Sunday, July 22  1 p.m. - 5 p.m. (dinner reception following)

Monday, July 23 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC

Registration is $300 (CAG group hotel rate $139/night)

Keynote Speaker: Steve Scherer, Ph.D., Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children

This two-day intensive workshop will focus on best practices for clinical cytogenomic microarrays; interpretation, reporting, and participation in external databasing efforts. This workshop is designed for laboratory directors, fellows, and technologists, as well as clinicians and genetic counselors who order and interpret these tests. Topics to be covered:

  • CNV databases and tools for interpretation
  • Homozygosity interpretation and reporting
  • Uniparental disomy and follow-up
  • Mosaicism detection and interpretation
  • Molecular characterization of CNVs
  • Parental follow-up, best practices
  • What to report and sample templates
  • Informal panel discussions throughout

Additional speakers (and more):

  • Alka Chaubey, PhD, Greenwood Genetic Center
  • Bob Daber, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Catherine Rehder, PhD, Duke University
  • Daynna Wolff, PhD, MUSC
  • Christa Martin, PhD, Emory University
  • Deanna Church, PhD, NCBI/dbVar/dbGAP
  • Hutton Kearney, PhD, Fullerton Genetic Center
  • Karen Tsuchiya, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
  • Katie Rudd, PhD, Emory University
  • Sarah South, PhD, ARUP Laboratory

Clinical panel discussion led by: 

  • Cynthia Powell, MD (University of North Carolina)
  • William Allen, MD (Fullerton Genetics Center)
  • Mike Lyons, MD (Greenwood Genetic Center) 

Registration is limited to 100 participants, so register early.

Contact admin@cagdb.org for registration materials;  or see www.cagdb.org