Topics
Prospective authors in academia, government, industry and others working in the field of Genetics and Genomics are invited to submit abstracts in the following scientific topics (but are not limited to):
Topic 1: Genetics and Human Health
- Identifying functional target genes at GWAS loci
- Ethical, legal and social issues in genomic medicine
- Disease gene identification and functional genomics using animal models
- Pharmacogenomics and genomics in drug discovery and development
- Genetics of complex disease and quantitative traits
- Rare disease genetics and biology
- Genomic therapies and precision medicine
- Counselling, communication and consent in human genetics contexts across the lifetime
Topic 2: Genomics and Genomic Technologies
- Genomics-driven healthcare
- Infectious diseases, viral genomics and databanks
- Emerging applications in ‘omics technologies - filling the gaps
- Bioinformatics and computational biology – an essential technology
- Accelerating genomics
- Equity and Diversity in the application of human genomics
- Cell-free DNA technologies: challenges and opportunities
- Tandem-repeat genomics informing polygenic human disorders and traits
- Indigenous genomics in the precision medicine era
Topic 3: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Genetics
- Advanced imaging in cellular and developmental genetics
- Cell Signalling and Regeneration
- Gene regulation and RNA biology
- Epigenetic mechanisms and chromatin biology
- Atlases for cell and developmental biology
- Cell and organoid models for human disease mechanisms
- New experimental model organisms for genetics research
- Neurogenetics of behaviour
- Genetics and biology of ageing
Topic 4: Agricultural and Plant Genetics
- Agricultural and horticultural genetics
- Plant ecological and conservation genetics
- Plant cell and developmental biology
- Plant response to environmental change
- Genetics and genomics of plant evolution
- Plant biotechnology and genome editing
- Plant interactions with other organisms
- Plant breeding and food security
- From genebanks to fields: leveraging genomics innovations for characterizing genetic diversity
Topic 5: Genetics and The Environment
- Environmental genomics
- Population genetics and genomics
- Conservation genetics
- The genetics of local adaptation
- Invasion genetics
- Microbes and microbiomes
- Ecological epigenetics
- Climate change genetics
- Genetics of Wildlife Disease
Topic 6: EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
- Environmental genomics
- Population genetics and genomics
- Conservation genetics
- The genetics of local adaptation
- Invasion genetics
- Microbes and microbiomes
- Ecological epigenetics
- Climate change genetics
- Genetics of Wildlife Disease
