NYAS: Translating Genetics into Medicine

Call for Abstracts
Deadline: February 28, 2019

The first genome-wide association studies (GWASs) began unraveling the genetic basis of complex diseases over a decade ago. In that time, the development of innovative analytical and experimental methods enabled genomic data to inform how genetics relates to human traits, health, and disease. Nevertheless, progress has stalled in translating genetic association signals to an understanding of their underlying biological mechanisms, in identifying causal links between genetic variants and phenotypes, and in developing therapies based on this knowledge — few drug targets identified through GWASs have advanced.

This symposium will highlight emerging strategies to experimentally and computationally identify and validate causal association from patient cohorts, and outline the challenges and opportunities in translating GWAS hits into successful drug discovery programs.

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