International Congress Barcelona 2013

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«Post GWAS» genetics of paediatric respiratory disease: current and future approaches

Symposium
Chairs: A. Henderson (Bristol, United Kingdom), P.L.P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Aims: This session aims at:
- giving the audience an update on current research on respiratory genetics;
- discussing state of the art methods for genetic and functional genomics projects, as well as gene-environment interaction analyses;
- and establishing an ERS platform for new collaborations between paediatricians, epidemiologists and geneticists in this research area.

Update on GWAS in respiratory disease and relevance of gene-environment interactions E. Melen (Stockholm, Sweden)