VCGS is the NFP genetic and genomic services arm of @MCRI_for_kids & one of the largest contributors driving genetic healthcare, research and policy in Aus.
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
8 Oct 2024
👉 Out now @NatureRevGenet: we CAN and we SHOULD do more to enable #genomic data sharing! 🧬🌏
👉Best practice examples and 12 actions we can all take together
👉 rdcu.be/dWfsu
@GA4GH @AusGenomics @GenomicsEngland @NHSgms @AllofUsResearch @uk_biobank @ukfuturehealth
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Thank you @AusHealthEcon for this honour! Many, many thanks to @AusGenomics for the support, leadership and nomination and to my @EiGEN_UoM team. Find out more about some of our work this morning on the organised session for novel applications of health economics in genomics!
Congratulations to Prof. llias Goranitis for winning this year’s AHES Policy Impact Prize! Although he couldn’t be there to collect the award, it’s a well-deserved recognition of his impactful work. Well done! #AHES2024
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Translating the outcomes of this project will be transformative for mainstreaming #genomics in Australian healthcare. Exciting times!
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The diagnosis of rare genetic disorders is one of the places where AI will have the earliest and largest clinical impact. Delighted to be leading a new consortium to help make this happen, along with an awesome team of Australian and global partners: mcri.edu.au/news/funding-awa…
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
Congrats to MCRI Prof @dgmacarthur who has received a #MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission grant to establish a genetic disease consortium. | #MedicalResearch @TeamVCGS @GarvanInstitute @EnricoCoiera
Read more 👉mcri.edu.au/news-stories/fun…
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VCGS/MCRI and the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation were pleased to welcome Victorian Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas to announce a subsidy for an advanced diagnostic test for brain tumours.
Read the full story: vcgs.org.au/news/brain-cance…
@MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
22 Jun 2024
📣 our latest BabyScreen paper now out @ejhg_journal
Process changes needed to deliver #genomic NBS: what, when and who?
Key informant interviews 🇦🇺
👉rdcu.be/dLzRV
👏@drstephbest @erin_tutty @AlisonArchiba19 @drlildownie @ClaraGaff @DanyaVears @GenomeSeb
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
19 Jun 2024
Out now @NatureMedicine 🔥🔥
#genomic NBS: the challenges are daunting
But we have a responsibility to lead research in public health systems 🇬🇧🇦🇺
@RDExeter @Rich_Genomics @smbanka @LouiseFish1 @swynn_unique @NeonatalEthics @jbuchanan_ox @dgmacarthur
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Congratulations to Prof @ZornitzaS, Clinical Geneticist at VCGS, who has won the @humangenomeorg HUGO Chen Award of Excellence for accelerating rare disease diagnosis! 🔬🌟 #genetics #genomics
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VCGS was pleased to welcome Victorian Premier @JacintaAllanMP and Medical Research Minister @BenCarrollMP to announce the addition of the inclusion of SMA and SCID in the newborn screening program today.
Read Mariana’s story: lnkd.in/gvAum2QQ
@MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
“Even with a two-, three-week turnaround time, that’s clearly still not fast enough....I was very keen to make it even faster.” #MCRI and @TeamVCGS Prof Zornitza Stark has discussed challenges & triumphs of rapid #genomic sequencing in @Nature⬇️|@ZornitzaS go.nature.com/49CewVV
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
23 Jan 2024
Hot off the press: Our BabyScreen list of over 600 actionable genes and conditions that we screen for in our #gNBS pilot now published: gimjournal.org/article/S1098…
Thanks to the great work of @ZornitzaS, @drlildownie and many others.
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) retweeted
23 Jan 2024
Genomic newborn screening is coming but what should we screen for? BabyScreen gene list and comparison with international newborn sequencing gene lists now published! @ZornitzaS @GenomeSeb
gimjournal.org/article/S1098…
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Proud to be involved in delivering this exiting new study! Fully accredited WGS for over 600 conditions as part of this genomic new born screening pilot @MCRI_for_kids. Read about what we are screening for and how it compares internationally 👇👇👇
23 Jan 2024
Which genes to include in #genomic newborn screening?🧬👶
Our BabyScreen list of 605 genes out now @GIMJournal and @PanelAppAus 🇦🇺
Comparison with other gNBS studies: only 55 in common!
🌐Time to harmonise?
gimjournal.org/article/S1098…
@GenomeSeb @drlildownie
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🎄Season’s greetings from the VCGS team! Wishing you a joyful and safe holiday season surrounded by friends and loved ones. Here’s to the opportunities and successes that lie ahead in 2024! 🎉
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🎙 PODCAST: In this episode of The Good GP, Dr. @AlisonArchiba19, Group Leader of Reproductive Genetic Counseling at VCGS and Dr. Krystyna de Lange explore noninvasive prenatal testing (#NIPT), a screening method for #chromosome conditions in the fetus.
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🔬🌐VCGS is proud to be sponsoring this event supporting all Clinical Informaticians in Australia.
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DataScience
Be sure to register for the Clinical Informatics Symposium happening on Thu 7 Dec right after the @ABACBS conference in Brisbane! eventbrite.com.au/e/clinical…
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🧬 Today is Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day.
Lisette Curnow speaks about her important role as a Genetic Counsellor at VCGS.
Learn more: lnkd.in/g45YhRGZ
#IAmAGeneticCounselor #ANZgeneticcounsellors #GCAwarenessDay #GCAD2023
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🧬 Starting today, all eligible Australians can access subsidised #carrierscreening, thanks to the #Medicare Benefits Schedule. 🧬
VCGS has pioneered #genetic carrier screening since 2006.
Read more: vcgs.org.au/news/medicare-ca…
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#CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia (CAH) disrupts hormone production vital for stress and illness responses. VGCS proudly leads the way in CAH screening one year after its addition to #newbornscreening.
Read the manuscript here lnkd.in/g-zB8DYn.
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🧬Exciting news! 3-condition genetic carrier screening will be subsidised by Medicare from 1 November 2023. 🧬
We offer information, genetic testing, and expert support to help you and your family make informed reproductive choices.🤰👶
Visit: vcgs.org.au/prenatal-genetic…
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