MAY 09, 2023

Get Your Genome Ready! Labroots to Host 11th Annual Genetics Virtual Event Series, May 16-18, 2023!

WRITTEN BY: Laurence Tognetti, MSc

Labroots is proud to announce that registration is open for the 11th Annual Event in the Genetics Virtual Event Series, which will be held from May 16-18, 2023. This fantastic event is free to attend and will host speakers from academia and industry to examine recent research, new junctures, and key struggles in the present genetics research community. Along with hearing from fantastic speakers, attendees are also able to earn continuing education (CE) credits for their participation in the event.

“Both wellness and disease management have come into focus, with an individual’s genetic variation emerging as a practical way to identify risk and personalized care,” said Dr. Howard McLeod, Director, Center for Precision Medicine at Utah Tech University. “Advances in genome technology, applied informatics, and therapeutic interventions are expanding the impact on a patient’s health. This session on the Labroots platform will show how ‘cutting-edge’ is becoming ‘routine’ for many clinical areas.”

"The idea of using a diagnostic test to help select patients likely to respond well to a particular therapy is hardly new – Herceptest to predict response to Herceptin first appeared in 1998 and the field has continued to grow from there," said Dr. Stephen Little, Founder, Yourgene Health. "Once quite a novel concept Personalized Medicine is now firmly established as part of normal healthcare practice. Using the Labroots platform I will give a high-level view of healthcare systems and what we have learned over the years to ensure successful translation of a companion diagnostic into clinical practice."

Event discussions and subjects for the event include, but are not limited to:

Genetics and Genomics

Molecular Diagnostics

Precision Medicine

This year’s Genetics Virtual Events features a plethora of experts, including Dr. Andris Abramenkovs, Project Manager, Sartorius; Dr. Christiano R. R. Alves, Instructor in Neurology, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Dr. Sairam Behera, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine; and Dr. Carlos D. Bustamante, Founder and CEO, Galatea Bio, Inc; just to name a few.

Click here to learn more about the event, speakers, and how to participate.

Throughout the duration of this event, please use the hashtag #LRGenetics to follow the discussion online while networking with other members of the Genetics worldwide community! Please be sure to follow Labroots on Twitter @Genetics_LR and Facebook @GeneticsandGenomics to stay up to date with the latest events and trending news, as well. Now you can join the Genetics LinkedIn group to connect with others in your field!