The Third International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC, 2015): overall activities and outcome highlights

BMC Genomics

Meeting Report

Ashok Agarwal¹  Gauthaman Kalamegam²  Abdelbaset Buhmeida²  Mamdooh Gari²  Peter Natesan Pushparaj²  Mohammed Al-Qahtani²  Mourad Assidi²  Adeel Chaudhary²  Muhammad Abu-Elmagd²  Emad Al-Hamzi²  Stephen W. Scherer³  Adel Abuzenadah⁴  Ashraf Dallol⁴  Jerry W. Shay⁵  Bruce Budowle⁶ 

[1] Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA;Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Centre of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA;Institute of Applied Genetics, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA;

关键词: Autism Spectrum Disorder;    Autism Spectrum Disorder;    Telomere Length;    Central Nervous System Tumour;    Klinefelter Syndrome;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12864-016-3085-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The Third International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC) was organised by the Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR) at the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This conference is a continuation of a series of meetings, which began with the first International Genomic Medicine Conference (1st IGMC, 2011) followed by the second International Genomic Medicine Conference (2nd IGMC, 2013). The 3rd IGMC meeting presented as a timely opportunity to bring scientists from across the world to gather, discuss, and exchange recent advances in the field of genomics and genetics in general as well as practical information on using these new technologies in different basic and clinical applications. The meeting undoubtedly inspired young male and female Saudi researchers, who attended the conference in large numbers, as evidenced by the oversubscribed oral and poster presentations. The conference also witnessed the launch of the first content for npj Genomic Medicine, a high quality new journal was established in partnership by CEGMR with Springer Nature and published as part of the Nature Partner Journal series. Here, we present a brief summary report of the 2-day meeting including highlights from the oral presentations, poster presentations, workshops, poster prize-winners and comments from the distinguished scientists.

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