BLACKSWAN Foundation and Gebert Rüf Stiftung: First International Congress on Research of Rare and Orphan Diseases – RE(ACT) 2012
The congress will bring together world leaders and young scientist from university and industry in Stem Cells, Cell Biology, Gene Therapy, Human Genetic and Therapeutic Applications to present cutting edge research, to discuss results and to exchange ideas. High among the goals of the congress are: to promote research on rare and orphan diseases among the general public, industry and policy makers; bring together researchers and their knowledge; Help the understanding of other more common diseases and encourage clear insights positions identifiable from the scientific community in university and industry
The main topics to be discussed are: Gene and cell therapy; stem cells; diagnostics; therapeutic applications; genomic disorders. There will also be a prominent and international board of expert speakers, among them Prof. James R. Lupski (USA), Prof. Alain Fischer (FR), Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis (CH), Prof. Mary M. Reilly (UK), Prof. Didier Trono (CH), Prof. Han G. Brunner (NL), Prof. Arnold Munnich (FR), Prof. Michele De Luca (IT), Prof. Etienne Sokal (BE), Prof. Andrea Superti-Furga (CH), Dr. Lisa G. Shaffer (USA), Dr. David B. Savage (UK), Dr. Elena Cattaneo (IT).
