Upcoming events

The Centre for Stem Cell Biology's 8th annual One Day International Symposium.

Venue: Student Union Auditorium, The University of Sheffield

SGPPH is hosting a session at BSHG's annual conference in Warwick on the following topic:

Gene patents: What have they got to do with us?

The session will be chaired by Stuart Hogarth and the 2 speakers are Dr Michael Hopkins and Mr Trevor Cook. 

Venue: The Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta

In 2007 genetic pioneering researchers James Watson and Craig Venter had their personal genomes decoded and released to the world. These events and the rate at which cutting edge DNA sequencing technologies have evolved, represent significant milestones in the field of genetics research.

Private companies are seizing new business opportunities to sell genetic tests directly to the public, health care funders and providers must determine when genetic testing should be used, and biomedical researchers are ramping up large-scale genome research consortia. This has left governments scrambling to keep pace by developing regulatory frameworks that encourage innovation in genomics research and commercialization, while protecting citizens from potential harms of genetic discrimination, privacy invasions and hyping of new technologies.

The Age of Personalized Genomics conference will present an international forum for in-depth discussion and debate on the ethical, legal and social controversies that characterize the rapidly developing field of personalized genomics. The conference will bring together leading experts in law, genomic medicine and research, communication studies, and other fields.
In 2007 genetic pioneering researchers James Watson and Craig Venter had their personal genomes decoded and released to the world. These events and the rate at which cutting edge DNA sequencing technologies have evolved, represent significant milestones in the field of genetics research.

The Autumn meeting of the British Atherosclerosis Society

The meeting will include plenary, meet the experts and parallel workshop sessions. The international line-up of speakers include Steve Jones of UCL, Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg of the Karolinska Institute, and Ron Zimmern of the PHG Foundation.

The Hugh Sinclair lecture, a staple of the BAS Autumn meetings, will be given by Professor Leena Peltonen from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

Venue: Queens' College, University of Cambridge, UK

Venue: Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India

With the substantial control of infections and nutritional disorders, birth defects have emerged as a major global cause of death and disability. Every year an estimated 7.8 million children are born in the world with a serious genetic or acquired birth defect. Of these 3.3 million die each year. The impact of birth defects is particularly severe in developing countries where 90% of births and 95% of deaths of children with serious birth defects occur. The conference is timely as most developing countries lack comprehensive programs for care and control of birth defects, either because their importance is underestimated or because they perceive lack of resources. This conference will demonstrate why both these notions are incorrect.

In recent years there have been significant advances in understanding the causes of birth defects, and application of this knowledge has led to the development of many strategies to help and improve the quality of life of those experiencing birth defects. There are many low-cost and effective strategies for preventing or ameliorating birth defects. This conference will present successful models from around the world, as illustration of approaches that can be selected by developing countries as best suited for their specific circumstances.

The theme of the 4th Conference therefore, is aptly “ Translating Research into Care and Prevention.”