The Institute of Genomics of the University of Tartu and the Estonian Genome Foundation will host the 23rd International Gene Forum at the Estonian National Museum on Sept. 24 and 25.
The event will bring together experts from Europe, Australia, and the United States for discussion on the progress in the field, with an agenda featuring talks that delve into a range of pertinent subjects, such as the implementation of personalized medicine in clinical practice, genomics based clinical trials, pharmacogenomics, psychiatric genomics, functional genomics, microbiome and evolutionary genomics, the organizers say in a press release.
The main speaker of the forum is Stephen F. Kingsmore, president and CEO of the Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, where he leads a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, physicians and researchers who are pioneering the use of rapid Whole Genome Sequencing to enable precise diagnose for critically ill newborns.
After a short break, a scholarship named after Estonian molecular biologist Artur Lind will be awarded at the Gene Forum. Artur Lind (1927-1989), is considered to be the founder of the field of molecular biology Estonia and is the tutor of several of today’s top Estonian researchers in the field. The size of the scholarship is 5,000 euros.
Over the span of 24 years, the conference has welcomed more than 400 eminent speakers from 34 different countries, including Nobel Prize laureates such as Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Svante Pääbo. Over the years, the event has also featured tech industry representatives, financial and startup experts to present these fields to the local academic community.
The main sponsors of this year’s conference are Illumina and PacBio, international biotechnology companies developing sequencing technologies.
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