Organizer Program:
09:00-10:30am ISCI session: "Emerging trends and technologies" led by Prof Ivana Barbaric
09:00-09:15 Ivana Barbaric (University of Sheffield, UK): Welcome and the annual update of the ISCI activities
09:15 – 09:40 Nissim Benvenisty (Hebrew University, Israel): the frequency and significance of acquired cancer-related mutations in hPSCs
09:40 – 10:00 Nika Shakiba (University of British Columbia, Canada): DNA barcoding in tackling hPSC heterogeneity and variant emergence
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion: joint ISCI activities
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:40pm ISCBI workshop on accurate genetic assignment of hPSC lines: working towards
11am-12pm, Short introductory presentations: chairs
The US National Academy of Sciences standard for recording genetic affiliation, R Isasi, University of Miami, USA.
Genetic data recording in an international database of hPSCs: international norms and the need for development, A Kurtz, Berlin Institute of Health, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Experience in the documentation of genetic data and ethnicity in an international iPSC bank for disease modelling, R Steeg (TBC), EBiSC, Fraunhofer-UK, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Commentaries from India (Prof Maneesha Inamdar, InStem, Bangalore), Japan (Prof Tadaaki Hanatani, CiRA Foundation, Kyoto) and Korea (Prof J-H Kim, University of Asou)
12:00-12:15 Review of responses to premeeting questionnaire re description/classification of ethnicity/population groups, national/local rules and policy on genetic data.
12:15-13:30 audience discussion on optimal policy and practice for documenting genetic ethnicity/donor specific disease/syndrome associations.
13:30 conclusions and identification of membership for a working group to produce an ISCBI Points To Consider document.
13:40 buffet lunch