title: The Third International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC, 2015): overall activities and outcome highlights.
abstract: The Third International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rdIGMC) was organised by the Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR) at the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This conference is a continuation of a series of meetings, which began with the first International Genomic Medicine Conference (1stIGMC, 2011) followed by the second International Genomic Medicine Conference (2ndIGMC, 2013). The 3rdIGMC meeting presented as a timely opportunity to bring scientists from across the world to gather, discuss, and exchange recent advances in the field of genomics and genetics in general as well as practical information on using these new technologies in different basic and clinical applications. The meeting undoubtedly inspired young male and female Saudi researchers, who attended the conference in large numbers, as evidenced by the oversubscribed oral and poster presentations. The conference also witnessed the launch of the first content for npj Genomic Medicine, a high quality new journal was established in partnership by CEGMR with Springer Nature and published as part of the Nature Partner Journal series. Here, we present a brief summary report of the 2-day meeting including highlights from the oral presentations, poster presentations, workshops, poster prize-winners and comments from the distinguished scientists.
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mabuelmagd@kau.edu.sa.
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Abu-Elmagd
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mourad
authors: M
authors: Assidi
authors: Centre of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Ashraf
authors: A
authors: Dallol
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Abdelbaset
authors: A
authors: Buhmeida
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Peter Natesan
authors: PN
authors: Pushparaj
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Gauthaman
authors: G
authors: Kalamegam
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Emad
authors: E
authors: Al-Hamzi
authors: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
authors: Jerry W
authors: JW
authors: Shay
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.|McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors: Stephen W
authors: SW
authors: Scherer
authors: Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
authors: Ashok
authors: A
authors: Agarwal
authors: Institute of Applied Genetics, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
authors: Bruce
authors: B
authors: Budowle
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mamdooh
authors: M
authors: Gari
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Adeel
authors: A
authors: Chaudhary
authors: Centre of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Adel
authors: A
authors: Abuzenadah
authors: Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Al-Qahtani
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000379:methods