS individuals

16.30 – 17.00    Guidelines for SDS diagnosis: Johnson Liu (chair)


17.00 - 18.00      posterview


Evening Program


18.00    Meet at the Tigerroom for the boat trip and dinner

18.10 − 20.00      Boat tour through Amsterdam & drinks

20.00    Dinner at the Wilhelminadok *




* Address:        Wilhelminadok
            Noordwal 1
            1021 PX Amsterdam
            tel: 020 - 6323701

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM JUNE 20, SATURDAY


Gastrointestinal issues & growth

08.30 – 09.00    Welcome with coffee

                          Moderator: Marco Cipoli

09.00 - 09.30     Peter Durie MD, FRCP(C); Dept of Pediatrics, Div of Gastroenterology
                          and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                          What did we learn from CF about pancreas failure?

09.30 – 10.00    J. Koeglmeier, SEM, MD, MRCPCH, MMedSc; Dept of Paediatric
                          Gastroenterologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
                          Gastrointestinal problems in Shwachman Diamond syndrome
                           
10.00 - 10.30    Marie Helfrich, PhD; Bone and Musculoskeletal Research Programme,
                         University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Aberdeen, UK
                         Bone metabolism and diseases of osteoclast dysfunction

10.30 - 11.00    Arif Manji, MD; Cell Biology Program, Div of Hematology/Oncology,
                         Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
                         Solid tumor in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome: report from the        
                         Canadian inherited marrow failure registry
                         Marina Tourlakis, MSc; Program in Genetics & Genome Biology
                         Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                         Understanding pancreatic dysfunction in Shwachman-Diamond        
                         Syndrome using mouse models

11.00 – 11.30   Coffee break

Behavioral

                         Moderator: Elisabeth Kerr

11.30 - 11.45    Jan Booij, MD, PhD; Dept of Nuclear Medicine,
                         Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, NL
                         Nuclear medicine for insight in behavioural function?

11.45 – 12.15    Elizabeth Kerr, PhD. CPsych; The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,
                          Canada
                          A developmental perspective on challenges of SDS from childhood to young adult
                          Sandra Perobelli; Cystic Fibrosis Center, Azienda Ospedaliera, Verona,
                          Italy
                          Neuropsychological profile of SDS: unanswered questions
               

12.15 – 13.30     Posterwalk and Lunch


Hematological issues         


                            Moderator: Taco Kuijpers

13.30 - 14.15       Hans Joenje, PhD; Dept of Cytogenetics, Free University, Amsterdam, NL 
                            Chromosomal instability: facts and features

14.15 – 15.00      Christopher Allen, BSc; Marrow Failure & Myelodysplasia Program,
                            Div of Hematology/Oncology & Cell Biology Program, Research Institute,     
                            The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                            Comparative analysis of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS) patients
                            with or without SBDS mutation
                            Gulay Sezgin MD, PhD; Dept of Pediatrics, Schneider Children’s hospital,
                            New Hyde Park, New York, USA
                            SBDS depletion in hematopoietic TF-1 cells impairs growth, colony
                            formation and ribosome function
                            Saswati Sen MSc; Program in Cell Biology, Research Institute, The
                            Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
                            Mechanisms of erythopoietic failure caused by loss of inherited aplastic
                            anemia-related gene, SBDS  


15.00 – 15.30      Tea break


                            Moderator: Johnson Liu

15.30 - 16.00       Robbert Bredius, MD, PhD; Dept of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious
                            Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
                            Hematopoietic Stem Cell therapy in SDS

16.00 - 16.30      Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
                           University of Washington, Seattle, USA
                           Mitotic abnormalities in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome.

16.30 - 17.00      Registry on SDS: how national and international issues meet: Peter Durie


18.00                  Closing news and farewell