Please join us for the Launch Event for the newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The event takes place in Tuborg Havn on Monday 5 December.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) and the Broad Institute have recently announced a new mission-driven research center that aims to uncovering the biological mechanisms underlying the known genetic associations of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity. Understanding how genetic variation may lead to disease could translate to better diagnostics, prevention and treatment of common complex diseases like Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
The center represents a new collaborative model that bridges the vibrant Danish life sciences ecosystem with world-leading research institutions in Boston.
Sign up here: https://danish.events/nnfcenterlaunch
PROGRAM
9:00-9.30 Coffee and Networking
9:30-10:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Mads Krogsgaard (CEO of the NNF)
- Todd Golub (Director of the Broad Institute)
- Alan Leventhal (US Ambassador to Denmark)
- Bente M. Stallknecht (Dean, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen)
- Birgitte Holst Lange (Director of Biomedicine, NNF)
10:10-10:30 Introduction to the NNF Center at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
By Kasper Lage (Managing Director, NNF Center at the Broad Institute)
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Identifying and decoding genomic loci in complex metabolic diseases
Chair: Ben Neale (Associate Director Flagship Disease Projects, NNF Center at the Broad Institute; Associate Professor Harvard Medical School)
10:45-11:05: Jose Florez (Institute Member, Broad Institute; Professor, Harvard Medical School)
11:05-11:25: Ruth Loos (Vice Executive Director, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research; Professor, University of Copenhagen)
11:25-11:45: Melina Claussnitzer (Associate Director of Scientific Strategy, NNF Center at the Broad Institute; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School)
11:45-12:05: Tune Pers (Group Leader, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research; Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)
12:05-12:25: Ditte Demontis (Professor, Aarhus University)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Towards a Human Gene Regulation Map in metabolism
Chair: Jesse Engreitz (Associate Director, Human Gene Regulation Map, NNF Center at the Broad Institute; Assistant Professor, Stanford University)
13:30-13:50: Susanne Mandrup (Director, ADIPOSIGN and ATLAS; Professor, University of Southern Denmark)
13:50-14:10: Ray Jones (Group Leader, NNF Center at the Broad Institute)
14:10-14:30: Robin Andersson (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)
14:30-14:50: Jesse Engreitz (Associate Director, Human Gene Regulation Map, NNF Center at the Broad Institute; Assistant Professor, Stanford University)
15.00-15.15: Coffee Break
15:15-16:30 Breakout sessions
- Breakout Session 1: Introducing the Broad Institute and synergies with Danish partners
- Breakout Session 2: Vision for the International Common Disease Alliance (ICDA)
16:30-18:00 Poster Session and Reception