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UCL Human Genomics: Launch Day Event

19 September 2023, 10:00 am–4:00 pm

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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.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Professor Jean-Baptiste Pingault and Professor Karoline Kuchenbaecker
k.kuchenbaecker@ucl.ac.uk

Location

Kennedy Lecture theatre
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH
London
WC1N 1EH

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.