Using genomics and functional genomics to inspire advanced therapeutics in single gene disorders
Stephan Sanders is a Professor of Paediatric Neurogenetics in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford and a member of faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He trained as a paediatrician before undertaking a PhD and Postdoctoral studies in Genetics at Yale University. In 2014, he started his lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) before moving to Oxford in 2022. His group specialises in the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders, including genomics, functional genomics, and therapeutics. Dr. Sanders is a leader of the Autism Sequencing Consortium, the BrainVar Project, and a SFARI autism sex-bias project. He was awarded the Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award by the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG) in 2019 and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation in 2015.

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Please note, these meetings are closed meetings and only open to members of the University of Oxford to encourage sharing of new and unpublished data. Please respect our speakers and do not share the link with anyone outside of the university.

The aim of these seminars is to increase interaction between people working in Genomics across the University so we encourage in person attendance wherever possible.
Date: 23 May 2023, 9:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: BDI Seminar Room 0
Speaker: Professor Stephen Sanders (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Big Data Institute (NDPH)
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Isobel Young