Festival of Genomics & Biodata

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Here’s just a selection of the topics that we’re covering this year:

Clinical Genomics and COVID-19. Updates and breakthroughs in genomics medicine • Discussions around pandemic response clinical research • Clinical practise • Special educational sessions for the NHS and Genomic Counsellors • Digital pathology • Infectious diseases • Clinical applications of synthetic biology • Polygenic risk scores • Case genomics in critical care

Genomics in Research. Exploring the dark genome • Structural variation detection • Long range sequencing • Nanopore sequencing • The human microbiome • Epigenetics • Histogenomics • Sequencing technology and patent battles • Single cell analysis • Spatial genomics • RNA sequencing

Biodata. Machine learning/AI • Biodata in drug discovery and development • Population diversity • Understanding phenotype • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) • Multi-omics and phenotypic data integration • Data-driven innovation • Knowledge graphs • Real World Data

Rare Diseases. Translating research into practice • The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases • Rare disease community experiences • Early detection and diagnosis
Healthcare Data. Leveraging data for better patient outcomes • Equitable access • Diversity in genomics datasets • Creating self-learning healthcare systems • Ethical practices • Geospatial analytics

Drug Discovery and Development. Companion diagnostics • Pharmacogenomics • Functional genomics • Target identification and validation • AI/Natural Language Processing (NLP) • Toxicity prediction

Cancer Genomics. Liquid biopsies • Precision oncology • NGS testing and technologies • Cancer research • Artificial intelligence

Down the Rabbit Hole. The Darwin Tree of Life Project • Food production • Industrial chemistry • Pathogen engineering • NASA/space research and exploration