近日，廣東省智能科學與技術研究院（以下簡稱“廣東省智能院”）學術報告會在2304會議室舉行，加拿大多倫多大學Ryan K.C. Yuen教授應邀作題目為“Genome-wide DNA repeats expand our understanding of complex diseases”的學術報告。報告會由石云研究員主持，廣東省智能院師生代表共80余人參加了報告會。
隨后，Ryan K.C. Yuen教授介紹了他的實驗室在全基因組DNA重復序列在復雜疾病中的作用，Ryan K.C. Yuen教授的報告專業而生動，廣東省智能院師生積極參與提問互動，現場反響熱烈。
Ryan K.C. Yuen教授簡介：Dr. Ryan Yuen is a Senior Scientist in Genetics & Genome Biology Program at The Hospital for Sick Children, and an Associate Professor in Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on how genetic variations contribute to human health, with the goal of developing gene discovery strategies that result in more effective diagnostic approaches and better treatments for diseases. In particular, his group has recently developed new strategies to investigate tandem repeat expansions in complex disorders. His work has been published in high impact research journals such as Nature, Cell, Science, Nature Genetics and Nature Medicine. His work has been cited over 13,000 times and he has a h-index of 42. He has been invited to review more than 100 manuscripts for journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Neuroscience and Nature Communications. To recognize his contribution to the field, he has received multiple awards such as SickKids Catalyst Scholar in Genetics Award, Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research, and Ontario Early Researcher Award.
