UCL Human Genomics: Launch Day Event
This launch day will showcase human genomic research conducted across many disciplines at UCL. The day will provide a comprehensive understanding of the depth of expertise and resources available at UCL (including cohorts and methods). Attendees will also help shaping the centre with the ambition to position UCL at the forefront of basic and clinical research in human genomics.
UCL Human Genomics: Launch Day Event
19 Sep 2023, 10:00 – 16:00
Schedule
Location: Kennedy Lecture theatre at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health building. Coffee break and lunch will be in the Winter Garden.
10am Arrival + coffee
10:10 Welcome word (Karoline Kuchenbaecker & Jean-Baptiste Pingault )
10:15 Introduction to the day (Geraint Rees, UCL Vice Provost for research)
10:30 Centre mission statement (Karoline Kuchenbaecker & Jean-Baptiste Pingault )
11:00 UCL Genomics facilities (Mark Kristiansen)
11:30 Genetics and society (Neil Davies & David Bann)
12:00 Panel: Creating a dynamic and relevant centre (feedback from attendees)
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 Rare diseases and precision medicine (Sergi Castellanos & TBC)
1:45 Psychiatric genomics (Elvira Bramon & Noushin Saadullah Khani)
2:15 Genomics and cardiovascular diseases (Tom Lumbers & Luis Lopes)
2:45 Break + networking
3:00 Neurology (TBC)
3:30 Ethics panel: genomics and daily life (Adam Rutherford, Brieuc Lehman, Helen O’Neil)
4:00 - 4:30 Close and informal discussions.
Further information
Ticketing
Half Ticketed/Half Open
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes
Organiser
Professor Jean-Baptiste Pingault and Professor Karoline Kuchenbaecker