INVITED INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

Global leader and “renaissance woman”

Professor Nadia Rosenthal PH.D., F.MED.SCI

Scientific Director The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics

Science magazine described Nadia as a “Renaissance Woman – geneticist, artist and bon vivant”. During her illustrious career Nadia has circumnavigated the globe (University of Wales, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College London, EMBL, the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and the Jackson Laboratory in the US), she is internationally renowned as an expert in regenerative medicine, she is an inspiration to and advocate for women in science, and in her spare time she is a talented artist (she has designed a cover for Nature and draws the illustrations for Differentiation).

One the best known moral philosophers in the world

Professor Julian Savulescu B.MED.SCI.(HONS.), M.B.(HONS.), B.S.(HONS.), M.A., PH.D. Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics University of Oxford

Julian holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He holds degrees in medicine, neuroscience and bioethics. He is a leader in medical and practical ethics. He is engaged in research, education and stimulating open discussion around the ethical issues arising in everyday life.

PROGRAM Ella Latham Auditorium 9am Welcome

Prof Kathryn North - Director, MCRI

9.30am Keynote speaker: Prof Nadia Rosenthal

“A magnificent obsession – my career in research”

10.30am Morning tea

11am It Takes A Vil lage

Graeme Barnes

Andrew Steer

Kim Mulholland

Neurons to Neighbourhood

Rick Leventer

Deanne Thompson

Sharon Goldfeld

12.30pm Grand Rounds

Keynote speaker: Prof Julian Savulescu

“Gene editing is a moral imperative”

1.30-2.15 Lunch

2.15pm Genes and Environment

Angela Morgan

Justine Ellis

Richard Saffery

Repair, replace, regenerate

Alicia Oshlack

Melissa Little

Ed Stanley

3.45pm Afternoon tea

4.15pm Q&A/Panel discussion

Early Whole Genome Analysis of Fetal Cells: What Should be the l imits?

Julian Savulescu, David Thorburn, Ed Stanley, Jane Halliday, Sue White, Agnes Bankier

5-7 Celebration drinks

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