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Upcoming Symposiums
12 Nov 2024 | Online, GMT (UTC+0)
Multi-Omics in Biomarker Discovery & Precision Medicine Online Symposium
Upcoming Activities
The Role Of Digital Biomarkers And Other Digital Technologies In The Paying The Way Forward In Patient Treatment
Presented by Dylan Powells, Professor in Public Health & Innovation, University of Stirling
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Translating digital biomarkers from bench to bedside
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Standardisation of digital biomarkers in clinical development
Bringing CRISPR/Cas9 Approaches To The Clinic: The Example Of Beta-Hemoglobinopathies
Presented by Annarita Miccio, Lab Director, Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases Panellist: John Zuris, Director - Editing Technologies, Editas Medicine
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Challenges faced when bring CRISPR to the clinic
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Sickle cell disease & beta-thalassemia
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Utilising CRISPR beyond beta-hemoglobinopathies: where next?
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Alternative approaches to CRISPR
Biomarkers Research For Neurodegenerative Diseases
Presented by Giovanna Lalli, Director of Strategy & Operations, LifeArc
- Prediction and diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases
- The use of liquid biomarkers neurodegenerative diseases
- Overcoming translational barriers in biomarker research for Alzheimer's & MSD
- Patient support & how diagnostic research can impact patients
Multi- Omics Approaches To Biomarker Discovery
- Preclinical Validation
- Analytical and Clinical Validation
- Regulatory Pathways
- Biomarker Identification
Using ddPCR for Minimal Residual Disease Detection in Cancer
- Multiplex droplet digital PCR
- Examples of use in paediatric & adult cancers
- ctDNA as a diagnostic biomarker
The Use Of Liquid Biopsies For Early Diagnosis Of Cancer
- Explore the role of liquid biopsy in tailoring precision medicine approaches for individual cancer patients
- Overcoming current challenges and limitations associated with biopsy techniques
- Exploring tumor heterogeneity
Analysis of Omics Data via Machine Learning and AI
- Therapeutic applications in personalised treatment
- Persisting challenges in utilising AI/ML in Multi-Omics
- Updates on current landscape
- Integrating ML/ AI in Single Cell Analysis
- Analysis of multiple omics-types
The Challenges In Integrating AI Into Biomarker Research
Presented by Katrina Campbell, Professor in Food Security and Diagnostics, Queen's University Belfast
•Biomarker specificity
• Regulatory hurdles
• Patient engagement
Overcoming The Challenges Of Multi-Omics Data Integration
- Inferring gene expression from different sequencing datasets
- Normalizing data at the same level for integration
- Combining spatial & sequencing based data
Single Cell Analysis in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery & Development
- Current utilisation of single cell analysis: target identification, target validation, bulk data merging
- Characterisation of phenotypic screening assays
- Analysis of perturbational single cell data
You can catch up on our past Precision Medicine webinar recordings on our Resources page.