An Introduction to Infectious Disease Genomics

The day will be pitched at 'beginner level' to give an idea of the topics and concepts covered in this area. 

As infectious disease genomics becomes rapidly more mainstream and relevant to clinical practice and translational research, it is increasingly important for academics, clinical staff and public health professionals to understand what genomics can and cannot do, what its data requirements are, and how to critically appraise the outputs. This event will provide a taster of -

• what infectious disease genomics in 2015 is all about
• how it does and will impact on practice
• the ethical concerns behind it
• how the generated data can best be managed and who will own it? 

There will also be case studies from researchers who are active in genomics from the point of view of bacteriology, virology and mycology. 

Speakers will be Michael Head (IDRN and UCL), David Cleary (Southampton), Judy Breuer (UCL),Nick Loman (Birmingham), Dan Frampton (UCL), Johanna Rhodes (Imperial), Phillip Ashton (Public Health England), Tom Fowler (Genomics England), Claudio Koser (Cambridge). The speakers have internationally-recognised expertise and are members of national and international expert groups.

Payment information

Cost is £70.09 for full price delegates, and £50.09 for current students (this includes, but is not limited to, PhD, MSc, BSc, medical and nursing students. Please email through proof of student status).

During the registration process, you will be asked to specify your chosen payment method. If you select bank transfer, we will email you instructions. You can also select the option of having an invoice sent to your employer (or other chosen contact).

If you wish to pay online by credit or debit card, then please click here to access the UCL online store (you will need to set up an account if this is your first visit there, it is free to do so).

Please make cheques payable to 'University College London' and send to Cherry Heaven, UCL Farr Institute, 222 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DA.

Event contact

Please Michael Head, mhead@idrn.org , or Cherry Heaven, c.heaven@ucl.ac.uk phone 020 3549 5549