| July 19 |
| Registration: starts at 2:00 pm |
| Dinner: 6:00 pm |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Opening Remarks |
| 7:45 - 10:00 pm | Session I: Advances in Microscopy and Fluorochromes |
| Discussion Leader: | H. Tanke
(Univ. of Leiden) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | N.F. van Hulst
(Univ. of Twente) | Scanning force microscopy |
| S. Hell
(MPI Biophys. Chem.) | 4Pi confocal microscopy point spread function engineering |
| M. Bruchez
(UC Berkeley) | Nanocrystals, new fluorescent probes |
| Short Presentation: | N.N. | |
| July 20 |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
(coffee break: 10:30) | Session II: Molecular Cytogenetic Methods I |
| Discussion Leader: | A.K. Raap
(Univ. of Leiden) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | A. Bensimon
(Inst. Pasteur) | DNA combing of genomes |
| U. Landegren
(Uppsala Biomed Ctr.) | Padlock probes |
| D.C. Ward
(Yale Univ.) | Padlock probes and signal amplification |
| Short Presentations: | J.-W. Vaandrager / E.D. Schuuring (Univ. of Leiden)
M.P. Hande (British Columbia Cancer Res. Ctr.)
L. Kearney (John Radcliffe Hospital) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1/1 (A-L, alphabetical list of participants) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 10:00 pm | Session III: Molecular Cytogenetic Methods II |
| Discussion Leader: | D. Pinkel
(UCSF) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | H. Tanke
(Univ. of Leiden) | Rare event detection |
| M. Speicher
(Univ. of Munich) | Multiplex-FISH |
| T. Ried
(NHCGR/NIH) | Spectral Karyotyping |
| Short Presentations: | C.A. Griffin (Johns Hopkins Oncology Ctr.)
R. Eils (Univ. of Heidelberg)
Y. Garini (Applied Spectral Imaging Ltd.) |
| July 21 |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | End of Session III: Molecular Cytogenetic Methods II |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
(coffee break: 10:30) | Session IV: Chromosomes in Meiosis |
| Discussion Leader: | P. Pearson
(Utrecht Univ.) | Introduction and Overview |
| Speakers: | A. Plug
(Yale Univ.) | Synaptonemal complexes in male mice |
| M. Hulten
(West Midland Reg. Genet. Serv.) | Synaptonemal complexes in human males |
| D. Warburton
(Columbia Univ.) | Meiosis in human females |
| Short Presentation: | N.N. |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1/2 (A-L, alphabetical list of participants) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 10:00 pm | Session V: Metaphase and InterphaseChromosomes |
| Discussion Leader: | P. Lichter
(German Cancer Res. Ctr.) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | W. Brown
(Oxford Univ.) | Mammalian artificial chromosomes |
| J. Korenberg
(Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. UCLA) | Human and primate evolution: They're playing our song |
| B. Trask
(Univ. of Washington) | Large scale organization of chromosomes |
| Short Presentation: | M. Lalande (Children's Hospital, HHMI) |
| July 22 |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
(coffee break: 10:30) | Session VI: Chromosome and nuclear architecture I |
| Discussion Leader: | T. Cremer
(Univ. of Munich) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | D. Arndt-Jovin
(MPI Biophys. Chem.) | Homologous association of the bithorax-complex during embryogenesis in Drosophila |
| W. Marshall
(Yale Univ.) | Localization of genetic loci in situ and in vivo |
| D. Zink
(Univ. of Munich) | In vivo studies of chromosomes |
| Short Presentations: | J. Bridger (Western General Hospital)
E. Chevret (ICRF)
M.G. Lowenstein (UCSF)
P.J. Verschure (Univ. of Amsterdam) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2/1 (M-Z, alphabetical list of participants) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 10:00 pm | Session VII: Chromosome and nuclear architecture II |
| Discussion Leader: | J.B. Lawrence
(Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Ctr.) | Introduction |
| Speakers: | U. De Boni
(Univ. of Toronto) | Chromosome territories, active gene sequences and DNAse hypersensitive sites |
| D. Spector
(Cold Spring Harbor Lab.) | In vivo studies of RNA synthesis and processing |
| K.F. Sullivan
(Scripps Res. Inst.) | In vivo studies of centromeres |
| Short Presentations: | C.M. Clemson (Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Ctr.)
G. Matera (Case Western Reserve Univ.) |
| July 23 |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
(coffee break: 10:30) | Session VIII Chromosome Evolution |
| Discussion Leader: | M. Ferguson-Smith
(Cambridge Univ.) | Introduction: Multiplicity of methodology |
| Speakers: | W. Nash
(H&W Cotogenet. Serv.) | Tracking chromosome evolution in the Ursidae |
| J. Wienberg
(Cambridge Univ.) | Analyzing genome re-organization in the evolution of mammals |
| R. Stanyon
(Univ. of Genoa) | Reconstructing phylogeny and ancestral karyotypes for primates from chromosome painting |
| T. Schwarzacher
(John Innes Ctr.) | Evolution of repeated DNA in plants |
| Short Presentations: | R. Ritchie (Children's Hospital, HHMI)
H. de Jong (Wageningen Agricult. Univ.) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2/2 (M-Z, alphabetical list of participants) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 10:00 pm | Session IX: Genome Scanning |
| Discussion Leader: | J. Gray
(UCSF) | Introduction) |
| Speakers: | D. Albertson
(UCSF Cancer Res. Inst.) | CGH to immobilized DNA |
| M. Bittner
(NHCGR/NIH) | Expression profiling with DNA chips |
| J. Pollack
(Stanford Univ.) | DNA chip technology |
| Short Presentation: | P. Lichter (German Cancer Res. Ctr.) |
| Business Meeting |
| July 24 |
| Departure |
