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  • MAY 09, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    The NIH Rare Disease Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Lessons Learnt and Challenges Faced in the First Four Years

    Liz Worthey, PhD
    Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • A Metagenomic Assay to Interrogate the Role of Virome and Microbiome in Cancer
    MAY 09, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    A Metagenomic Assay to Interrogate the Role of Virome and Microbiome in Cancer

    Erle Robertson, PhD
    Harry P. Schenck Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Agilent
  • MAY 09, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Background and Troubleshooting for RT-PCR

    Gillian Browne, PhD
    Global Market Development Scientist, Gene Editing and Novel Modalities, MilliporeSigma
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma
  • MAY 09, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Somatic Gene Recombination in the Brain

    Jerold Chun, MD, PhD
    Professor and Senior Vice President, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 09, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Completing the Human Genome: The Progress and Challenge of Satellite DNA Assembly

    Karen Miga, PhD
    Assistant Research Scientist; UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information
    MAY 09, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information

    Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC
    Associate Professor, Director, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, McMaster Genome Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Illumina
  • MAY 09, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Big Data and Health

    Michael Snyder, PhD
    Professor and Chair, Genetics, Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 09, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    AI-Driven Literature Curation for Determining Genomic Variant Pathogenicity

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD
    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 08, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Highly Accurate Long Sequence Reads for Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

    Jonas Korlach, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: PacBio
  • MAY 08, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Next-Generation Transcriptome and miRNome Sequencing: Intelligent Approaches to Insightful Outcomes

    Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, MBA
    Director, R&D, NGS Assay Technologies, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • MAY 08, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Discovering Cellular Mechanisms and Biomarkers in Anti-PD1 Non-Responders Using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis Software and OmicSoft OncoLand Datasets from QIAGEN

    Devendra Mistry, PhD
    Senior Field Application Scientist, QIAGEN Advanced Genomics
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • MAY 08, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Using Networks to Understand Cancer Risk

    John Quackenbush, PhD
    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Circular Synthesized CRISPR/Cas gRNAs for Functional Interrogations in Single and Multiplex Formats

    Manuel Kaulich, PhD
    CSO, Vivlion
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Development of an Arrayed Whole Human Genome KO Library for Functional Genomics Screening, Using an Optimized Multi-sgRNA Approach

    Kevin Holden, PhD
    Head of Science, Synthego
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Synthego
  • MAY 08, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Interpreting the Zero $ Genome via Base Editing, Organoids & in Situ Omics

    George M. Church, PhD
    Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Novel DNA Methylation in Mammals

    Tao Wu, PhD
    Assistant Professor, CPRIT Scholar for Cancer Research, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Upgrading the CRISPR Toolbox - New Strategies Sharpen the CRISPR-Cas9 Scissors Utilizing Visualization and Chromatic Accessibility

    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma
    Michelle Ding, M.S.
    R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
    Yanfang Jiang, PhD
    Senior R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
  • The Epigenome in Health and Disease
  • MAY 08, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Novel DNA Methylation in Mammals

    Tao Wu, PhD
    Assistant Professor, CPRIT Scholar for Cancer Research, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 09, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Big Data and Health

    Michael Snyder, PhD
    Professor and Chair, Genetics, Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • Progression in Genome Editing Including Single Base Editing and Application
  • MAY 08, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Upgrading the CRISPR Toolbox - New Strategies Sharpen the CRISPR-Cas9 Scissors Utilizing Visualization and Chromatic Accessibility

    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma
    Michelle Ding, M.S.
    R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
    Yanfang Jiang, PhD
    Senior R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
  • MAY 08, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Discovering Cellular Mechanisms and Biomarkers in Anti-PD1 Non-Responders Using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis Software and OmicSoft OncoLand Datasets from QIAGEN

    Devendra Mistry, PhD
    Senior Field Application Scientist, QIAGEN Advanced Genomics
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • Interpreting Genome Sequence Information from Telomere to Telomere
  • MAY 08, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Interpreting the Zero $ Genome via Base Editing, Organoids & in Situ Omics

    George M. Church, PhD
    Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Development of an Arrayed Whole Human Genome KO Library for Functional Genomics Screening, Using an Optimized Multi-sgRNA Approach

    Kevin Holden, PhD
    Head of Science, Synthego
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Synthego
  • MAY 08, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Using Networks to Understand Cancer Risk

