Medical Genetics Seminars

Upcoming

Nov 22
"Implementing polygenic risk scores for common disorders"
Gail Jarvik headshot
Dec 13
"The best defense is a good offense: reconciling unusual splicing events in Alzheimer’s disease"
Paul Valdmanis, Phd, Associate Professor

About

Seminar speakers include local faculty, trainees, and external invited guests. Topics include review of current clinical advances in medical genetics and genomic technologies.

Join Us

  • Every Friday 12:30-1:30pm in Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters.
  • Held in person in HSB K-069 and via Zoom

Stay Connected

Join our seminar distribution list by contacting medgenadmin@uw.edu.

Jan 12
“Precision Medicine Research with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities”
Susan Trinidad headshot
Jan 5
“Non-Coding Mechanisms of Retinal Development and Disease”
Tim Cherry headshot
Dec 15
"Whole Exome Sequencing (WES): Challenges in Everyday Practice"
Sirisak Chanprasert, MD
Nov 17
"Improving Access to Cancer Genetic Testing at Diagnosis of Cancer"
Marianne Dubard-Gault, MD
Oct 27
“The Genetics of Pediatric Surgical Epilepsy Disorders: Successes, Challenges and Future Avenues”
Ghayda Mirzaa headshot
Oct 20
“iPSC SGE: Assessing Variant Effects in Differentiated Cell Types at Scale”
Vitruvian Man
Oct 13
“Applications of pangenomes: allele-specific copy number variation maps with ctyper”
Mark Chaisson headshot
Oct 6
“Resolving The Role Of Non-Coding Variants In Mendelian Conditions Using Long-Read Multi-Omics”
Andrew Stergachis headshot
Sep 29
"A Multi-National Collaborative Program to Combat Transnational Environmental Crime"
Vitruvian Man