The 2nd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the auditorium of the School fo Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Over 120 participants followed this educational event that revolved around the promise of pharmacogenomics in modern medical practice, with special focus on cancer therapeutics.

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The 2nd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics day was held in the auditorium of the School fo Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Over 120 participants followed this educational event that revolved around the promise of pharmacogenomics in modern medical practice, with special focus on cancer therapeutics.

Organized by: Endorsed by:

Co-organizers

George P. Patrinos; Assistant Professor, University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Charalambos Andreadis; Associate Director, 3rd Clinical Oncology Unit, Theagenio hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Asterios Tsiftsoglou; Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki, Greece

Invited speakers

Sotiria Boukouvala (Alexandroupoli, Greece)

Evangelos Briasoulis (Ioannina, Greece)

Evangelos Manolopoulos (Alexandroupolis, Greece)

Konstantinos Papazissis (Thessaloniki, Greece)

George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)

Marios Phylactides (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Maria Samara (Larissa, Greece)

Despina Sanoudou (Athens, Greece)

Ioannis Vizirianakis (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Scientific Program

11:00-12:00 Registration

12:00-12:10 Welcome addresses

1st SESSION – Chairpersons: George P. Patrinos, Asterios Tsiftsoglou

12:10-12:40 Despina Sanoudou; Researcher C’, Biomedical research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece

From Pharmacology and Genomics to Pharmacogenomics

12:40-13:10 Evangelos Manolopoulos; Associate Professor, Demoritus University of Thrace, School of Medicine, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Pharmacogenomics in clinical practice: Where are we standing today?

13:10-13:40 Ioannis Vizirianakis; Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki, Greece

Pharmacogenomcs and individualization of drug treatment

13:40-14:10 Sotiria Boukouvala; Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Pharmacogenomics: Applications in drug development or just in clinical practice?

COMPANY LECTURE

14:10-14:30 Foteini Papageorgiou; Roche Diagnostics Hellas, Athens, Greece

Therascreen K-ras & EGFR kits: Molecular Diagnostics in individualized treatment

COFFEE BREAK

2nd SESSION – Chairpesons: Charalambos Andeadis, Konstantinos Papazissis

14:50-15:20 Evangelos Briasoulis; Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

Every patient is different: Pharmacogenomics and cancer treatment

15:20-15:50 Konstantinos Papazissis; Resident, 3rd Clinical Oncology Unit, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Pharmacogenomics and breast cancer

15:50-16:20 Maria Samara; Lecturer, University of Thessaly, School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece

Pharmacogenomics and colorectal cancer

16:20-16:50 Marios Phylactides; Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus

Pharmacogenomics and hemoglobinopathies

16:50-17:20 George P. Patrinos; Assistant Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Personalized Medicine: Challenges and dilemmas

17:20-17:30 Concluding remarks

Sponsors

The Organizing Committee acknowledges the support of the following entities for the organization of the 2nd Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day.