The Kick-Off/Scientific meeting of THALAMOSS will be held on January 14-15 at Ferrara, Italy. THALAMOSS, which stands for THALAssaemia MOdular Stratification System, is a research project funded from the 7th Framework Programme of Research & Development of the European Union. The project brings together 13 leading European and US Research Institutions, as well as European and Israeli SMEs.  The ITHANET Portal is one of the partners of the THALAMOSS project.

The Scientific Meeting will be held on January 14 and is is entitled "From basic research to novel applications on the road of personalized treatment of thalassaemia". According to the meeting announcement: "The specific aims of the THALAMOSS Project will be achieved by the development of novel methods for associating variation in genomic data with phenotypic variation. THALAMOSS will combine cutting edge computing technology with optimized algorithms to mine the unique datasets provided through the proposed project for biologically and medically relevant patterns that can be reliably associated with specific patient groups, treatment response and disease progression. In addition to stratification of patient samples for their molecular properties, the proposed project will also analyse responsiveness to advanced therapeutic approaches to classify patient samples, analysing this responsiveness both as a consequence of molecular properties and as a determinant of the success of novel therapies.

More information about the scientific meeting can be found here.