Registration is open for 2020
Registration for the ISHG2020 meeting on September 25th is now open on Eventbrite!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irish-society-of-human-genetics-conference-2020-tickets-106944983324
Register early to avail of discounted prices for the event.
When you get the link, you can get familiar with the landing page before the event. You will be able to personalise your name with a bio and photo to aid interaction and networking on the day.
All talks and posters are will be available after the event and you will also have the opportunity to talk with and ask our speakers your questions. We hope to introduce some unique features this year that can only be delivered on a virtual platform.
We are really looking forward to the conference and engaging with as many of you as possible.
See you in September!
ISHG 2020 Virtual Conference
We are delighted to announce that ISHG2020 will be an online event.
ISHG2020 will be on Friday September 25th and is sure to be an exciting, fun and interactive experience. Registration details will follow shortly.
With the event going online, it will be more accessible and have a larger than normal audience. We will have the posters available for viewing on the website both during and after the event, so there will be more time for our attendees to read your work.
All abstracts selected for a presentation or poster will be published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science and will be Pubmed listed.
We will have chatrooms and other fun events so that you can interact with each other, our speakers and sponsors and all from the comfort of home.
Abstracts will be accepted until Wednesday the 17th of June at midnight.
ISHG 2019 a huge success!
The 22nd annual meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics was held on the 20th September in Stranmillis University College, Belfast.
The meeting was a great success with attendees from all over Ireland including researchers from most universities and several key industries.
These included delegates from the official Gold level sponsors
10xgenomics, Accuscience, Amicusrx, Biomarin,
Biosciences, Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen, Genomics Medicine Ireland, Illumina, Macrogen, Genomics Core Technology Unit QUB, Stilla
and Silver level sponsors
CeGaT and MyBio.
Thanks to everyone for attending the meeting and making it a huge success!
The Keynote speakers gave impressive talks with
JAN VELDINK discussing ALS:
PETER ROBINSON telling us how to create an ontology for precision medicine.
Several prizes were awarded on the day:
Looking forward to seeing everyone again in Dublin for ISHG 2020 next year.
The meeting was a great success with attendees from all over Ireland including researchers from most universities and several key industries.
These included delegates from the official Gold level sponsors
10xgenomics, Accuscience, Amicusrx, Biomarin,
Biosciences, Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen, Genomics Medicine Ireland, Illumina, Macrogen, Genomics Core Technology Unit QUB, Stilla
and Silver level sponsors
CeGaT and MyBio.
Thanks to everyone for attending the meeting and making it a huge success!
The Keynote speakers gave impressive talks with
JAN VELDINK discussing ALS:
Several prizes were awarded on the day:
- Daniel Maloney (TCD) won best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation
- Joan Fitzgerald (NUIG) won the Young Investigator Award for Postgraduate Oral Presentation.
- Katherine Benson (RCSI) won a prize for the best postdoc poster
- Laura Whelan (TCD) won a prize for the best postgraduate student poster
- Finally, David Barton was awarded Honorary Membership of ISHG, for lifetime contribution to genetics in Ireland. David gave a very entertaining talk encompassing his own career and contributions and a brief history of the ISHG.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again in Dublin for ISHG 2020 next year.
The programme for the 22nd Annual meeting is now available!
Available as a PDF here.
Registration will be from 10am and the meeting will close with a wine reception from 5pm to 6pm.
Available as a PDF here.
Registration will be from 10am and the meeting will close with a wine reception from 5pm to 6pm.
The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics - ISHG 2019 - will be held in Stranmills College, Belfast on Friday September 20th at 10am.
This event brings together the clinical and research human genetics communities in Ireland, and provides delegates an opportunity to present, discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities associated with human genetics in Ireland.
Registration is open for the via Eventbrite here.
See the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/297356834512158/
and find us on Twitter @IrishSocGen
Note the deadline for abstracts has now passed. Any queries regarding late submissions should be directed to ISHG_Secretary@rcsi.ie.
This event brings together the clinical and research human genetics communities in Ireland, and provides delegates an opportunity to present, discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities associated with human genetics in Ireland.
With Keynote Speakers:
Registration is open for the via Eventbrite here.
See the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/297356834512158/
and find us on Twitter @IrishSocGen
Note the deadline for abstracts has now passed. Any queries regarding late submissions should be directed to ISHG_Secretary@rcsi.ie.
