Symposia, poster sessions and talks will take place on June 27th, 28th and 29th. A full programme can be found by following this link or downloading one of the below files.
Welcome reception
- Wednesday evening, June 26th.
6:30pm-9pm (New faces meet and greet begins at 6pm)
Keynote Speakers
- Thursday morning, June 27th
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Professor Anita Thapar
Professor, CBE FRCPsych FMedSci FLSW
Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Title - Depression: dissecting heterogeneity
- Thursday afternoon, June 27th
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Dobzhansky Award Memorial Presentation for Professor Peter McGuffin
A memorial talk will be given by Professor Anita Thapar, and a 15-minute concert by the Heath String Quartet performing the world premiere of a quartet composed by Professor McGuffin
- Friday morning, June 28th
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Professor Karoline Kuchenbäcker
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Mental Health Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
Scientific Lead for Diverse Data, Genomics England
Title - Equity in genomic research
- Saturday morning, June 29th
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Professor Neil Davies
Professor of Medical Statistics at the Division of Psychiatry, and the Department of Statistical Sciences, University College London
Title - How can molecular genetic family-based studies help behavioural geneticists?
Banquet
- Saturday evening