Genomics in Healthcare

Date: Thursday 25th of October

Time: 6pm- 9pm

Venue: Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW

On the 25th of October, join the Innovation Forum for “Genomics in Healthcare”, where a panel of industry experts will discuss the promises that large genomic biobanks hold, and the potential ethical hurdles encountered in the collection and processing of patient data.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Nick Lench, FRCPath, Chief Scientific Officer, Congenica
• Prof. Joanne Hackett, Chief Commercial Officer, Genomics England
• Dr. Ian Dunham, Science Director, Open Targets
• AstraZeneca will also be involved, speaker will be announced soon.
• Dr. Maria Chatzou, CEO & Co-Founder, Lifebit (Flash Talk)

Panel Chair:

• Dr. Philippa Brice, External Affairs Director, PHG Foundation

Food and drinks are provided during the networking session.

The event is sponsored by Lifebit. Lifebit is democratising muti-omics, biomedicine & big data analysis with its AI-powered cloud-based system. This enables developers & researchers, & their corresponding organisations (ie. startups, SMEs, pharmaceutical companies), to instantly run & scale such analysis in a cost-speed-efficient and reproducible way. Use code 'Lifebit' to get a 75% off on student tickets!

Please register here to attend.