CPD Credits and ISHG 2018
We are pleased to announce that next weeks ISHG 2018 Conference has been approved for 4 CPD credits (external category) by the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.
You can register via the ISHG Eventbrite page or email ishg_secretary@rcsi.ie.
You can register via the ISHG Eventbrite page or email ishg_secretary@rcsi.ie.
ISHG 2018 Conference Programme
Dear Colleagues
The programme for the 2018 ISHG meeting to be held at Croke Park on Friday September 21st is available here.
You can register via the ISHG Eventbrite page or email ishg_secretary@rcsi.ie.
Gianpiero Cavalleri
Secretary, ISHG
The programme for the 2018 ISHG meeting to be held at Croke Park on Friday September 21st is available here.
You can register via the ISHG Eventbrite page or email ishg_secretary@rcsi.ie.
Gianpiero Cavalleri
Secretary, ISHG
ISHG Conference 2018 - Registration now open!
Dear Colleagues,
Registration is now open for the 21st
Annual Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics 2018, to be held in Croke
Park, on Friday 21st September 2018.
Early Bird
pricing is as follows:
- Early Bird ISHG Membership & Registration 2018- €50
- Early Bird ISHG Membership & Registration [Reduced Rate] (available to students and those with no taxable income) - €40
- Early Bird Joint ISHG & ESHG Membership & Registration 2018- €105
- Early Bird Joint ISHG & ESHG Membership & Registration [Reduced Rate] - €95
Early Bird
Registration ends on 31st August 2018 and Standard Pricing is as follows:
- Membership & Registration 2018- €60
- Membership & Registration [Reduced Rate] - €50
- Joint ISHG & ESHG Membership & Registration - €115
- Joint ISHG & ESHG Membership & Registration [Reduced Rate] - €105
Click here to register.
Once you have registered, please share our
event on Facebook, or click 'going' on the ISHG 2018 Facebook Page.
Note the deadline for abstracts has now
passed. Any queries regarding late submissions should be directed to
ISHG_Secretary@rcsi.ie .
If you have any questions please don’t
hesitate to contact me at ishg_secretary@rcsi.ie
Many thanks and best wishes,
Gianpiero Cavalleri Secretary, ISHG
ISHG and General Data Protection Regulation
The Irish Society of Human Genetics (ISHG)
is a not-for profit, voluntary organisation. Privacy is important to ISHG and
we work to protect any personal data we receive and process it in accordance
with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
As part of ongoing ISHG activities, we
store some personal data about our members, supporters and suppliers including
for example e.g. name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and details of
their professional experience of ISHG events. This data is held on secure
computers, and/or on hard copy at the office of the ISHG Secretary.
We use personal data to:
- Manage our relationship with our members, supports and suppliers, and avoid any duplications in our contacts with them.
- To gather information on events ISHG runs and processes it use, to better understand how ISHG is perceived by the community
- To customise ISHG services and events, based on feedback we receive.
We retain personal data:
- For the period during which we have an active relationship with our members, supports and suppliers OR
- Until they inform us that they no longer wish for us to hold and process their data, in which case we will review the request in accordance with data protection legislation AND
- Except where we need to maintain their personal data to comply with legal obligations under applicable laws.
You have a right to oppose ISHG collection
and use of your personal information.
You also have the right to rectify any personal data that ISHG holds on
you. If you wish to do so, please contact us at ISHG_secretary@rcsi.ie. If you
are not satisfied with ISHG’s response or have concerns about ISHG’s data
processing practices, you also have a right to lodge a complaint with the
Supervisory Authority for data protection in Ireland or your country of
residence.
ISHG 2018 - Call for abstracts!
We are now accepting abstracts for the 2018 Irish Society of Human Genetics conference to be held at Croke Park, Dublin on Friday, 21st September. The abstract submission form can be downloaded here.
The closing date for abstracts is Friday 8th June 2018.
The closing date for abstracts is Friday 8th June 2018.
I am also delighted to announce our plenary speakers for the conference; John Greally from Albert Einstein College, New York and Eamonn Sheridan of the University of Leeds.
Save the date!
The 2018 ISHG Conference will take place in
Croke Park, Dublin, on Friday the 21st of September.
Further details will
follow shortly.
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