Symposium 'Blurring Boundaries of Research and Care'

Date: 26 / 05 / 2010 - 26 / 05 / 2010

Location: Leiden

Description:

On Wednesday May 26th, the Centre for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB) organises a symposium in honour of the visit of Bartha Knoppers about legal and ethical aspects of biobanks (also known as biorepositories). She is invited to visit the Netherlands on a NGI Distinguished Visiting Scientist Stipend granted to the NGI centres CSG and CMSB. Bartha Knoppers is Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy, part of the Department of Human Genetics, McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

09.30 – 10.00: Registration with coffee or tea
10.00 – 10.30: Use of biobanks and residual tissue: applications and hurdles. Marjanka Schmidt (NKI-AVL)
10.30 – 11.00: Biomedical Research: Who Cares? Jasper Bovenberg (practicing attorney specializing in Life Sciences)
11.00 – 11.30: Daan Hommes (LUMC)
11.30 – 12.00: Are reseach and care governed by blurring laws? Aart Hendriks (LUMC):
12.00 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 14.00: Biobanking in the Netherlands and abroad: status and prospects. Gertjan van Ommen (LUMC)
14.00 – 15.00: Blurring boundaries of research and care: challenges for ethics. Bartha Knoppers (McGill University, Montreal)
15.00 – 16.30: Drinks and discussion

Participation is free of charge

More information: http://www.boerhaavenet.nl

Email address: boerhaavenet@lumc.nl