UK Biobank at the American Society of Human Genetics event in Washington, 1-5 November 2023
UK Biobank at ASHG 2023, Washington, 2 November
UK Biobank presented at the annual American Society of Human Genetics conference on a stimulating series of talks about how UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database and research resource, is enabling scientific discoveries into the genetic and non-genetic determinants of human disease.
Presentations focused on how data on genomics, and the rich health and lifestyle data in UK Biobank are enabling research to advance our understanding of the treatment and prevention of disease. With the highly anticipated data release of half a million UK Biobank participants discussed in detail.
Presentations also covered how UK Biobank’s unique access model can enable your research goals through accessing over 25 petabytes of data in the cloud from anywhere in the world via the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP).
Session Chair: Professor Gil Mcvean, Founder and President Genomics Plc.
Agenda
12.15 – 12.20
Session Chair: Professor Gil McVean, Genomics Plc
12.20 – 12.30
WGS data release and multi omics in UK Biobank : Dr Lucy Burkitt-Gray, UK Biobank
12.30-12.40
Insights from the 200k UK Biobank Whole Genome Sequences: Professor Marylyn Ritchie, Penn University
12.50-13.00
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation in UK Biobank: Professor Riccardo Marioni, Edinburgh University
13.00-13.10
Accelerate your research through UK Biobank sequencing data in the RAP: Dr Mark Effingham, UK Biobank
13.10-13.30 - Panel discussion with all speakers
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