2023 Genomics Showcase

QUT Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health

2023 QUT Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health Annual Showcase

QUT Gardens Point Campus

The QUT Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health (CGPH) will host a showcase in November to bring together the CGPH community and showcase the Centre&#x27;s exciting research and achievements for year. The event will take place over two days and will feature keynote presentations, lightning talks, digital poster presentations, networking opportunities, and an award ceremony.K﻿eynote speakers: <ul><li><a href="https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/gene.tyson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Gene Tyson </a>(Queensland University of Technology)</li></ul>Professor Gene Tyson is a microbial ecologist and expert in the development and application of meta-omic and bioinformatic approaches to understand complex microbial communities. Through the integration of these techniques, Tyson has made seminal contributions to the field, including the discovery of novel microbial lineages and the identification of key microorganisms that influence human and environmental health. In 2018, he co-founded Microba Life Sciences, a start-up company focusing on developing therapeutics from the gut microbiome. Professor Tyson is now the Director of the Centre for Microbiome Research at QUT where his group employs innovative approaches to investigate microbial communities from diverse habitats.<ul><li><a href="https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/3050" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">D﻿r Sonia Shah</a> (University of Queensland)</li></ul>Dr Shah is a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow and head of the Genomics in Health Group at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. She has a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and MSc in Bioinformatics from University of Manchester, and a PhD in cardiovascular genetics from University College London. Her research spans across cardiovascular disease, pharmacogenomics, and liver transplant research, with the use of genomic data and cutting-edge statistical genomics methods being the common factor across the three arms of her research program. Dr Shah is the recipient of several awards including the 2020 Genetic Society of Australasia Early Career Award and 2022 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award. She is also 1 of 5 global finalists for the 2023 Nature Inspiring Women in Science (Scientific Achievement) award. T﻿o access the event program, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PkCEL1dXq9I5D7253JO_OeCuoynaa-uP/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">please click here</a>

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