Description
DNA: Past, Present, Future"This year’s Genetics Society summer symposium event will be the celebration the 70th anniversary of the description of the double helix. Join us Thursday, 29th of June, in Cambridge and online, to hear from four of our 2023 award winners: Genetics Society Medal (Professor Douglas Higgs), Balfour Lecture (Dr Lucy van Dorp), Mary Lyon Medal (Professor Cecilia Lindgren) and Bruce Cattanach Prize (Dr Louisa Zoliewski), the 2021 JBS Haldane Lecturer Professor Matthew Cobb, and our special 70th anniversary lecture by Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian.
This event is free, but registration is needed.
When: Thursday, 29th June 2023 (12.30 – 18.30)
Location: Thomas Lecture Theatre at the Biochemistry Department (Hopkins Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW) and online
Webpage: https://genetics.org.uk/events/dna-past-present-and-future-2023/
Programme:
12.30 – Welcome by Anne Ferguson-Smith
12.35 – Matthew Cobb - "How the double helix was really discovered, and what Rosalind Franklin thought about it”
13.20 – Louisa Zolkiewski – “Investigating the Function of Coding Polymorphisms within the TBX15-WARS2 Locus Associated with Waist-Hip Ratio as a Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome”
13.40 – Cecilia Lindgren
14.25 – coffee break
15.00 - Lucy van Dorp - “Tracking pathogens in space and time using big genetic data”
15.45 – Douglas Higgs – “Using a model locus to understand the principles of mammalian gene regulation”
16.30 –Shankar Balasubramanian - “DNA: what is it trying to tell us?"
17.15 – 18.30 End of meeting and 70th anniversary of DNA celebration (drinks reception)
| Period | 29 Jun 2023 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Cambridge, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
