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2nd Rare Disease Summer School

Monday, July 14th to Wednesday, July 16th 2014 Tagungszentrum Schloss Au, Wädenswil (on lake Zurich)

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The 2nd Rare Diseases Summer School was attended by 33 (18 females, 15 males) young clinicians and researchers coming from five different countries (Germany, Serbia, The Netherlands, UK,  Switzerland).

The participants rated the summer school 2014 very highly in their evaluations. 90 % rated the content of the summer school as good or excellent. 100 % were happy or very happy with its organization. The poster session, the time for informal discussion and the interactions between participants and speakers were assessed good or excellent by more than 90% of the participants. This feedback is being used to further improve the summer school. All speakers and workshop leaders received the feedback regarding their lectures and workshops, in order to allow them to tailor their teaching to the needs of this very diverse group of participants.

For the first time a secure participant's website was established. From this website, all participants could download useful take-home material including speaker's presentations, participant's posters, and contact list.

Social activities

swimming break

Swimming in the lake

A refreshing jump into the lake of Zurich from a floating platform
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 Networking Dinner at Landgasthof Au Restaurant with a beautiful view over the lake of Zurich and the Alps
 
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Boat Trip and guided tour to Zurich in a journey of discovery of Zurich Old Town


 

Additional Information

Congratulations to the winners of the poster prizes

Patrick Forny, Children's Hospital Zurich and Vincent Forster, ETH Zürich

Participant Website

What participants of the 2nd Rare Diseases Summer School said...

"What I liked the most was the opportunity to meet and discuss with an interdisciplinary group of people working in many different ascpects of rare disease research."
"Very good selection of lectures. Workshops were very interactive and based on the needs of participants."
"The poster session was very informative. Practising speaking about my own project and getting ideas from others will help me a lot in my work."

Program

Speakers (in alphabetical order)

Prof. Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, University of Freiburg, Germany: Keynote lecture
Prof. Nine Knoers, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands: Exome sequencing
Prof. Stephan Neuhauss, University of Zurich: Model organisms
Samantha Parker, Orphan Europe Recordati Group, France: Rare disease registries
Prof. Janine Reichenbach, Children's Hospital Zurich: Clinical gene therapy
Dr. Tsveta Schyns- Liharska, Founder and Secretary of ENRAH, Brussels, Belgium: Patient initiated research
Dr. Sandro Studer, University Hospital Zurich: Clinical trials
Prof. Marshall Summar, Children‘s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA: Clinical endpoints
Dr. Effy Vayena, University of Zurich: Ethical considerations
Prof. Carsten Wagner, University of Zurich: Model organisms
Dr. Martine Zimmermann and Cécile De Coster, Alexion Pharma International: Regulatory frameworks