You must be registered in our graduate program to attend this course.
You will learn about the theory and application of genomic techniques, including new advances.
Dr. Maria Pasic
Maria.Pasic@unityhealth.to
lmp.grad@utoronto.ca for administrative queries.
This course is offered every odd year in the Winter term (i.e. 2021, 2023 etc).
Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30 am
Location: HS 614
Multiple choice exams and student presentations.
Date
Topic
Lecturer/instructor
January 10, 2023
Technological advances in nucleic acid sequencing platforms
Dr. Lianna Kyriakopoulou
January 17, 2023
NGS: addressing costs, benefits and harms
Mahadeo Sukhai
January 24, 2023
Next generation genomics for delineation of disease etiology: practical examples
Dr. Jordan Lerner-Ellis
January 31, 2023
Applications of WGS in clinical microbiology and infectious disease
Dr. Ramzi Fattouh
February 7, 2023
The clinical applications of deep RNA-sequencing
Jeff Liu
February 14, 2023
Ethical issues with whole genome and direct to consumer genomic information
Michael Szego
February 21, 2023
Mid-term examinations
February 28, 2023
Circulating tumor DNA
Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis
March 7, 2023
Next generation diagnostics for precision medicine
Dr. Peter Sabatini
March 14, 2023
Next generation genomics for prenatal diagnostics
Dr. Barry Hoffman
March 21, 2023
Student presentations/assignments
Dr. Maria Pasic and other faculty
March 28, 2023
Next generation sequencing implementation in clinical practice
Dr. George Charames
April 4, 2023
Cancer genomes: lessons learned and clinical applications
Ioannis Prassas
April 11, 2023
Final examinations and course evaluations
