Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed 6 May
17:30 - 19:00
Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Louise Bicknell
Genetic answers for New Zealand families and beyond
About Professor Louise Bicknell research
Professor Louise Bicknell’s passion is providing families with answers about the cause of genetic conditions affecting their children. Her team uses DNA analysis and molecular biology approaches to discover and understand how previously unexplored genes underlie genetic disorders, with a focus on helping children with neurodevelopmental disorders or growth impairment.
In 2020 she was awarded the Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Medal, and has received multiple Marsden fund awards to support her research. She works closely with clinical genetics and diagnostic laboratories in New Zealand, and has a significant international collaborator network, together enabling the identification of more than 25 novel disease genes, providing answers for more than 300 families globally.
She is Co-Director of Genetics Otago Research Centre, and instigated New Zealand’s involvement in the Horizon Europe funded European Rare Disease Research Alliance (ERDERA), for which she is now the Principal Representative for New Zealand on the ERDERA Governing Board.
Livestream information
This event will be livestreamed at the following link:
Livestream Professor Louise Bicknell’s IPL