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Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill Dudley
The Waterfront, Level Street Dudley

DY5 1UR
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Copthorne Hotel, Dudley 

 18th October 2008

 Mitochondrial and Peroxisomal

Disorders

 

(full colour programme in pdf format - here)

 

 

0915           Mr Nigel Eaton                             Welcome

                   Climb

 

0920           Prof Jon Frampton                     Stem Cell and Embryo Research

                    University of Birmingham           What’s it all about

                    Medical School

 

1000           Prof Jo Poulton                           Mitochondrial Disease:Advances in

                    John Radcliffe Hospital              Genetic Management - Options

                                                                          for Families      

 

1045           Dr Guy Besley                             Peroxisomal Disorders:

                    Willink Biochemical                    What are they and how

                    Genetics Unit                               can we treat them?

                   

1130                                                                 Coffee

 

1150           Mrs Ann Goddard                       Looking After Yourself

 

                    Mrs Lesley Greene                     Funding for the Future

                    Mrs Teodora Rowland

 

1230                                                                 Lunch

 

1345           Dr Shamina Rahman                  Mitochondrial Disease Services in

                    Institute of Child Health               the UK: Challenges and Prospects

 

1430           Dr Anthony Wierzbicki                Refsum:  the cause and effect of

                    St Thomas Hospital                    peripheral neuropathy and ataxia

                         

1500           Comfort Break                             

 

1515           Prof Gary Brown                          Leigh’s Disease, will it ever become

                    University of Oxford                     part of the heel prick test for

                                                                           newborn babies

 

1600           Professor Gary Brown                 Q&A  

                    Dr Shamina Rahman                   Q&A  

                    Dr Anthony Wierzbicki                 Q&A

                    Mr Nigel Eaton                              Q&A

 

1630           Mr Nigel Eaton                              Close   Coffee & Cake