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Dear Sandy I'm not going to be able to make this now that it's later (babysitter issues), but will look forward to any reporting on it later. All best wishes Saskia On 8 Feb 2010, at 11:32, Director wrote: > The Progress Educational Trust and the Royal Society of Medicine > event 'MARKED FOR LIFE: ARE GENETIC MARKERS HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING > PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS?', which was originally due to take place in > January but was postponed due to adverse weather, has now been > rescheduled for 6.30pm to 8pm on the evening of Wednesday 3 March > 2010. > > Details of the event are available on PET's BioNews website at http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_51401.asp > and are also included below. > > > - MARKED FOR LIFE: ARE GENETIC MARKERS HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING > PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS? - > > A debate organised by the Progress Educational Trust and the > Royal Society of Medicine > Supported by the Wellcome Trust > > 6.30pm-8pm, Wednesday 3 March 2010 > Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE > > Attendance is free but advance booking is required > To book please RSVP to [log in to unmask] > > > By the end of 2008, genome-wide association studies of autism, > attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major > depressive disorder andschizophrenia in 80,000 subjects and > 40billion total genotypes were said to constitute the largest > biological experiment ever conducted in psychiatry. Since then, a > massive international project has set out to coordinate this growing > wealth of genetic data. The first batch of analyses resulting from > this work identified several significant common genetic variations > associated with schizophrenia, and further findings are expected in > 2010. Elsewhere, a 'transcriptional atlas of human brain > development' is being created to understand patterns of gene > expression relevant to mental health. > > What, if anything, does such genetic and epigenetic research mean > for those with psychological disorders, their families and their > carers? How does the heritability of these conditions relate to > genetic, environmental and stochastic (random) factors? Can > society's contribution to psychological disorders be usefully > captured by categories such as 'gene' and 'environment', or does it > need to be considered separately? If you are found to have 'the gene > for' a disorder (as the popular expression has it), does this > effectively mean you are marked for life? > > > Speakers: > > - DEREK BOLTON > Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at King's College > London's Institute of Psychiatry > > - NICK CRADDOCK > Professor of Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at > Cardiff University, Leader of the Bipolar Disorder Component of the > Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, and Coordinator of the > Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium > > - FENNO OUTEN > Head Occupational Therapist for Newham at East London NHS > Foundation Trust > > Followed by questions from the floor > > > Chair: > > - DR ANAND SAGGAR > Senior Consultant in Clinical Genetics at St Georges NHS Trust, > Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics and Medicine at St George's > University of London, and President of the Royal Society of > Medicine's Medical Genetics Section > > > > > ********************************************************************** 1 > . 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