The conference was very progressive and productive for me. I attended two very interesting plenary sessions, where Christopher Mason from the US took us on a journey through his space exploration. Their group have been sending people out in space to check their DNA methylation patterns and how strong DNA damage takes place; i.e. the more distant you go from Earth, the more your DNA damage occurs. The pattern is different in males and females. He ended the talk with a quote stating, “We can explore, both space and Earth at the same time to find solutions to issues that the society faces today”.
Another outstanding talk was by Magdalena Zernicka Goetz, also from the US, highlighting the formation of mouse embryos from stem cells in vitro. There were also other excellent talks such as a talk from Netherlands, regarding the integration of Artificial Intelligence in wet-lab techniques such as transfecting cells with siRNA with the help of a robot programmed by python. Another talk from Spain, that fascinated me was the use of ATMPs (Advanced therapy medicinal products) in hospitals and the EU regulations regarding the use of these ATMPs for gene and cell therapy and treatment of diseases or injuries.
I also met many new geneticists from Switzerland, USA and Pakistan giving me a chance for more social interaction.
The conference was held in the old historical city of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom with summer in it’s full bloom. The next one in 2024 will be held at Berlin, Germany to which I am very much looking forward.
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Pashmina Wiqar Shah
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