First International Conference on RASopathies in Asia:

Advances in RASopathies and Neurofibromatoses Identification of New Therapeutic Targets

27th - 29th November 2017, Crowne Plaza, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, South India

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THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RASOPATHIES
TO BE HELD IN ASIA

RASopathies are a class of developmental disorders with overlapping clinical features as well as genetic mutations. RASopathies are associated with dysregulation of the RAS-MAPK (RAS/mitogen activated protein kinase) signalling pathway, an important pathway in humans as it is related to nine different genetic conditions and in many cancers. The meeting will bring together leading scientists, clinicians, researchers and trainee health care professionals in the field of genetics, cancer, neurology, paediatrics, cardiology, neurosurgery, craniofacial surgery, plastic surgery, dermatology, oncology and biomedical sciences from across the world.

Aims

Aims

To ensure that health professionals and scientists are kept abreast of any new developments in clinical practice

To identify therapeutic targets for several of these rare diseases.

Topics

Topics

  • RASopathies: Syndromes of Ras/ MAPK pathway dysregulation
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  • Legius Syndrome
  • Noonan Syndrome
  • Noonan Syndrome with multiple lentigines
  • Costello Syndrome
  • Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome
  • Capillary Malformation-Arteriovenous Malformation Syndrome
  • Natural history, improved diagnosis and genotype phenotype correlation for NF2 and Schwannomatosis
  • New developments in mouse modelling of Neurofibromatoses and RASopathies
  • Translational/Clinical studies in Children and adults with neurofibromatosesand RASopathies

Organisers

Professor Meena Upadhyaya
Cardiff, United Kingdom

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Professor Gareth Evans
Manchester, United Kingdom

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Dr Joshi George
Manchester, United Kingdom

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Professor Ashok Pillai
Kochi (Cochin), India

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Professor Luis F. Parada
New York, USA

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Professor Katherine Rauen
California, USA

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Professor Bruce R. Korf
Birmingham, USA

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Professor Brigitte Widemann
USA

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Professor Nancy Ratner
Cincinnati, USA

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Professor Eric Legius
Belgium

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Professor Ludwine Messaen
Birmingham, USA

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Professor Bronwyn Kerr
Manchester, United Kingdom

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Professor Ype Elgersma
Netherlands

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Professor Miikka Vikkula
Brussels, Belgium

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Professor Partha Majumdar
Kolkata, India

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Professor Pierre Wolkenstein
Paris, France

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Professor Scott Plotkin
Boston, USA

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Dr.Michael Fisher
Philadelphia , USA

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Dr.Suma Shankar
California, USA

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Dr.Vijaya Ramesh
Harvard . USA

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Dr.Abeer Alsaegh
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

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Dr.Joanne Ngeow
Singapore

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Dr.Anant Tamb
Manchester, United Kingdom

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Dr.Sue Huson
Manchester, United Kingdom

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Dr.Jaishri Blakeley
Maryland, USA

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Dr.Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov
Boston, USA

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Dr.Rick van Minkelen
Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Dr.Sheela Nampoothiri
Cochin, South India

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Dr.Uday Khire
New York , United States

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Dr.Shay Ben-Shachar
Israel

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Dr Ratna Dua Puri
New Delhi, India

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Dr Mimi (Yemima) Berman
Sydney, Australia

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Fees

Category Normal Fees Day delegate (per day)
Citizens/Residents of Economically Developed Nations £260 GBP or $346 USD or ₹22446 INR £110 GBP or $147 USD or/ ₹9498 INR
Citizens/Residents of Economically Less Developed Nations £60 GBP or $80 USD or ₹5180 INR £24 GBP or $20 USD or ₹1296 INR
Patients/Public £30 GBP or $40 USD GBP or ₹2591 INR £15 GBP or $40 USD GBP or ₹2591 INR

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