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Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Wofford Cain Chair and Professor,
Molecular and Human Genetics &
Director, Human Genome
Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Founding Executive Director, Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital &
Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation and Professor at UC San Diego &
Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s
Fireside Chat: A Refletion on the Human Genome Project
Fireside Chat: A Refletion on the Human Genome Project
with Rick Wilson and Richard Gibbs
moderated by Donna Muzny and Bob Fulton
The Human Genome Project represents one of the most significant scientific collaborations of our time. SFA²F 2025 keynote speakers Rick Wilson and Richard Gibbs were early leaders of the Project. In this session, each presented a short overview on their institution's involvement in the Project. This was followed by an interactive discussion with the audience.
Featured Presentations
Featured Presentations
Treating cancer by restoring mutant tumor suppressor activity
Erica Jackson, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer,
Antares Therapeutics
Resolving the Edited Genome: Surveillance of CRISPR/Cas9 On- and Off-Target Effects
Monica Sentmanat, Ph.D.
Research & Development Lead, Genome Engineering and Stem Cell Center at MGI
Panel Discussions
Panel Discussions
NGS Panel
NGS Panel
The NGS Panel is a fixture of the SFA²F meeting. Every year, sponsors who provide sequencing systems are invited to participate in the NGS Panel. After a short short technology and product update by each company representative, the floor is open for a panel-style Q & A session.
2025 Panelists:
Darrell Dindwiddie — Illumina
Matthew Boitano — PacBio
Alan Silverman — Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Wenchi Liao — Complete Genomics
Geoff Lowman — Ultima Genomics
Genome Center Roundtable
Genome Center Roundtable
2025 Panelists:
Kurt LaButti — Genome Assembly and Analysis Group Lead, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Bob Fulton — Director of Technology Development, McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University
Donna Muzny — Director of Operations, Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
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