ICCONS Hospital

Academic Block under construction

Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences

Registration Fees ( )

Dec 18 Jan 10 Spot

Students 600 800 1000

Professionals 1000 1200 1500

Business 5000 6000 7000

Deadline for the submission of abstracts - 1st Dec, 2017

Acceptance of abstracts - 12th Dec, 2017

Submission of slides/ ePosters - 8th Jan, 2018

National Seminar

w w w . i c c o n s . c o . i n

2018

12-13

Kavalappara, Shoranur 679 523

An Autonomous Institute under the Govt of Kerala

Department of Neurogenetics

Genetics of Complex

Disorders

Kavalappara palace

Kerala kalamandalam

ICCONS is an autonomous institute under Govt. of

Kerala for the comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment,

management, rehabilitation, and research and

development in the area of cognitive and

communicative disorders. It is the first NABH accredited

neuroscience centre in the country. The Neurogenetics

Department of ICCONS has full-fledged, state-of-art

facilities for basic and advanced molecular and genetics

research. The research projects are being sponsored by

central and state govt funding agencies. These projects are

aimed at unravelling the evolutionary, genetic and

neurobiological mechanisms involved in basic cognitive

functions.

Preparation of abstracts- 300 words; MS Times new Roman, font size 12; 1.5 line spacing

E-Posters- The poster presentations will be in the e-Poster format. It isan electronic version of the traditional boards, and is displayed onmonitor screens using Power Point slides. e-Poster may include text,figures, tables and images and NO video/animations. Selected e-Posterswill displayed during the specific time slot. Conventional printed posteris not required.

Mail your abstracts/Slides/E-Posters to icconsneurogenetics@gmail.com

Shedding light on the genetic

causes of complex diseases

Shoranur, geographically located exactly at the central part of

Kerala is famous as the railway entry point to the state though

Palakkad gap of the Western Ghats and serves as the nerve

centre of rail traffic. It is located on the banks of the river Nila,

which groomed the culture and life of the South Malabar part of

Kerala. The Cochin bridge, constructed here over 100 years

back was the first road connection between southern and

northen parts of the state. The world renowned Kerala

Kalamandalam, the learning and training centre for traditional

performing art forms, is located on the other bank of the river

at Shoranur. The

region, to some

extent, has

withstood the

rapid urbanization

of Kerala, and

still maintains

most of its pristine

beauty with lush

greenery, crisp fresh air and vast stretches of picturesque paddy

fields, fringed with swaying Palmyra palms. The charm of the

region has fascinated many a writers and poets and the area has

been a favorite location for moviemakers for its finest frames

with majestic heritage homes, temples and ponds. Kavalappara,

3 km form the Shoranur

town, where ICCONS

is situated, was the

centre of erstwhile

“ “Kavalappara Desam”, a

feudal family that

controlled 96 villages till

the 19th century. A part of

the Kavalappara palace still exists, though in ruins, just

adjacent to the Institute main campus.

Cochin bridge

ICCONS Hospital

Registration forms/ accommodation options can be downloaded from

ICCONS website. TA/DA will be provided for the candidates selected for

oral presentations, subject to the availability of funds.

The Place

Coimbatore

Kochi

Kozhikode

Sh

ora

nur

116 km

84 km

72 km

Registration

Dr. Anitha A. Pillai 8589 970 421

Accommodation and enquiries

Dr. Thanseem Ismail 8589 970 422

Dr. Mahesh M V 9072 734 647

Important DatesCo-sponsors

Bank Details- Project Director SRCCD, SB Ac No. 57008357122

SBI Shoranur town branch, IFSC: SBIN0070787

Session I: Genetics and epigenetics of complex disorders

Dr. Moinak Banerjee

Dept. of Molecular Neurobiology & Genetics

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB)

Thiruvananthapuram

09.00 AM

Session II: From genome-wide association studies

(GWAS) to causality

Session III: Oral Presentations

Session IV: Clinical integration of emerging genome

sequencing technologies: From next-generation sequencing

to fourth-generation sequencing

Session V: E-poster Presentations

Prof. Dwaipayan Bharadwaj

School of Life Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Session VI: Sponsor’s Presentations

Dr. Ganesh Chauhan

Centre for Brain Research

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Bangalore

Session VII: Bioinformatics in the study of complex

diseases

09.00 AM

Session VIII: Ethical, legal and social issues in genetic

testing and counseling for complex genetic disorders

Prof. K. P. Aravindan

ICMR Medical Research Unit

Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode

There is an upward trend in the use of genomic tools for the clinical diagnosisof genetic disorders, and its contribution is likely to increase considerably in the near future. To accelerate this progress, it is essential to elucidate the etiological mechanisms ofdiseases and to identify innovative approaches for developinggenetic screening tests. However, dissecting the genes andmechanisms involved in complex diseases has yielded onlylimited success owing to the polygenic nature of these disorders;several genetic and environmental factors contribute to thepathogenesis of complex disorders. The conference will featurerecent advances in high throughput sequencing technologies forthe detection of polygenic susceptibility, bioinformatics tools fordata mining, and ethical, legal and social issues in genetictesting and counseling for complex disorders.

This event will bring together a multidisciplinary group ofclinicians, research scientists, bioinformaticians andtechnology developers interested in using genomicadvances for a deeper understanding of the

pathogenic mechanisms of complexgenetic disorders.

We invite

researchers, medical

doctors and students who are

engaged in Genetics, Molecular Biology,

Biochemistry research to present their

observations. All other interested parties are

also welcome.

DAY 1 January 12, 2018Venue: ICCONS Seminar Hall

Inauguration 08.30 AM

10.40 AM

11.25 AM

Dr. Vinod Scaria

CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology

New Delhi

02.00 PM

02.45 PM

04.10 PM

Day End

DAY 2 January 13, 2018

09.45 AM

Session IX: Oral Presentations 10.40 AM

Session X: Disease burden in South Asia: Population and

genomic perspectives

Session XI: E-poster Presentations

Session XII: Imaging genetics in neurologic

disorders

Dr. K. Thangaraj

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Hyderabad

01.30 PM

02.15 PM

03.40 PMDr. P.A. Suresh

Institute for Communicative and Cognitive

Neurosciences, Shoranur, Palakkad

Concluding Remarks 04.30 PM

05.00 PMDr. Anitha A. Pillai

ICCONS, Shoranur, Palakkad

Dr. PA Suresh MD, DM, MBA

Chairman

Dr. Anitha A. Pillai Ph D

Organising Secretary

Chair: Dr. K. Thangaraj

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Hyderabad

Chair: Dr. Moinak Banerjee

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB)

Thiruvananthapuram

Program

Speech by Guest-of-Honour: Genetics of Endometriosis

Dr. Hirofumi Nakaoka, National Institute of Genetics

Shizuoka, JAPAN

09.45 AM

Tea break 10.30 AM

Lunch break 01.00 PM

Tea break 04.00 PM

Tea break 10.30 AM

Lunch break 12.30 PM

Tea break 03.30 PM

Breakfast 08.00 AM Registration 08.00 AM onwards