Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS)

VCGS is the NFP genetic and genomic services arm of @MCRI_for_kids & one of the largest contributors driving genetic healthcare, research and policy in Aus.

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

👉 Out now @NatureRevGenet: we CAN and we SHOULD do more to enable #genomic data sharing! 🧬🌏

👉Best practice examples and 12 actions we can all take together

👉 https://t.co/u81JZhxvfX

@GA4GH @AusGenomics @GenomicsEngland @NHSgms @AllofUsResearch @uk_biobank @ukfuturehealth

[Ilias Goranitis @IliasGoranitis]

Thank you @AusHealthEcon for this honour! Many, many thanks to @AusGenomics for the support, leadership and nomination and to my @EiGEN_UoM team. Find out more about some of our work this morning on the organised session for novel applications of health economics in genomics!

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

Translating the outcomes of this project will be transformative for mainstreaming #genomics in Australian healthcare. Exciting times!

[Daniel MacArthur @dgmacarthur]

The diagnosis of rare genetic disorders is one of the places where AI will have the earliest and largest clinical impact. Delighted to be leading a new consortium to help make this happen, along with an awesome team of Australian and global partners: https://t.co/Ldr2ixirrP

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to MCRI Prof @dgmacarthur who has received a #MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission grant to establish a genetic disease consortium. | #MedicalResearch @TeamVCGS @GarvanInstitute @EnricoCoiera

Read more 👉https://t.co/lpExQbVKDe

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

VCGS/MCRI and the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation were pleased to welcome Victorian Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas to announce a subsidy for an advanced diagnostic test for brain tumours.

Read the full story: https://t.co/VUT4mAS6oI

@MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

📣 our latest BabyScreen+ paper now out @ejhg_journal

Process changes needed to deliver #genomic NBS: what, when and who?

Key informant interviews 🇦🇺

👉https://t.co/E3pa68T6ay

👏@drstephbest @erin_tutty @AlisonArchiba19 @drlildownie @ClaraGaff @DanyaVears @GenomeSeb

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

Out now @NatureMedicine 🔥🔥

#genomic NBS: the challenges are daunting

But we have a responsibility to lead research in public health systems 🇬🇧🇦🇺

@RDExeter @Rich_Genomics @smbanka @LouiseFish1 @swynn_unique @NeonatalEthics @jbuchanan_ox @dgmacarthur

https://t.co/GakK209knx

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

Congratulations to Prof @ZornitzaS, Clinical Geneticist at VCGS, who has won the @humangenomeorg HUGO Chen Award of Excellence for accelerating rare disease diagnosis! 🔬🌟 #genetics #genomics

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

VCGS was pleased to welcome Victorian Premier @JacintaAllanMP and Medical Research Minister @BenCarrollMP to announce the addition of the inclusion of SMA and SCID in the newborn screening program today.

Read Mariana’s story: https://t.co/zbqtZBQLrj

@MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

“Even with a two-, three-week turnaround time, that’s clearly still not fast enough....I was very keen to make it even faster.” #MCRI and @TeamVCGS Prof Zornitza Stark has discussed challenges & triumphs of rapid #genomic sequencing in @Nature⬇️|@ZornitzaS https://t.co/DC1EOlvg3B

[Seb Lunke @GenomeSeb]

Hot off the press: Our BabyScreen+ list of over 600 actionable genes and conditions that we screen for in our #gNBS pilot now published: https://t.co/5wxV1EMBRn

Thanks to the great work of @ZornitzaS, @drlildownie and many others.

[Lilian Downie @drlildownie]

Genomic newborn screening is coming but what should we screen for? BabyScreen+ gene list and comparison with international newborn sequencing gene lists now published! @ZornitzaS @GenomeSeb
https://t.co/9Lfbo9ijK5

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

Proud to be involved in delivering this exiting new study! Fully accredited WGS for over 600 conditions as part of this genomic new born screening pilot @MCRI_for_kids. Read about what we are screening for and how it compares internationally 👇👇👇

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

Which genes to include in #genomic newborn screening?🧬👶

Our BabyScreen+ list of 605 genes out now @GIMJournal and @PanelAppAus 🇦🇺

Comparison with other gNBS studies: only 55 in common!

🌐Time to harmonise?

https://t.co/3muvHdPcvr

@GenomeSeb @drlildownie

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🎄Season’s greetings from the VCGS team! Wishing you a joyful and safe holiday season surrounded by friends and loved ones. Here’s to the opportunities and successes that lie ahead in 2024! 🎉

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🎙 PODCAST: In this episode of The Good GP, Dr. @AlisonArchiba19, Group Leader of Reproductive Genetic Counseling at VCGS and Dr. Krystyna de Lange explore noninvasive prenatal testing (#NIPT), a screening method for #chromosome conditions in the fetus.

https://t.co/3aFEBWvjPe

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🔬🌐VCGS is proud to be sponsoring this event supporting all Clinical Informaticians in Australia.

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DataScience

[ABACBS @abacbs]

Be sure to register for the Clinical Informatics Symposium happening on Thu 7 Dec right after the @ABACBS conference in Brisbane! https://t.co/rLkmxksv2y

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🧬 Today is Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day.

Lisette Curnow speaks about her important role as a Genetic Counsellor at VCGS.

Learn more: https://t.co/uMVkqrS3e9

#IAmAGeneticCounselor #ANZgeneticcounsellors #GCAwarenessDay #GCAD2023

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🧬 Starting today, all eligible Australians can access subsidised #carrierscreening, thanks to the #Medicare Benefits Schedule. 🧬

VCGS has pioneered #genetic carrier screening since 2006.

Read more: https://t.co/dzYTVZfZu8

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

#CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia (CAH) disrupts hormone production vital for stress and illness responses. VGCS proudly leads the way in CAH screening one year after its addition to #newbornscreening.

Read the manuscript here https://t.co/mxPxXtLpls.

[Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) @TeamVCGS]

🧬Exciting news! 3-condition genetic carrier screening will be subsidised by Medicare from 1 November 2023. 🧬

We offer information, genetic testing, and expert support to help you and your family make informed reproductive choices.🤰👶

Visit: https://t.co/UfeHwr6gAo