The Scientist - USA (2019-12)

ONDEMAND

Rare Genetic Disease:

Models and Mechanisms

WEBINAR SPONSORED BY:

Repetitive laboratory tasks cause numerous shoulder, forearm, wrist, and hand injuries. Research has shown that pipetting just 1.3 hours per day elevates the risk

of these upper limb symptoms. In this webinar, brought to you by The Scientist and Thermo Fisher Scientific, our panel of experts will discuss injuries common in

the lab and provide tips and tricks for avoiding them.

MELISSA AFTERMAN,MS-HFE, CPE

Senior Ergonomics Consultant, EH&S Specialist,

UCSF, Department of Medicine

Instructor, Center of Occupational and

Environmental Health, Online Ergonomics

Training Program

Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) &

Mentor, Board of Certification in Professional

Ergonomics

STEVE BECKETT

Liquid Transfer Product Specialist

Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK & Ireland

ONDEMAND

Tips on Technique:

Ergonomics at the Lab Bench

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22

2:30 - 4:00 PM EASTERN TIME

WATCH NOW!

http://www.the-scientist.com/ergonomics-at-the-lab-bench

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

•Optimized worker performance at the bench

and hood

•Good laboratory pipetting ergonomics

Establishing research models for any human disease is tricky business—more so for rare genetic diseases such as ataxia, telangiectasia, progeria,

Paget’s disease, and Rett syndrome. Researchers who study model organisms such as  Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, mice, zebrafish, and yeast

rarely connect with clinicians who treat rare genetic diseases. Yet, studies on model organisms have provided pivotal insights into the mechanisms

of several rare genetic diseases. For a detailed discussion on what science is learning about a wide spectrum of rare human genetic diseases from

model organisms, The Scientist is bringing together a panel of experts to share their research and to highlight the challenges and advantages of

studying specific model organisms. Attendees will learn how model organisms can help scientists parse complex mechanisms underlying rare genetic

disease from renowned experts in our interactive setting.

MONICA JUSTICE,PhD

Program Head and Senior Scientist

Genetics & Genome Biology Program,

SickKids Research Institute

Professor of Molecular Genetics,

University of Toronto

Scientific Director,

The Centre for Phenogenomics

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

2:30 - 4:00 PM EASTERN TIME

WATCH NOW!

http://www.the-scientist.com/modeling-rare-genetic-diseases

SHAWN BURGESS,PhD

Senior Investigator

Head, Developmental Genomics Section

National Human Genome Research Institute

National Institutes of Health

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

•Modeling Rett syndrome using mice

•Tanks to bedside: examples of disease modeling in

zebrafish