PLAQUES & TANGLES: A 30-minute podcast drama by Lisa Parry A treatment of the drama can be found here Please note: not to be shared publicly
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Virtual Rare Disease Day 2021 UK wide Parliamentary Event – Registration Open
When: Wednesday 24 February, 10.00 – 12.00 via Zoom Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/ho7qA5 Plans for this year’s Rare Disease Day activities are well underway albeit a little different to usual. This year the annual event will be a joint parliamentary event with the other nations of the UK and will focus on the implementation of… Read more »
Public talk: V for Vaccination – from Cowpox to Covid, 15th Feb. 2021, 2pm **FINAL, ADDITIONAL DATE ADDED**
Join Wales Gene Park on Monday 15th Feb, at 2pm for a FREE public talk on the social history of vaccination and discussion session on what it means now for Covid. Please note: Due to high demand, this is a repeat of the talk given on the 28thh & 29th January 2021. Please book early… Read more »
Opportunity: Patient & Public Representative, Strategic Advisory Group, Wales Gene Park
Come and join the wider team and help guide the direction of Wales Gene Park as a patient and public representative on our Strategic Advisory Group. For more information about the role, reimbursement and how to apply – please take a look at the advert below: Role Description Patient & Public Representative, Strategic Advisory Group, Wales Gene… Read more »
Young People’s Genomics Café: 17th Feb. 2021, 6pm
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 Young People’s Genomics Café! These events are aimed at those aged 16 to 25 and are run by Wales Gene Park with Genomics Partnership Wales. At February’s café we have… Read more »
All Wales Genomics Survey for Nurses and Midwives
Genomics Partnership Wales (GPW) would like invite Nurses and Midwives in Wales to share their opinion about the impact of genomics in your area of work. Your responses will help inform future education and training initiatives and preparation of our workforce in line with the Welsh Government’s Genomics for Precision Medicine Strategy. Although some nurses… Read more »
Public talk: V for Vaccination – from Cowpox to Covid, 28th & 29th Jan. 2021 **EXTRA DATE ADDED**
Join Wales Gene Park for a free public talk on the social history of vaccination and discussion session on what it means now for Covid. All welcome! The talk on 28th Jan is now fully booked however a repeat session will be held on 29th Jan at 11am. Book a place on the 29th Jan… Read more »
Virtual Public Genomics Café: 14th January 2012, 11am-12.45pm
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. The first café of 2021 will provide the… Read more »
Familial Paraganglioma Syndromes All Wales Multidisciplinary Virtual Study Day: 28th Jan. 2021
Familial paraganglioma syndromes are complex disorders and more common than previously thought. Our understanding of these disorders has grown significantly over the last 20 years; however, diagnosis, treatment and management can still be challenging, both for the patients and their health care professionals. The morning will include talks from experts around the UK to cover… Read more »
Rapid NGS Diagnostic Workshop: 4th & 5th Feb 2021 (9.30am to 12.30pm, both days)
The role of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in clinical diagnostics of patients with rare genetic diseases over the past decade has been transformative. Almost all genetic diagnoses are now made using a form of NGS, be that a gene panel, an exome (all coding genes) or the whole genome. This has led to research into… Read more »
