Join Wales Gene Park for its sixth annual Rare Disease Patient Network meeting – this year’s event will take place exclusively online via Zoom. We look forward to welcoming you to our 6th annual meeting, bringing members of the Rare Disease Patient Network* together. Genetic Alliance UK will be launching it’s Quinquennial Patient Experience Report,… Read more »
“We came, we saw, we took samples back to Earth!” Join us for a FREE virtual public talk from John Holt, Space Research Centre, University of Leicester. Talk synopsis: NASA have been talking about Mars Sample Return (MSR) since the 70’s, but now it is happening for real! The Perseverance rover is the first stage… Read more »
As lockdown restrictions eased in Wales over the summer, we were pleased to re-open our laboratories and resume practical work. Both the Genomic Sequencing lab, based in the Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, and the Genome Editing lab, based in the School of Biosciences, in Cardiff University are open for business. Things… Read more »
Join us via Zoom for a public event about DNA, genetics & genomics Like to find out more about the fascinating field of DNA, genetics and genomics and discover how it affects our everyday lives? Join us for the 5th annual Wales Gene Park 3G conference, which this year will be virtual for the first… Read more »
Are you affected by a rare or genetic condition? Are you a member of the public interested in finding out more about genomics and health? Join us for a Virtual Genomics Café! This initiative is being run by Wales Gene Park in collaboration with Genomics Partnership Wales. November’s café will feature relaxed talks from guest… Read more »
Are you a young person interested in finding out more about genomics and health, or affected by a rare or genetic condition? Join us for our first ever Virtual Genomics Café specifically for young people! This event is aimed at those in the 16 to 25 age group and is being run by Wales Gene… Read more »
The Wales Gene Park Annual Report 2019 – 2020 is now available here The report shows how Wales Gene Park has evolved and adapted to make the very most in Wales of the opportunities presented by genomics. A major part of what the Wales Gene Park does is to make genomic technologies available to biomedical… Read more »
Around 1 in 5 people (20%) in the UK who have been diagnosed with cancer are thought to have a rare cancer. To mark Rare Cancer Day on 1st October, join Wales Gene Park and the Wales Cancer Research Centre to find out more about rare cancers, with short talks from expert speakers including clinicians,… Read more »
Are you affected by a rare or genetic condition? Are you a member of the public interested in finding out more about genomics and health? Join us for a Virtual Genomics Café! This initiative is being run by Wales Gene Park in collaboration with Genomics Partnership Wales. September’s café will feature talks from guest speakers… Read more »
Issue 35 – Spring 2018
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