O&G Calendar

2018.01.13-15 Advanced Clinical Genetics

Professional Training Course in Clinical Cytogenetics (Aug to Oct 2018) 

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Professional Training Course in Clinical Genetics

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OG Research Meeting

Secondary analysis of PCOS Acupuncture and Clomiphene Trial (PCOSAct) – Mr. WU Qi, Ricky

Lunch boxes will be provided for all the participants

OG Research Meeting

A journal club will be given by in the OG Research Meeting Mr. CHAN Wing Kwong (a Ph.D. student who is under Prof. Ronald WANG’s supervision).

Two papers will be discussed in the journal club:

1. Sequencing of Circulating Cell-free DNA during Pregnancy
   (Diana W. Bianchi and Rossa W.K. Chiu)
   N Engl J Med, 2018;379:464-73
2. Effect of Cell-Free DNA Screening vs Direct Invasive Diagnosis on Miscarriage Rates in Women With Pregnancies at High Risk of Trisomy 21 A Randomized Clinical Trial
   (Valérie Malan, MD, PhD; Laurence Bussières, PhD; Norbert Winer, MD, PhD; Jean-PhilippeJais, MD, PhD; Amandine Baptiste, MSc; MarcLeLorc’h; CarolineElie, MD, PhD; Neil O’Gorman, MD; NicolasFries, MD; Véronique Houfflin-Debarge, MD, PhD; LoicSentilhes, MD, PhD; Michel Vekemans, MD, PhD; YvesVille ,MD; LaurentJ. Salomon, MD, PhD; for the SAFE21 Study Group)
   JAMA, 2018 2018;320(6):557-565

OG Research Meeting

Speaker: Ms. YEUNG Sum Yee, Queenie (a Ph.D. student who is under Prof. Richard CHOY’s supervision).

Topic: “Non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies“.

Lunch boxes will be provided for all the participants.

OG Research Meeting

Presenter: Ms. Zinnat HASINA(a Ph.D. student who is under Prof. Ronald WANG’s supervision)

Paper:

Fetal gene therapy for neurodegenerative disease of infants

Giulia Massaro, Citra N. Z. Mattar, Andrew M. S. Wong, Ernestas Sirka, Suzanne M. K. Buckley, Bronwen R. Herbert

Nature Medicinevolume 24, pages1317–1323 (2018)

Lunch boxes will be provided for all the participants.

OG Research Meeting

Speaker: Prof. Liona Poon

Topic: Implementation of first-trimester screening and prevention of preeclampsia: a stepped wedge cluster_ randomised trial in Asia (FORECAST trial)

Lunch boxes will be provided for all the participants.