MGRC Eminent Speaker Series - “Deciphering the Leukaemia Genome Using Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies”

Date/ Time: March 25, 2008, 1.30pm – 5.00pm

Venue : Plenary Theatre, KL Convention Centre

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre (MGRC), in association with BiotechCorp, organized the Eminent Speaker Series entitled “Deciphering the Leukaemia Genome Using Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies”. The invited speaker was Dr. Elaine Mardis, Co-Director of the world's biggest genome sequencing facility at Washington University, United States.

Dr. Mardis has been at Washington University since 1993, playing a pivotal role in implementing genomics-based research. Her recent focus has been driven by new technologies that have made DNA sequencing 100s of fold faster and cheaper. This has led to important large-scale sequencing projects designed to uncover the mechanism by which cancer takes hold and then proliferates 

The speaker series previewed how 21st century cutting-edge genomics technologies could be used to uncover "why some people are more susceptible to cancer and how it spreads".

This event was officiated by YBhg Dato' Iskandar Mizal Mahmood, CEO of BiotechCorp.