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Crick Auditorium and Online, London |
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1st-crick-rare-diseases-conference-2022-tickets-204386644957 |
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Friday 04 Feb 2022 |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
To mark World Rare Diseases Day 2022 we are hosting our first Crick Conference highlighting the importance of the science of rare diseases.
About this event
Expert speakers are drawn from the Crick and our three partner universities, UCL, Kings and Imperial.
Registration is required but attendance is free. This will be a hybrid meeting with up to 200 participants able to attend in person at the Crick and the remainder joining on zoom. Zoom details will be sent out in advance of the event.
Use the #CrickRareDiseases
Draft programme
Session 1
9.00 -9.30 Registration and Welcome
9.30-9.55 Prof Claire Booth |UCL, "Current state and future of gene therapy for primary immune deficiencies"
9.55-10.20 Prof Richard Thompson| King’s College London, "Molecular mechanisms of cholestasis; from genes to therapy"
10.20-10.45 Mr Neil Bulstrode | Great Ormond Street Hospital, London TBC
10.45-11.10 Prof Uta Griesenbach | Imperial College London, "Gene therapy for rare respiratory diseases"
11.10-11.40 Refreshments
Session 2
11.40-12.05 Prof David Rees |King’s College, London , "Gene silencing in the management of acute porphyria"
12.05-12.30 Prof Manju Kurian | UCL "Developing precision medicines for childhood neurological disorders"
12.30-12.45 Dr Davide Zecchin |The Francis Crick Institute, & UCL "Functional dissection of GNAQ oncogenic mutations identifies potential targeted therapy in rare disease "
12-45-12.55 Dr Satyamaanasa Polubothu | Great Ormond Street Hospital, London "Mosaic BRAF fusions are a recurrent cause of multiple congenital melanocytic naevi"
12.55-13.20 Prof John Achermann | UCL "Translational genetics and disease mechanism "
13.20-14.20 Lunch break
Session 3
14.20-14.45 Prof Liz Patton | University of Edinburgh "New insights into rare genetic MAPK-pathway disease in zebrafish"
14.45-15.10 Prof Rickie Patani |UCL and The Francis Crick Institute, London, TBC
15.20-15.50 Tea break
Session 4
15.50-16.15 Dr Neil Rajan | Newcastle University TBC
16.15-16:40 Prof Paolo de Coppi | UCL TBC
16:45 Closing remarks and end of meeting
Hybrid event with a limited in-person audience, organised by The Francis Crick Institute, London
Please contact connect@crick.ac.uk with any queries or issues.