ABSTRACTS FOR Faculty

ISHG 2024

January 21-24, 2024 | Ahmedabad

List of Faculty Abstracts

Name

Abstract Topic

Prof. Evan Eichler

Complete human genome sequencing and complex genetic variation

Dr. Sayan Basu

Corneal Regeneration: Stem Cells, Hydrogels, & 3-D printed corneas

Dr. Madhulika Kabra

Management of Rare diseases in India

Dr. Vasanth Thamodaran

A gene editing based pluripotent stem cell model for Pompe disease

Dr. Neelu Desai

Disease Modifying therapies in SMA

Dr. Jayesh Sheth

Traversing complex Genetic landscape of India: A journey of three decades

Dr. Ricky Magner

A blended exome and genome for scalable, low cost, and unbiased discovery through imputation and rare variant calling across the gene coding region

Michael Gatzen

A framework for evaluation of new or modified sequencing technologies for use in human genomics

Megan Shand

Mitochondrial variant calling in 56,000 individuals in gnomAD

Prof. Sir John Burn

From Genetics to Genomics: lessons from the DDD and 100,000 Genomes projects, UK Biobank and the National Disease Registration Service

Dr. Vinod Scaria

Personal Genomes to Populations and back - Learnings from India

Prof. Alok Bhattacharya

Exploring the possible mechanisms of pathogenesis in GNE Myopathy

Prof. Stylianos Antonarkis

The effect of human genetic variation on phenotypic variation

Prof. Ken McElreavy

Human Sex-Reversal as a paradigm to understand cell fate choice and gene regulatory mechanisms

Dr. Deepak Modi

Genetic Networks in Embryo Implantation

Dr Anu Bashamboo

3D organoid models in human reproductive biology

Dr Manish Banker

Maternal and Neonatal outcome following IVF in India

Prof. Peining Li

Structural and functional characterisation of human chromosomal abnormalities- A special emphasis on ring chromosomes

Prof. Niels Tommerup

Phenotypic 3D-organization of the human genome - inferred from the mapping of rare structural rearrangements

Prof. Thomas Leihr

Chromosomics Databases

Prof. Joan Ramon Daban

Multilayer organization of chromosomes and its implications in cytogenetics

Prof. Pramod Mistry

New clinical science of Gaucher disease, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

Prof. Atul Mehta

Challenges in managing LSDs within a cost constrained system: A perspective from UK

Dr. Ashok Vellodi

Harnessing the Lysosome

Dr. Sheela Nampoothiri

Difficulties in the diagnosis and challenges for Fabry disease

Prof. I.C. Verma

Molecular Landscape of non-syndromic Oculocutaneous Albinism in India and its Therapeutic implications

Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu

scar-6 lncRNA epigenetically regulates PROZ and modulates blood coagulation and vascular homeostasis

Prof. Virginia Kimonis

Effect of genotype on treatment of newborn with metabolic disorders

Prof. Joris Veltman

A de novo paradigm for sporadic genetic disease

Prof. Sir John Burn

Prevention of Cancer

Prof. Matthias Kloor

Development of frameshift peptide antigen based vaccine for cancer prevention in Lynch syndrome patients

Dr. Harsh Sheth

Deciphering genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorders in India using short and long read sequencing technologies

Dr. Asima Mukhopadhyay

Implementing nurse led genetic counselling and awareness (NUGENA) for hereditary women's cancer in India

Dr. Ramesh Hariharan

Germline CancerTesting: Experiences and Statistics

Dr. K Thangraj

Population Genomics and Public Health

Dr. Uppsala Radhakrishna

DNA Methylation Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Neurological Disorders

Dr. Harsh Sheth

Lynch syndrome detection and coloretal cancer prevention in India

Dr. Robin Ely

N=1

Dr. Priya Kishnani

Pompe disease - An exemplar for diagnosis, treatment and prevention

Prof. Meenakshi Bhat

Challenges in ERT for treatment of LSDs in India

Dr. Sanjay Maroo

Sustainable role of pharmaceutical companies in orphan drug development and drug repurposing for rare genetic disorders in India

Dr. Kathleen Strong

Global burden of Birth Defects Estimation: Methods, progress and selected results

Prof. Ajay Bahl

Cardiomyopathies: genotype-phenotype correlation

Dr. Maulin Shah

Management of Congenital Birth Defects

Dr. Radha Rama Devi

The Socio-political implications of New- born screening programme in India

Prof. Udai Bhan Pandey

Interventional genomics in rare neurological diseases

Dr. Raghu Padinjat

Cellular mechanisms in human neurodevelopmental disorders

Dr. Vedam Ramprasad

Unravelling the genetics of young onset Parkinson disease

Dr. Harsh Patel

Treatable Neurometabolic Disorders

Prof. Subramaniam Ganesh

Neuronal Glycogen in Health and Disease: Lessons from Monogenic Disorders

Dr. Vaidehi Jobanputra

Genetic Frontiers: Navigating Rare Diseases through Genome Sequencing

Ms. Riddhi Sheth Dash

Diffusion of innovation in healthcare using Human centred design

Mr. Shakti Dash

Diffusion of innovation in healthcare using Human centred design

Dr Seema Kapoor

Workshop on Newborn Screening

Professor Vidita Ashok Vaidya

Monoamines, Mitochondria, Psychopathology and Aging

Dr. Shrikant Mane

Increasing diagnostic rate in rare diseases- lessons learnt and defining variants of unknown significance

Mr. Saurabh Kr. Singh

National Rare Disease Policy, its implication on healthcare delivery and research support in India

Dr Sunil Bhat

HSCT in Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Dr. Giriraj Ratan Chandak

Sickle Cell Anaemia: Kal, Aaj aur Kal

Dr. Ajit Gandhi

Consanguinity: a cause for burden of rare genetic disorders

Dr. Siddharth Shah

Results of exon skipping and other gene targeted therapies in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy