“Advancing Personalized Medicine to the Clinic”
25–29 September 2024
Dolphin Bay Resort hotel, Syros island, Greece
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Golden Helix Summer School that will be held in the island of Syros, Greece, the capital of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean archipelago. The 2024 Golden Helix Summer School will be organized in September 2024 and the theme of the Summer School will be “Advancing Personalized Medicine to the Clinic” and will revolve around the application of the most important disciplines of Genomic Medicine, such as Pharmacogenomics, Genome informatics, Public Health Pharmacogenomics, and economic evaluation in genome-guided interventions.
Also, as with previous events, we have included in the scientific program of this 2024 Golden Helix Summer school a career development and interactive sessions, where members of the Faculty will engage into lively discussions with the summer school participants about issues related to career advancement and key topics related to the theme of this meeting, respectively.
Apart from the high quality scientific program, the 2024 Golden Helix Summer School offers an attractive social program that includes a visit to the Apollo Theater in Hermoupolis, the renowned townhall and a traditional farewell dinner, allowing participants to get to know each other in a very informal way.
We have made every effort to minimize the registration fees to encourage participation of researchers from lower-income countries.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Syros, Greece next September and to a very fruitful and stimulating conference.
The 2024 Golden Helix Summer School Organizing Committee
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2024 Golden Helix Summer School, Syros Island, Greece
“Advancing Personalized Medicine to the Clinic”
25-29 September 2024
Dolphin Bay Resort hotel, Syros island, Greece
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Golden Helix Summer School that will be held in the island of Syros, Greece, the capital of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean archipelago. The 2024 Golden Helix Summer School will be organized in September 2024 and the theme of the Summer School will be “Advancing Personalized Medicine to the Clinic” and will revolve around the application of the most important disciplines of Genomic Medicine, such as Pharmacogenomics, Genome informatics, Public Health Pharmacogenomics, and economic evaluation in genome-guided interventions.
Also, as with previous events, we have included in the scientific program of this 2024 Golden Helix Summer school a career development and interactive sessions, where members of the Faculty will engage into lively discussions with the summer school participants about issues related to career advancement and key topics related to the theme of this meeting, respectively.
Apart from the high quality scientific program, the 2024 Golden Helix Summer School offers an attractive social program that includes a visit to the Apollo Theater in Hermoupolis, the renowned townhall and a traditional farewell dinner, allowing participants to get to know each other in a very informal way.
We have made every effort to minimize the registration fees to encourage participation of researchers from lower-income countries.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Syros, Greece next September and to a very fruitful and stimulating conference.
The 2024 Golden Helix Summer School Organizing Committee
Co-organized by:
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The venue of the 2024 Golden Helix Summer School is the Dolphin Bay Resort hotel, situated in an ideal location in the bay of Galissas, by the seaside. Galissas is the most popular touristic destination. Galissas is located in a protected bay on the west coast of the island, which together with Danakos, a small and quiet farming village, number around 500 inhabitants. Galissas beach is long, with shallow-waters, and lined with tamarisk trees and has been awarded the blue-flag by the EU. There are various water sport activities. Area landmarks are the hill and church of Agia Pakou, immediately adjacent to the Dolphin Bay hotel, the small harbor with a quaint stone pier, the beach of Armeos, the large cave of Agios Stefanos with the water springs, as well as the chapels of Agios Mamas and Agios Kyrikos, the oldest church in Syros.
About Syros

Syros is the administrative center of Cyclades islands and is just 80 nautical miles from Athens. In Syros, the unique historical path, cultural wealth and imposing natural environment nicely blend. The island harmoniously combines the cosmopolitan and the traditional, the medieval with the modern urban, the Cycladic with the neoclassic, and the catholic with the Greek Orthodox historical tradition.
In Syros, there are more than 20.000 inhabitants, constituting the largest island of the Cyclades. Ermoupolis is the capital of Syros and of the Cyclades islands, a city that fascinates the visitor from the first moment he enters the harbor, with its breathtaking two hills that dominate the city, with the Catholic church of Saint George and the Greek Orthodox church of Resurrection at the top of each hill, and the impressive neoclassical mansions, built around the big natural harbor of the east coast of the capital city.
Created during the 1821 Greek revolution, Ermoupolis developed quickly into a big trade centre between east and west. The name Ermoupolis was adopted in 1826, dedicated to the kerdoos Ermis (Hermes the profitable). As the time went by, industries, workshops and Neorion shipyards were created in the city, leading to the economic development of Ermoupolis and to a cultural blossoming. This is also reflected in the architecture of the city, where the style created, conforms with the beginning of romantic classicism and is strongly influenced by western models.
