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New Team Members
Welcome Neeru and Chloe…
Dear Colleagues,
The UK-EGG Executive Committee are pleased to welcome Neeru Vallabh and Chloe Stanton to the Committee as co-directors of seminars for UK-EGG.
Neeru and Chloe will work together to organise online seminars for the UK-EGG community over the next year.
More information to follow.
Updated Genomic Testing Prioritisation
Updated Genomic Testing Prioritisation
Effective Saturday 1st August 2020
Dear Colleagues,
Following the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS England has issued new guidance to genomic laboratories on the prioritisation of work.
From 1st August 2020, all urgent and routine genomic services are returning to business as usual.
Laboratories will continue to process any locally stored samples (non-urgent samples received during the pandemic) and will accept samples from all Genomic Laboratory Hubs for testing.
We would like to thank you for your patience and support during this time.
Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) meeting 2020
Following the success of the 2019 Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) meeting held in Oxford, we are pleased to announce the second GoOD meeting on Monday 7th September 2020 as a virtual event hosted by Professor Jean-Michel Rozet, Imagine, Paris.
The GoOD Meeting enables scientists and clinicians to meet, share ideas, and provide the basis for future collaboration.
There is a registration fee of 50 Euros for participants. PhD or clinical students can register free if they email a sponsorship letter from their lab or clinical lead to Professor Jean-Michel Rozet.
Authors are invited to submit an abstract by 27th July 2020, using the form on the GoOD Meeting website.
We look forward to meeting you virtually this September hosted from Paris.
Save the Date – Annual Meeting on Monday, 21st June, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting – Venue and Date for your Diary
Dear Colleagues,
Our annual conference was due to be held on Tuesday, 24th November, 2020, but due to concerns about ongoing social distancing and restrictions on large group meetings, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone our face to face meeting to Monday, 21st June, 2021. This will be held in the main auditorium of The Francis Crick Institute, London, with access to their gallery space, so there will be plenty of room to spread out and/or invite more guests.
To mark the November meeting we will be hosting a webinar and more details will follow!
UK-EGG Executive Committee: Mariya Moosajee, Denize Atan and Gabrielle Wheway
Twitter and ListServ coming to UK-EGG
We are pleased to announce two new initiatives to the UK Eye Genetics Group.
Firstly, we would like to continue discussion between clinicians, geneticists and scientists in the UK-EGG membership around cases, new research or health service provision updates in the COVID era. We have set up a new UK-EGG ListServ: UKEyeGeneticsGroup@jisc.ac.uk. Details about how to sign up and listserv etiquette to follow shortly in our newsletter.
Secondly, to facilitate wider dissemination of research and clinical updates in eye genetics, we have set up a UK-EGG Twitter account. Please follow @UKEyeGenetics
UK-EGG Executive Committee: Denize Atan, Mariya Moosajee and Gabrielle Wheway
UK-EGG Membership now available ONLINE
UK-EGG Membership
Becoming a member of UK-EGG ensures you will be kept updated with genetic ophthalmology research currently on-going in the UK.
Membership attracts a one-off joining fee of £25.00, with no further payment for continued membership. Being a member of UK-EGG also means you can attend our yearly Conference for a reduced fee.
Membership can now be purchased online via this LINK
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