When Virtual seminar on Wednesday 21 May 2025, 4pm – 4.55pm (AEDT)
Where Online. Link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.
Registration Registration is free and available here.
Join Australian Genomics’ DNA dialogue seminar “Investigating the Genetic Epidemiology of X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism” featuring Dr Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz from the University of the Philippines.
X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP) is a rare, severe neurodegenerative disease that manifests exclusively among people with maternal ancestry tracing back to the Panay region of the Philippines, due to a genetic founder effect. It is caused by an SVA retrotransposon that contains a hexameric repeat expansion in the TAF1 gene. XDP is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner and mostly affects men. There is no available data regarding the national prevalence of the causative gene for XDP. Dr Cutiongco-de la Paz will discuss how the study showed it is more common than currently reported and the significance of these findings.
About the speaker
Dr Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz is a Research Professor of the Institute of Human Genetics and Clinical Professor of Paediatrics and Genetics at the University of the Philippines. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Institutes of Health. She finished her Doctor of Medicine from the UP College of Medicine and her Paediatric residency at the Philippine General Hospital. She had her research fellowship in Molecular Genetics at the International Center for Medical Research at the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan and took her subspecialty training in Clinical Genetics at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include genetics of monogenic and complex genetic conditions in the Filipino population.
About DNA dialogue
With the wealth of genomic expertise internationally, this seminar series is a forum for members of the genomics community in Australia and beyond to learn of new developments in health genomics, and the overseas experience.
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