When Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November 2024
Where Brain Centre Auditorium, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
Registration Event details and registration available here. (Early bird pricing ends 25 October).
The 4th Australian Functional Genomics Network (AFGN) Symposium will be held on 28 & 29 November 2024.
Over the two days, the symposium will bring together the clinical community involved in disease gene discovery and Australian research groups using a diverse array of disease model systems for the characterisation of genetic variants.
Invited speakers will showcase the increasing need to facilitate the clinical interpretation of genetic variants and how Australian functional genomics researchers can help. By combining the diverse knowledge of many aspects of genomic and functional interpretation, we hope to draw out critical discussion and novel approaches to understanding human genomic variation. This is of crucial importance to enable the translation of genomic findings into a patient diagnosis.
Key dates
- Early bird registration closes: 25 October 2024
- Abstract submissions close: 13 September 2024
Program overview
Invited speakers will present on current and emerging approaches to functional investigations across a variety of disease areas as well as insights into translation into the diagnostic pipeline.
The following people will present at the Symposium:
Anai Gonzalez (CMRI); Andy Ng (UNSW); Avnika Ruparelia (UoM); Hamish Scott (SA Path); Ian Smyth (Monash); Ilia Voskoboinik (Peter Mac); Lachlan Jolly (Adelaide Uni); Natasha Harvey (UniSA); Rehan Villiani (QIMR); Sally Dunwoodie (VCCRI); Sandra Cooper (Usyd); Zornitza Stark (MCRI)
The AFGN will be hosting a social event at the Science Gallery Melbourne on the Thursday evening of the Symposium.