Oaxtepec, Mexico
June 24-28, 2015
Throughout five days 40 researchers form Mexico and the UK met to discuss how genomics is revolutionising biomedical research and how it is rapidly finding applications in clinical and public health settings. The workshop, which was well attended by researchers from 6 different UK institutions and 13 Mexican institutions, funded by generous British Council-CONACYT Researcher Links and IMSS grants, provided a space for discussing and establishing potential collaborations between UK and Mexican researchers. Scientists, clinicians and public health practitioners were encouraged to establish cross-disciplinary work in key challenges in scientific research and capacity building as well as formulating strategies for long-term sustainability. You can find out more details about the workshop by visiting the original Mexico-UK Genomics Workshop event site and downlowading the Full Programme Here.
A few of the themes explored include:
i. Introduction, overview of the workshop and translational research framework.
ii. Genomics and inflammation.
iii. Big data analysis and interpretation (computational genomics).
iv. Bench-to-bedside research in infection and immunity.
v. Model organisms and human research.
vi. Clinical and public health research and applications.
vii. Funding and career development.
viii. Next steps: How to take existing and new collaborations forward.
Several amongst many of the achievements include:
1. Research projects and programmes
2. Capacity building
3. Innovation and translation
4. Analytical methods
5. International cooperation
Participants have maintained communication after the workshop and it is expected that many new research lines, partnerships, meetings and joint funding proposals will result from this.
Organising committee
Prof. Constantino López-Macías (Mexico Coordinator), Medical Research Unit on Immunochemistry, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS
Dr. Antonio J Berlanga-Taylor (UK Coordinator), Computational Genomics Analysis and Training (CGAT), University of Oxford
Prof. Arturo Reyes-Sandoval, The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Dr. Miguel García-Knight, Post-doctoral Researcher, Reyes-Sandoval Lab, University of Oxford
For more information please visit Sociedad Mexicana de Inmunologia and Reino Unido-Mexico 2015 British Council-CONACYT Researcher Links Workshop Mexico UK
Photo taken from Reino Unido-Mexico 2015 British Council-CONACYT Researcher Links Workshop Mexico UK