    John Quackenbush, PhD
    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • MAY 08, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Next-Generation Transcriptome and miRNome Sequencing: Intelligent Approaches to Insightful Outcomes

    Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, MBA
    Director, R&D, NGS Assay Technologies, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • MAY 08, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Highly Accurate Long Sequence Reads for Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

    Jonas Korlach, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: PacBio
  • MAY 09, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    AI-Driven Literature Curation for Determining Genomic Variant Pathogenicity

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD
    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 09, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Completing the Human Genome: The Progress and Challenge of Satellite DNA Assembly

    Karen Miga, PhD
    Assistant Research Scientist; UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAY 09, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Background and Troubleshooting for RT-PCR

    Gillian Browne, PhD
    Global Market Development Scientist, Gene Editing and Novel Modalities, MilliporeSigma
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma
  • A Metagenomic Assay to Interrogate the Role of Virome and Microbiome in Cancer
    MAY 09, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    A Metagenomic Assay to Interrogate the Role of Virome and Microbiome in Cancer

    Erle Robertson, PhD
    Harry P. Schenck Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Agilent
  • MAY 09, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    The NIH Rare Disease Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Lessons Learnt and Challenges Faced in the First Four Years

    Liz Worthey, PhD
    Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • Progress in Genome Editing Including Single Base Editing and Application
  • MAY 08, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Circular Synthesized CRISPR/Cas gRNAs for Functional Interrogations in Single and Multiplex Formats

    Manuel Kaulich, PhD
    CSO, Vivlion
    BIOGRAPHY
    SEE ABSTRACT | Continuing Education: CEU
  • Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information
  • Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information
    MAY 09, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information

    Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC
    Associate Professor, Director, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, McMaster Genome Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Illumina
  • Chromosomal Instability, Somatic Cell Recombination and Genomic Stability
  • MAY 09, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Somatic Gene Recombination in the Brain

    Jerold Chun, MD, PhD
    Professor and Senior Vice President, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
MAY 8 - 9 2019

Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2019



 

This event is now apart of the Genetics Week Virtual Event Series. 

Our 7th Annual Event in the Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series is now available On-Demand! The event will remain open 6 months from the date of the live event.  The webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.

Topic's for this years event included: 

  • Progress in Genome Editing Including Single Base Editing and Application
  • Interpreting Genome Sequence Information from Telomere to Telomere
    • What does GWAS really tell you about targets for drug discovery
  • Chromosomal Instability, Somatic Cell Recombination and Genomic Stability
  • The Epigenome in Health and Disease
  • Polygenic Risk Scores: PheWas and GWAS and Utility of Biobank Information

 

Continuing Education
LabRoots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 32 credits.

Additionally, the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized LabRoots  to offer up to 0.6 CEUs or 6 Category 1 contact hours for the activity 2019 Genetics & Genomics virtual event. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification.

Please click on the CE/CEU tab to view those presentations approved for PACE CE and CEU's.

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Speakers
  • George M. Church, PhD

    Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michael Snyder, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Genetics, Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gillian Browne, PhD

    Global Market Development Scientist, Gene Editing and Novel Modalities, MilliporeSigma
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jerold Chun, MD, PhD

    Professor and Senior Vice President, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michelle Ding, M.S.

    R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kevin Holden, PhD

    Head of Science, Synthego
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yanfang Jiang, PhD

    Senior R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Manuel Kaulich, PhD

    CSO, Vivlion
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonas Korlach, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Karen Miga, PhD

    Assistant Research Scientist; UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Devendra Mistry, PhD

    Senior Field Application Scientist, QIAGEN Advanced Genomics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC

    Associate Professor, Director, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, McMaster Genome Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Quackenbush, PhD

    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Erle Robertson, PhD

    Harry P. Schenck Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, MBA

    Director, R&D, NGS Assay Technologies, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Liz Worthey, PhD

    Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tao Wu, PhD

    Assistant Professor, CPRIT Scholar for Cancer Research, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY

Speakers


  • George M. Church, PhD

    George M. Church, PhD

    Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michael Snyder, PhD

    Michael Snyder, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Genetics, Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gillian Browne, PhD

    Gillian Browne, PhD

    Global Market Development Scientist, Gene Editing and Novel Modalities, MilliporeSigma

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jerold Chun, MD, PhD

    Jerold Chun, MD, PhD

    Professor and Senior Vice President, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michelle Ding, M.S.

