UK-EGG Annual Conference Edinburgh 2023
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The programme for the UK-EGG Annual Conference
(Friday June 9th 2023 in Edinburgh) is now available! 

Chaired by Professor Wendy Bickmore (Director, MRC Human Genetics Unit), the day will include sessions on clinical and molecular basis of developmental eye disorders (Nikki Hall, Joe Rainger, Shipra Bhatia), updates from the clinic (David Gilmour), the use of AI to investigate retinal images (Miguel Bernabeu), the implications of WGS for genetic counselling (Samantha Malka) and variant interpretation to improve genetic diagnosis of eye diseases (Jamie Ellingford). The programme also includes short talks and posters by early career researchers and talks by people affected by inherited eye disease.

Our keynote address will be delivered by Elfride de Baere. We are delighted that Professor de Baere can join us from Belgium, where she leads the Ophthalmic and Developmental Genetics Lab at Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital. Her research is focused on mechanisms underlying Mendelian diseases with large genetic heterogeneity.

We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh! 

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UK-EGG Annual Conference Edinburgh 2023
Friday, 9th June, 2023 - In Person

Registration is now open for the annual conference of the
UK Eye Genetics Group on Friday 9th June 2023 in Edinburgh

This year, the meeting will be chaired by Professor Wendy Bickmore (Director, MRC Human Genetics Unit) and hosted at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. The meeting will be held in person and we hope you can join us in Edinburgh!
The day will include sessions on clinical and molecular eye genetics, genetic case discussions, short talks and posters by early careers researchers, and talks by people affected by inherited eye disease. Confirmed speakers include Professor Elfride de Baere (Differential 3D genome topology delineates regulatory landscapes of IRD genes in human neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium), Dr Nikki Hall (eye developmental defects: pathology, diagnosis, and genetics), Dr David Gilmour (Clinical trials for the IRDs: a local PI’s perspective), Dr Joe Rainger (advances in understanding developmental genetic eye disease), Dr Shipra Bhatia (developmental enhancers in genetic eye disease), Dr Miguel Bernabeu (retinal imaging), Samantha Malka (genetic counsellor) and Dr Jamie Ellingford (variant interpretation for improving genetic diagnosis).

Call for abstracts and clinical genetic cases:

To submit abstracts for a poster and/or a short talk in the Early Career Researcher or clinical genetic cases sessions, please use the form below to submit your abstract. All abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be subject to peer review before acceptance. Submissions will close on 28th April 2023 and successful submissions will be notified by 9th May 2023. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the conference for the best oral and poster presentations.

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    Early Bird Discounted Registration is available until 9th May 2023 and full price tickets will be available until the day of the conference. UK-EGG members are entitled to £25 discount.
    We look forward to seeing you there,
    UK-EGG 2023 Annual Meeting Committee
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    UK-EGG Annual Conference Edinburgh 2023
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    Registration is now open for the annual conference of the UK Eye Genetics Group on Friday 9th June 2023 in Edinburgh.
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    Registration is now open for the annual conference of the UK Eye Genetics Group on Friday 9th June 2023 in Edinburgh.
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    UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) Annual Conference 2023
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    UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) Annual Conference 2023 – Save the Date
    The UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) annual meeting will be held on Friday 9th June 2023 – please save the date!
    This year, the meeting will be chaired by Prof. Wendy Bickmore (Director, MRC Human Genetics Unit) and hosted at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer in the beautiful city of Edinburgh.
    For more than half a century research at the MRC Human Genetics Unit has been dedicated to understanding human genetic disease. Today, its researchers apply clinical and scientific expertise and harness the power of complex data, to improve the health and lives of patients and their families. The MRC Human Genetics Unit is part of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh, on the campus of the Western General Hospital.
    The UK-EGG 2023 Annual Conference will bring together leading scientists, geneticists, clinicians and allied health professionals to discuss exciting new advances in eye genetics from scientific research through to clinical practice.
    Registration details, speaker information and a call for abstracts will be released soon. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh!
    UK-EGG 2023 Annual Meeting Committee

    Wendy Bickmore, Chloe Stanton, Baljean Dhillon, Anne Lampe, Roly Megaw, Joe Rainger

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    UK-EGG

    The UK Eye Genetics Group was set up in 2002 for ophthalmic clinicians and clinical geneticists with a specialist interest and expertise in ophthalmic genetics, to keep up to date in the field of clinical ophthalmic genetics which is a rapidly evolving specialty.