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Caterina Cevallos was awarded the Swiss Society of Medical Genetics (SSMG) Young Investigator Award 2026 for her talk entitled “Compounding of rare copy-number variants and polygenic risk: A genetic signature …
Caterina receives the Swiss Society of Medical Genetics Young Investigator Award 2026 Read MoreLeona won the Best Presentation Prize at the European Mathematical Genetics Meeting 2026 for her talk titled “Decoding the genetic basis of nurture using untransmitted parental alleles”, presented in Davos …
Leona receives best presentation prize at EMGM 2026 Read MoreRobin’s talk “Parent-of-Origin inference and its role in the genetic architecture of complex traits: evidence from ~265,000 individuals” was presented at ESHG 2025 in Milan on May 26, where he …
Robin receives prestigious Early Career Award of ESHG 2025 Read MoreRobin won the Best Presentation Prize at the European Mathematical Genetics Meeting 2025 for his talk titled “Parent-of-Origin inference and its role in the genetic architecture of complex traits: evidence …
Robin receives best presentation prize at EMGM 2025 Read MoreThe Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics is a premier summer program bringing together leading experts in human genomics. Designed for advanced students, it features interactive sessions, mentoring, and discussions …
Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics Read MoreOn Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, Chiara achieved a significant milestone by successfully defending her PhD thesis titled “Where rare meets common: Leveraging population cohorts to study rare copy-number variants” at …
Chiara completes PhD private defense with success Read MoreChiara won the Swiss Society of Medical Genetics (SSMG) Young Investigator Award 2024 for the most innovative research and best presentation in medical genetics at the annual SSGM meeting, held …
Chiara receives Swiss Society of Medical Genetics Award 2024 Read MoreOn Friday, January 12th, 2024, Marie successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Integrating the genetics of omics and diseases for drug-target and drug-response predictions”, marking a significant academic milestone. In her …
Marie became a PhD graduate Read MoreOn Friday, November 24th, 2023, Liza successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Robust Causal Inference Methods to Assess Risk Factors for Common Diseases”, marking a significant academic milestone. In her work, …
Liza became a PhD graduate Read MoreThis year in Vienna – Austria, the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) held its yearly conference from the 11th to the 14th of June where Sven Erik Ojavee was …
Sven is awarded the Lodewijk Sandkuijl Award at ESHG 2022 Read More