    Michelle Ding, M.S.

    R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kevin Holden, PhD

    Kevin Holden, PhD

    Head of Science, Synthego

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yanfang Jiang, PhD

    Yanfang Jiang, PhD

    Senior R&D Scientist, MilliporeSigma

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Manuel Kaulich, PhD

    Manuel Kaulich, PhD

    CSO, Vivlion

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonas Korlach, PhD

    Jonas Korlach, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Karen Miga, PhD

    Karen Miga, PhD

    Assistant Research Scientist; UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Devendra Mistry, PhD

    Devendra Mistry, PhD

    Senior Field Application Scientist, QIAGEN Advanced Genomics

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC

    Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC

    Associate Professor, Director, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, McMaster Genome Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Quackenbush, PhD

    John Quackenbush, PhD

    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Erle Robertson, PhD

    Erle Robertson, PhD

    Harry P. Schenck Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, MBA

    Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, MBA

    Director, R&D, NGS Assay Technologies, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Liz Worthey, PhD

    Liz Worthey, PhD

    Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tao Wu, PhD

    Tao Wu, PhD

    Assistant Professor, CPRIT Scholar for Cancer Research, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
Posters

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Event Series


Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2023
May 16, 2023 5:30 am Pacific Time

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2023

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2022
April 19, 2022 5:30 am Pacific Time

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2022

Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021
May 05, 2021 6:00 am Pacific Time

Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2021
April 22, 2021 5:30 am Pacific Time

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2021

Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2020
May 06, 2020 6:00 am Pacific Time

Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2020

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2020
April 21, 2020 6:00 am Pacific Time

Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2020

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2019
April 10, 2019 6:00 am Pacific Time

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2019

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2018
April 11, 2018 6:00 am Pacific Time

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2018

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2017
April 12, 2017 6:00 am Pacific Time

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2017

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2016
April 06, 2016 6:00 am Pacific Time

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2016

Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2014
August 20, 2014 6:00 am Pacific Time

Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2014

Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2013
August 21, 2013 6:00 am Pacific Time

Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2013

CE/CEU Credits

The speakers below have been approved for Continuing Education Credits. To redeem your credits, locate the presentation you watched and click on the CE buttons for further direction. For more general information regarding continuing education, the processes to receive credits, and the accreditation bodies, Click here


Program Committee

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  • Timothy Harris

    Since June 2011, Dr. Harris has served as the Senior Vice President of Translational Medicine at Biogen Idec. Dr. Harris has served as the Director of the Advanced Technology Program at SAIC Frederick since 2007 and Chief Technology Officer for SAIC Frederick since 2008. Prior to ...

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  • Fritz Sedlazeck

    Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck completed his PhD in 2012 in the group of Dr. Arndt von Haeseler at the Max F. Perutz Laboratory in Vienna. After a two year postdoc, he transitioned to the lab of Dr. Michael Schatz at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and later to Johns Hopkins University. Since ...

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  • Jonas Korlach

    Jonas Korlach was appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Pacific Biosciences in July 2012. He was previously a Scientific Fellow, supporting commercial development of the PacBio RS II system and performing research aimed at developing new applications for SMRT technologies. He ...

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  • Shawn Baker

    Dr. Shawn C. Baker is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of AllSeq. Having received his Ph.D. at the University of California - Davis, he started his career as a Research Scientist at Illumina when it was a 15-person startup. After spending several years at the bench ...

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  • Molly McGinniss

    Molly McGinniss, MS, CGC, is Senior Director of Client and Partner Relations for Population Genomics at Genome Medical, a digital health company and specialty medical group focused on genetics and genomics. Through the Genome Medical Precision Insights team, she provides ...

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  • John Quackenbush

    John Quackenbush is Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Professor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John's PhD was in Theoretical Physics but a fellowship to work ...

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  • C Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS

    Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS, is a 2012 TED Fellow and Founder & President of Rare Genomics Institute, the world's first platform to enable any community to leverage cutting-edge biotechnology to advance understanding of any rare disease. Partnering with 18 of the top medical ...

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  • Agnieszka Caruso

    Agnieszka is currently a Staff Scientist and Laboratory Manager at TessArae, LLC in Sterling, VA, USA. She obtained her PhD at the University of Queensland in Australia in a field of biochemistry, and subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Queen's University of Belfast ...

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