Turning genomic information into therapeutic advances in psychiatry
The human genome is now available to all, via publicly available websites, and is annotated with a vast amount of data showing the many different molecules produced from it in different human tissues. The widespread availability of all of this information can give the impression that we are confident about which bits of the genome encode functional products. In this presentation, I will show that this confidence is often misplaced and that even well-studied genes likely still have many secrets to reveal using examples from my lab’s research. I will argue that this information is essential if we are to understand genomic findings in psychiatry and to turn this information into therapeutic advances.
Date: 1 December 2020, 9:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue: Via Zoom - please email Elizabeth.Thomas@psych.ox.ac.uk for link
Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Tunbridge (Oxford University)
Organising department: Department of Psychiatry
Organiser: Elizabeth Thomas (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: Elizabeth.Thomas@psych.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Psychiatry Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Elizabeth Thomas