Biomedical Research Centre launch symposium

Sterile GOSgene laboratory

17 May 2017 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

When: Wednesday 17 May 2017, 16:00–19:00

Where: UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

Join us to celebrate the launch of the next five years of research at the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre.

Programme

16:00 Welcome and IntroductionProfessor Rosalind Smyth, Director of the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
16:05 PPI Perspectives
16:15 GOSH BRC StrategyProfessor Thomas Voit, Director of the GOSH BRC
16:30 Novel Therapies and their Translation into Childhood DiseasesProfessor Francesco Muntoni, GOSH BRC Theme lead
16:40 Gene Stem and Cellular TherapiesProfessor Waseem Qasim, GOSH BRC Deputy Theme lead
16:50 Genomics and Systems MedicineProfessor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, GOSH BRC Deputy Theme lead
17:00 Advanced Treatment of Structural Malformations and Tissue DamageProfessor Jane Sowden, GOSH BRC Theme lead
17:10 GOSH Rare Disease CohortsProfessor Lucy Wedderburn, GOSH BRC Deputy Director and Cross-cutting Theme lead
17:20 GOSH BRC Junior FacultyDr Karin Straathof, GOSH BRC Junior Faculty, clinical lead
17:30 Closing remarksDr Peter Steer, Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital
17:40–19:00 Drinks reception - Winter Garden