Organizing Committee
George P. PATRINOS (Patras, GR)
Branka ZUKIC (Belgrade, RS)
Confirmed Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Harald Schmidt (Maastricht, NL)
Ron H. van Schaik (Rotterdam, NL)
Marc Williams (Danville, PA, USA)
Plenary Speakers
Grant Wood (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Sonja Pavlovic (Belgrade, RS)
Yannis Pollalis (Piraeus, GR)
Biljana Stankovic (Belgrade, RS)
Thanos Kotsinas (Athens, GR)
Nikola Kotur (Belgrade, RS)
Christina Mitropoulou (London, UK)
Stavroula Siamoglou (Patras, GR)
Athanassios Vozikis (Piraeus, GR)
Thorsten Lehr (Saarland, DE)
Vasilis Xirafas (Patras, GR)
Branka Zukic (Belgrade, RS)
DRAFT SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Wednesday 25 September 2024
09:00 – 13:30 Arrival and Registration
13:45 – 14:00 Introductions
14:00 – 17:00 SESSION 1
14:00 – 14:30 Thorsten Lehr – University of Saarland, Saarbrucken, Germany
Drug-drug-gene interactions: The SafePolyMed paradigm
14:30 – 16:00 Workshop 1 (hands-on)
SafePolyMed hands-on workshop
16:00 – 17:00 Keynote lecture 1
Ron H. van Schaik – Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Genome-guided therapeutics in the clinic: Examples and applications
17:00 – 19:30 Free time
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast
19:30 – 22:00 Welcome cocktail – Networking
Thursday 26 September 2024
10:00 – 12:30 SESSION 2
10:00 – 10:30 Branka Zukic – Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Next-generation genomics technologies for the advancement of personalized medicine
10:30 – 11:00 Biljana Stankovic – Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
From Bioinformatics to Genome informatics towards personalized genomics
11:00 – 11:30 Grant Wood – Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative, Durban, NC, USA
The Family Health History project
11:30 – 12:30 Keynote lecture 2
Harald Schmidt – Professor, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
AI-based approaches for polypharmacy and drug repurposing
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 14:30 Athanassios Kotsinas – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
CAR-T cells-based therapeutics
14:30 – 16:00 Workshop 2
PharmGenHub hands-on workshop on genome informatics
Led by Nikola Kotur
16:00 – 17:00 Oral presentations 1
17:00 – 19:30 Free time
19:30 – 22:00 Dinner
Friday 27 September 2024
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 12:30 SESSION 3
10:00 – 10:30 Konstantinos Vasileiou – University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
Career development session
Marketing approaches in personalized medicine
10:30 – 11:00 Sonja Pavlovic – Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Establishing regional excellence in personalized medicine: The SERBORDIS-Inn and PharmGenHub success stories
11:00 – 11:30 Stavroula Siamoglou– University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
Approaches to raise general public’s genomics awareness and healthcare professionals genomic education: The BioSTEM initiative using the portable 2MoBiL laboratory
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Workshop 3
16:00 – 17:00 Oral presentations 2
17:00 – 19:30 Free time
19:30 – 22:00 Dinner
Saturday 28 September 2024
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 12:30 SESSION 4
10:00 – 11:30 Yannis Pollalis – University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
Personal Branding: Identifying and Communicating Our Value and Growth Potential
11:30 – 12:00 Athanassios Vozikis – University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
Health economic evaluation in personalized medicine
12:00 – 12:30 Christina Mitropoulou – The Golden Helix Foundation, London, UK
Examples of economic evaluation in genome-guided therapeutic interventions
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 14:30 Vasilios Xirafas – University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
Genethics: Ethical perspectives in Personalized Medicine
14:30 – 15:30 Workshop 4
Ethical and philosophical approaches in genome-guided therapeutics: Case studies
Led by Vasilios Xirafas
15:40 Departure for Ermoupolis walking guided tour
16:00 – 18:00 Ermoupolis walking guided tour
18:00 – 19:30 Free time in Ermoupolis
19:30 Return to the Conference venue
20:00 – 01:00 Farewell Dinner – Traditional Party
Sunday 29 September 2024
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 12:00 SESSION 5
10:00 – 10:40: Best abstract presentations
10:40 – 11:40 Keynote lecture 3:
Marc Williams – Geisinger, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Personalized Medicine in the clinic: The Geisinger paradigm
11:40 – 12:00 Summer school conclusions
Meeting adjourns
Please download the document providing some useful logistics information from the following link
We thank the following academic, charitable and corporate entities for generously supporting this event.
Registration fees *
Double room: 790 EUR per person
Single room: 940 EUR
Virtual attendance: 300 EUR
Registration fees include:
Accommodation in a double/single room for the entire duration of the Summer School (4 nights), meals (breakfast, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, welcome reception and social event), educational material, and social activities.