Objective It is now well recognised that many human diseases, including cancer and communicable diseases, involve complex (epi-) genetic processes, composed of both hereditable and environmental factors. MC-GARD is aimed at the development of the European Research Area (ERA) and proposes three conferences and two training events. This series of events (SCF) is designed to survey the development and application of techniques for the investigation of human genome from three architectural perspectives and in relation to cancer and heritable diseases. Research in this field is rapidly expanding and will have a large impact on our understanding, prognosis and diagnosis of human disease and prevention. Recent studies of cancer (i.e. glioblastoma, breast cancer), inherited complex diseases (i.e. heart defects, mental retardation) and communicable diseases (i.e. leprosy, HIV/AIDS) have demonstrated the clinical relevance of genetic variations. Additional progresses should be anticipated, with wide-scale SNP projects combined with DNA sequence analysis of large numbers of individuals.These developments obscure the distinction between major clinical disciplines encompassing genetics, microbiology, pathology and oncology, and require cross-talk with disciplines such as genomics, epigenetics, cytology, (3-D) image analysis, bioinformatics and statistics. MC-GARD will bring together junior researchers from these diverse disciplines for interaction with leading researchers and clinicians, as well as policymakers, which will allow Europe to make a significant step forward. The societal reasons for organising the events are to further our understanding of disease susceptibility and progression, and translate new tools post-genomically into diagnostics. The conferences will also provide a venue for small to medium-size companies and encourage interdisciplinary contacts. Training events will provide early-stage researchers with hands-on experience in genomics and emerging diagnostic techniques. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsnucleotidesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsRNAnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsgenomesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Keywords Cancer Communicable diseases Genome Architecture Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-1.4.1 - Series of events (SCF) Call for proposal FP6-2006-MOBILITY-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships Coordinator VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG.UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Address De boelelaan 1105 Amsterdam Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACIÓN CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLÓGICAS CARLOS III Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Melchor fernandez almagro 3, Madrid See on map Links Website Opens in new window HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Yliopistonkatu 4 University of helsinki, helsinki See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Old college, south bridge Edinburgh See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Largo do paço Braga See on map Links Website Opens in new window
