Please register and join us for or next science and society Harambee café on Rare Diseases: Genetic Literacy, Data Science Ethics and Sociocultural perspectives. Register at: zoom.us/webinar/regist… DS-I Africa, Aimé Lumaka, Abdoulaye Yalcouyé, MD, PhD, kengne karen, Kelly du Plessis, Nchangwi Syntia,…

EDIT-101 is a CRISPR-based gene editing therapy for LCA10, which is a form of LCA due to mutations in the centrosomal protein 290 (CEP290) gene.

#BRILLIANCETRIAL

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Congratulations to Dr. Anand Swaroop (NEI) for receiving the ARVO Friedenwald Award!

Speaking about genes, networks, karma, and photoreceptors,.'The joy is in the journey' (and shout-outs to former NEI Director Paul Sieving ... and many others!).

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To gain new insights into Lynch Syndrome genetics, the latest Human Genetics and Genomics Advances article analyzes the pathogenicity of PMS2 variants that contain alterations in their Kozak sequences: cell.com/hgg-advances/f… Holly Stessman #ASHG

Excited to host and learn from Sebastián Lehuedé in this upcoming webinar where he critically reflects on digital sovereignty frameworks as a decolonial option.

📆 Thursday 9th May, 2024.
🕑 13:00-14:00 SAST
Register here: bit.ly/4aXNTvA

My favourite ever explanations of next generation sequencing (NGS) is now available on YouTube 🧬
youtube.com/watch?v=x_Xs5N…

One to bookmark for teaching🔖
Many thanks Matthew Wakeling

#Genomics #Genetics #Bioinformatics

Mentorship for Professional Development:
Practical advice mentorship for networking, skill enhancement, and career advancement opportunities
~ Dr Stella Bvuma

Register: nithecs-ac-za.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

National Research Foundation of South Africa

Looking forward to hearing from our MSc students in today's seminar!

Engaging to Build Trust in #Genomics and #DataScience for health research in #Africa
- TODAY

Meet our speakers for the first part of Introduction to funcional genomics webinar🧬💻 on 29th April organized by AfricanSocHumGenet-YIF, eshg_young, and The Jackson Laboratory. Full programme here tinyurl.com/bdmcj8u7 European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) #genomics #bioinformatics #functionalgenomics Mohamed Zahir, PhD

She unfortunately died very early (37) just before the DNA structure was fully understood and published. She would probably have been one of the Nobel prize winners had she been alive. RIP. #rosalindfranklin #WomenInScience

Happy INTERnational #DNADay24 🇿🇦
Remember: no matter where you are from, all human beings are 99% identical in our genomes, but that 0.1 makes you YOU! 🧬💗
UCT Health Sciences UCT IDM National Human Genome Research Institute GenMS.UCT CIDRI-Africa South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative H3D H3ABioNet UCT UCT Neuroscience Institute

Join us on Wednesday, 24 April, for an insightful, CPD-accredited NHLS talk presented by Prof Michele Ramsey on Molecular Genetics and Precision Medicine Approaches for African Populations.

Click the link below to join:
echo.zoom.us/j/87242407198

Meeting ID: 872 4240 7198

The Medical Scientists in Human Genetics is a subgroup of the SASHG, focused on addressing issues unique to trained medical scientists working in the South African diagnostic arena. For more info visit sashg.org/focus-groups/m…

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Doktora projemin 40 dk’lık seminerinden birkaç kesit ✍️.

Grateful to Human Genetics UCT 🧬🇿🇦 and my supervisors 💜🤍. Can’t wait to finish all the remaining writeup…

Looking forward to the Tuesday seminar, by PhD candidate, Safiye

New study finds germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in #cancer predisposing genes other than RB1 are not associated with higher risk of tumorigenesis or disease progression in retinoblastoma bit.ly/43WbAlj #GIMO #Retinoblastoma #genetics

REMINDER🔔 | You are invited to the Sydney Brenner Symposium: Science meets History, celebrating the life, times, and scientific journey of Sydney Brenner.

Date: 09 April 2024; 08:30
RSVP here: [email protected]
Subject line: Request Symposium Zoom link

#WitsForGood

We are so proud of our #HumGen members who are involved in the STEM MentHER Programme, an initiative aiming to produce a pipeline of South African women scientists.

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