Genetics and Genomics Digital Forum: Day 2 Plenary Session

Description

This session will feature 3 plenary talks presented at ASHG 2022. After each 15-minute talk there will be a 20-minute discussion session with additional panelists invited by the speaker, which will include answering questions from the audience.

Moderator: Erica Davis, PhD

Speakers:

1. Endrina Mjuica, MD: Characterizing 54 type-2 diabetes candidate genes using CRISPR/Cas9, in vivo imaging and deep learning in zebrafish larvae 
   1. Panelists: Marcel den Hoed (Group Leader), Christoph Metzendorf (Researcher), Eugenia Mazzaferro (PhD student)
2. Scott Younger, MD, PhD: Rapid and scalable preclinical evaluation of personalized antisense
   oligonucleotides using organoids derived from rare disease patients
   1. Panelists: None
3. Yi Ding, MS: Polygenic score performance varies across the continuum of genetic ancestry in all
   human populations
   1. Panelists: Bogdan Pasaniuc