ESHG Course | May 20, 2023

7th European Society of Human Genetics Training Course on Cardiac Genetics

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Organised by the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and the Manchester Rare Conditions Centre

Course Directors
Bill Newman (Manchester) and Bart Loeys, Johan Saenen (Antwerp)

This course aims at delivering up-to-date knowledge on cardiac genetics to cardiologists, genetic counsellors, clinical and molecular geneticists in training or certified.
It creates the best opportunity for interaction and discussion with experts from all over Europe. The faculty combines experts from many fields of cardiac genetics known for their teaching skills. Participants are encouraged to present a clinical or genetic case for on-site discussion. For course updates, follow the Manchester Rare Conditions Centre on Twitter account, @mft_IMRare.

Pay and register

The price of tickets includes registration, lunch on all course days and an evening meal on Monday 22nd of May.

Please note, refunds can only be offered up to 29th April 2023.

Location

Postgraduate Building, Education South
Postgraduate Building, Manchester, M13 9WG

Date & Time

May 20, 2023, 3:30 PM - May 23, 2023 - 2:30 PM

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PARKING

If you plan to drive to the course, discounted parking for £5 a day is available. Please email [email protected] before 07/05/2023 with your name and vehicle registration number

VISA SUPPORT

Please contact [email protected] if you require a letter to support a visa application

Apply for a Fellowship

We have 6 fellowships available for those who require financial support to attend. The fellowship covers the cost of the course and accommodation. To apply for a fellowship, please send a CV and a 500 word statement describing why you would benefit from attending the course to [email protected] by 16th March, 2023.

Program

Day 1 program: Saturday, May 20, 2023
THEME: BASICS IN CARDIOGENETICS
Soft drink/coffee and biscuit on arrival

15:30-15:45 Course Introduction Bill Newman & Bart Loeys
15:45-16:15 A clinical geneticist’s approach to inherited cardiac disorders Bart Loeys
16:15-16.45 Counselling considerations in inherited cardiac disorders Natalie Moreton (Manchester)
16:45-17:15 A patient perspective on cardiogenetics Becky Alexis Martin
17:15-17.30 Mystery Case Johan Saenen
17:30-18:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK (juice/water)
18:00-19:30 Genetic basics for Cardiologists Maaike Alaerts (Antwerp) and Clare Hopton (Manchester)
Cardiology concepts for Geneticists Johan Saenen

Free time for evening meal in Manchester

Day 2 program: Sunday, May 21, 2023
THEME: STRUCTURAL HEART and AORTIC DISORDERS

09:00 - 10:00 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Simon Ray (Manchester)
10:00 - 11:00 Dilated cardiomyopathy Jacquelyn Hooper (Manchester)
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK (coffee/tea/water +biscuits)
11.30 - 12:00 Arrhythmogenic Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Matthias Schmitt (Manchester)
12:00 - 13:00 Aortopathies Bart Loeys
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 Pathology of inherited cardiac disorders Joe Westaby (London)
15.00 - 15.30 Molecular Autopsy Bill Newman
15:30 - 17:00 Imaging workshop – echocardiography/Cardiac MRI
Matthias Schmitt -> cardiologists
Caroline Van de Heyning -> geneticists
17:00 - 17:15 COFFEE BREAK + water/juice
17.15 - 18.00 Mystery case Johan Saenen
18:00 - 19:00 Case Discussion Bart Loeys/Bill Newman/Johan Saenen

Free time for evening meal in Manchester

Day 3 program: Monday, May 22, 2023
THEME: PRIMARY ELECTRICAL DISORDERS

09:00 - 09:30 Basic concepts in Ion channel disease Johan Saenen
09:30 - 10:00 Long & Short QT Syndromes Johan Saenen
10:00 - 10:30 Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia Luigi Venetucci (Manchester)
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 J-wave Syndromes, including Brugada syndrome Luigi Venetucci
11:30 - 13:00 Electrophysiology workshop –
Johan Saenen-> geneticists
Luigi Venetucci -> cardiologists
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 Key Note Lecture - CureHeart: a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases
Hugh Watkins (Oxford)
15:00 - 15:30 Next generation sequencing – different approaches Bart Loeys & Bill Newman
15:30 - 16:30 Workshop/Quiz NGS interpretation
Kate Thomson (Oxford) > geneticists
James Eden (Manchester) > cardiologists
16:30 - 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 - 17:30 Mystery case discussion - conclusion Johan Saenen
17.30 - 18.30 Case presentations by Participants
Bart Loeys/ Bill Newman/Johan Saenen
19:00 COURSE DINNER for all delegates and faculty in Manchester

Day 4 program: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
THEME: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

08:30 - 09:30 Heart embryology Marco De Ruiter (Leiden)
09:30 - 10:15 Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease Bernard Keavney (Manchester)
10:15 - 10:45 iPSC approaches to understand inherited cardiac disorders Maaike Alaerts
10:45 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 Syndromic/metabolic inherited cardiac disorders Kay Metcalfe (Manchester)
11:30 - 12:00 Cardiac Disorders in Pregnancy Bernard Clarke (Manchester)
12:00 - 12:30 Management of inherited cardiac disorders in competitive and leisure athletes Aneil Malhotra (Manchester)
12:30 - 13:30 Polygenic risk scores for inherited cardiac disease James Ware (London)
13:30 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:00 Case presentation – Bill Newman/Bart Loeys/Johan Saenen
15:00 END OF COURSE Bart Loeys/Johan Saenen

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