Genetic Factors in Cerebral Palsy (CP-NET Webinar Series)

CP-NET Webinar: Genetic Factors in Cerebral Palsy
Presented by Dr. Richard Wintle

Recent headlines about the role of genetics in cerebral palsy may have you wondering how studies in genomics might affect your day-to-day life, clinical practice or research.

CP-NET is proud to welcome Dr Richard Wintle, co-author on the ground-breaking paper “Clinically relevant copy number variations detected in cerebral palsy” (Nature Communications), for an engaging webinar aimed at families, clinicians and researchers. This webinar will be presented in a lay-friendly format and is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about genomics.

Topics covered by the webinar include:

• An overview of the human genome
• How it can vary from person to person
• What does this have to do with CP?
• Where might this lead?

Spots are limited- register today!

About the presenter:

Dr. Richard Wintle is the Assistant Director of The Centre for Applied Genomics at SickKids hospital in Toronto, a facility providing comprehensive genomics services to thousands of investigators worldwide. Currently, his research interests focus on structural variation of the human genome, and the genetics and genomics of neurodevelopmental disorders.He completed a PhD in the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto.

For more information about CP-NET (Childhood Cerebral Palsy Neuroscience Discover Network), see www.cp-net.org.

CP-NET webinars are produced with funding by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)