Humane genetica (Human Genetics)
Beschrijving
This permanent education course intends to fulfil the need of a growing number of professions (from industry as well as from health care, for diagnostic or for research purposes) in which theoretical bases of all aspects of human genetics are useful or required. This course provides a uniform and adequate theoretical background for all those taking up responsibilities in human genetics-related activities within the different Belgian genetic centers.
The course is organized every two years. Next edition will start in October, 2025. Specific details will be announced early 2025.
Instructions for registration can be found in this file.
Programma
This course is organized one Friday per month by each Human Genetics Center. The training days are alternately hosted by KUL, ULB, UGent, UCL, UA, ULiège and VUB.
You can find a brief programme below. For a more extensive programme, we refer to the website of the Belgian Society for Human Genetics. This is a preliminary programme, based on former editions of this course! More specific details about the edition that will start in 2025 will be announced early 2025.
DAY 1:
- Human genome: gene structure and function
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Tools of human molecular genetics/Human Diversity
- Principles of cytogenomics
- The human genome and the chromosomal basis of heredity
DAY 2:
- Patterns of single gene inheritance
- Genetic variation in individuals and populations: mutation and polymorphism
- Epigenetics
DAY 3:
- Human gene mapping and disease gene identification
- The molecular, biochemical and cellular basis of genetic disease
DAY 4:
- Disorders of the autosomes
- Disorders of gonadal and sexual development
- Developmental Genetics and Birth defects
- Treatments of metabolic diseases
DAY 5:
- Developmental genetics and birth defects
- Cancer genetics and genomics
DAY 6:
- Genetics of common disorders with complex inheritance
DAY 7:
- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
- Clinical aspects of dysmorphology
DAY 8:
- Recurrence risk in medical genetics
- Mt disorders and recurrence risk
- Prenatal diagnosis
- Preimplantation Genetic Test
ADDITONAL WORK
Students must contact the Program Organizing Committee (POC) member at the institution where they registered. Each student must produce a personal work on a genetic subject, under the supervision of a member of the Teaching College from his registration center. The contents should be equivalent to a publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal as first author, or to a thorough review of a genetic topic presented to an interdisciplinary seminar. The additional must produce a written report. The additional work amounts to 2 ECTS.
The final examination will take place in June and re-examination will be in September.
Opmerkingen
How to register?
- Ask approval in your current center:
- ULB : Damiano.Di.Stazio@ulb.ac.be, 02 555 6430
- VUB : cmg@uzbrussel.be, 02-4776865
- ULg : genetique.humaine@ulg.ac.be, 04-366 8145
- KUL : lindsey.stevens@uzleuven.be
- UCL : patricia.dresse@uclouvain.be, 02-764 7490
- IPG : valerie.zeebroek@ipg.be 071 447 118
- UA : bettina.blaumeiser@uantwerpen.be, 03-2759774
- UGent : paul.coucke@ugent.be, +32 93323634
- Register at your university (for this course) via student administration and pay the intuition fee to the university. (For students from UGent and VUB registration will be via UA)
- Register via BeSHG registration form
- Pay registration fee to BeSHG (or ask center to add you to the bulk payment, if your center works with a bulk payment
Registration Contact: BeSHG-admin@uantwerpen.be
This course is limited to 50 students for practical reasons.
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Human Genetics
The course is organised every two years. The next edition will start in 2025, October.
Find more information on the website of the Belgian Society of Human Genetics.
Registration fee is subject to change and will be set during 2025 (a few months before the start of the next edition)