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Genetics and Genomic Medicine ECR Symposium
04/06/2024 @ 9:30 am - 1:55 pm

This Symposium will be an in person only event in the Leolin Price Lecture Theatre at ICH and it’s open to all across UCL and beyond. We would be delighted if you could join us in person, as there will be an opportunity to catch up with colleagues during the tea break.
The programme features talks from Early Career Researchers across all four sections of the GGM department and also the BRC Early Careers. We are also pleased to feature a talk from our guest speaker Dr Lauren Byrne, as well as a collection of briefings from our Research Support colleagues.
Programme
09:30 – 9:35 Welcome: Opening remarks Christopher Minnis / Jose Moreno Villena
9:35 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker: Dr Lauren Byrne (Junior PI) ~ 20 min talk with 5 mins chat
Session 1: Fundamental Biology (10:00 – 10:55)
Chair: Youssef, Khalil
15 mins *3 Speakers – Total 60 mins (sessions)
10:00 – 10:15 Parth Patel – Title “TBD” – PI Zhou, Haiyan
10:20 – 10:35 Haoyu Zhang – Title “TBD” – PI Sara, Mole
10:40 – 10:55 Dorian Xenakis – Title “TBD” – PI “TBD”
10:55 – 11:10 Break
Session 2: Research to Translation (11:10 – 12:10)
Chair: Sonam, Gurung
15 mins *3 Speakers – Total 60 mins (sessions)
11:10 – 11:25 Claudiu Cozemscu – Title “TBD” – PI Paul, Gissen
11:30 – 11:45 Loukia Touramanidou – Title “TBD” – PI, Julien, Baruteau
11:50 – 12:05 Youssef, Khalil – Title “TBD” – PI, Phillippa, Mills
12:10 – 12:55 Lunch ~ Winter Garden (45mins)
Session 3: Translational medicine clinical (Time 12:55- 13:40)
Chair: Berna, Seker Yilmaz
15 mins *3 Speakers – Total 60 mins (sessions)
12:55 – 13:10 Asma Naseem – Title “TBD” – PI, Alessia, Cavazza
13:15 – 13:30 Catherine Taylor – Title “TBD” – PI, Lyn, Chitty
13:35 – 13:50 William Macken – Title “TBD” – PI, Lyn, Chitty
13:50 – 13:55 Closing remarks
Biography
Keynote Speaker: Dr Lauren Byrne (Junior PI)
Dr Byrne is a Medical Research Council funded principal investigator who established her lab in 2022. Her current research focus is on innovative approaches to biofluid biomarker development for Huntington’s disease (HD), including remote biofluid collection and big data harmonization to empower biomarker modelling efforts.
For further bio information, click here: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/45685-lauren-byrne/about