Respiratory Genomics

The Respiratory Genomics Conference will return in 2027.
Leicester, UK
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And that's a wrap on the Respiratory Genomics Conference 2025. Thank you so much to all our attendees for their time, thoughts and inspiration. We'll see you all again in 2027! #RespGen25

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Honoured and excited to share my experience at the Respiratory Genomics 2025 conference in Leicester, UK! 🧬👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

I had the privilege of presenting our groundbreaking Nepal Family Cohort Study (NeFCoS) to a global audience of scientists and clinicians. It was inspiring to discuss how our study is set to uncover the key genetic and environmental factors behind various diseases, with a special focus on lung health in Nepal.

I am absolutely thrilled to announce a major milestone for our team: in the next 3-4 months, we will have genotyping data for 2,500 of our participants! This will be the first-ever genetic dataset of its kind in Nepal, paving the way for unprecedented discoveries about respiratory health in our population. 🇳🇵

A huge thank you to the hosts—the University of Leicester, University of Cambridge, and University of Nottingham—for the invitation and the wonderful opportunity.

This is a huge step for Nepali science and global health!

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Professor Amadou Gaye giving a great presentation this afternoon! #RespGen25

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Professor Amadou Gaye joins us for our final talk of the day 'Harnessing genomic diversity to advance health equity' #RespGen25

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Dr Emmanuel Adonyo joins us now for for his talk 'improving representation of African-ancestry populations in genetic association studies of lung function traits' #RespGen25

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Professor Om Kurmi joins us now to continue the discussions on LMIC Nepal work. #RespGen2025

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We're back from lunch and it's time for an exciting final session 'Global Perspectives and Translational Genomics'. Professor Ian Hall kicks us off with an update on his LMIC Nepal work. #RespGen2025

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Dr Alex Williams joins us now for his talk 'genome-wide association study of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease' #RespGen25

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Francesca's talk prompted a lot of engaging discussion within the group #RespGen25

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Professor Tarja Laitinen joins us from the University of Helsinki to give an update from her talk at our 2023 conference 'genetic determinants in the development of severe asthma among Finnish patients' #RespGen25

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Dr Jing Chen joins us now for her talk 'multi-ancestry polygenic risk scores for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improve transferability across diverse populations' #RespGen25

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Lots of collaborations and networking happening in our poster room today. Some excellent abstracts! #RespGen25

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Professor Francesca Polverino has joined us all the way from Baylor Medical College of Medicine to discuss multi-omics and disease pathogenesis. #RespGen25

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Junsun in action #RespGen25

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All smiles at the #NIHRLeicesterBRC Respiratory Genomics Conference today! #RespGen25

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The final talk for this session comes from Dr Junsun Yu, Harvard Medical School 'Lung tissue metabolite quantitative trait loci in COPD and IPF' #RespGen25

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Up next we have Dr Ebrima Joof, from the University of Leicester, discussing genome-wide association studies of fibrosis to identify shared mechanisms of fibrosis across 12 organ systems #RespGen25

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@LeicResearch Huge thanks to our photographer, Jason Senior, for the fabulous images 📷

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Some lovely pictures from Erik's talk #RespGen25

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Our next talk comes from Dr Aitana Alonso Gonzalez 'Polygenic risk scores improve patient prioritization for genetic testing in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis'

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Loving this slide view of Jenny's talk! #RespGen25