[BBC] Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI) kickoff meeting

[Marilou Ramos Pamplona]

Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI) kickoff meeting*

"Bringing genomics to the clinic: potential impact and challenges to overcome."

Next generation sequencing (NGS) will very soon reach clinical practice. We kindly invite you to a meeting where, in a short format, the medical, societal and ethical aspects will be explained.

Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Centraal Auditorium
Onderwijs & Navorsing 1
UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49
3000 LEUVEN

Afternoon scientific conference, 13h00-16h30: Keynote speakers Prof Gert-Jan van Ommen and  Prof Peter Visscher.

Evening plenary session, 17h30-20h30: Keynote speakers Prof Eric Green and Prof Bartha Knoppers.

*This meeting will be eligible for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

Attendance to the conference is free. To help us in planning this event, please let us know that you would like to attend by sending an email to BelgianMGI at gmail.com, preferably before 08 June.

Meeting information: http://www.giga.ulg.ac.be/jcms/prod_1033658/fr/belgian-medical-genomics-initiative-kickoff-meeting.