Saturday 1st Dec

11:00 UNTIL 16:00

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 1

Talks and short stories programme

11:30 – 11:55 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 2

DAN JEFFRIES – author and owner of two rare conditions

Me, myself and eye: Being rare

12:00 – 12:25 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 3

Dr Crystal Ruff – Illumina

Changing the future with stem cells

12:30 – 12:55 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 4

DR Delphine Larrieu – Uni of Cambridge

Can we turn the clock back on progeria, rare premature aging?

13:00 – 13:25 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 5

Dr Mariya Moosajee – ophthalmologist UCL & moorfields

Developing cures for genetic eye diseases

13:30 – 13:55 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 6

REBECCA PENDER – disability rights champion

The power of the parent voice

14:00 – 14:25 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 7

Dr Giles Yeo – Uni of Cambridge and BBC

Are your genes to blame when your jeans don’t fit?

14:30 – 14:55 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 8

Dr Prabha Nagarajan – horizon discovery

CRISPR cut and paste for genes

15:00 – 15:25 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 9

Dr KATE baker – MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Connecting Genes and Brains: A Global Journey

15:30 – 15:55 

Cambridge Rare Disease Network - RAREfest | Saturday talks 10

Prof Anna Middleton – Wellcome genome campus

Your DNA, your say – public opinion on data sharing

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