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Certificate of Achievement

Teodora Adriana Jinga

has completed the following course:

GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING

ST GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

This online postgraduate level course explored how next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are
used in healthcare to investigate genetic disorders. The course described and contrasted a range of
NGS platforms and their application to both clinical and research practice.

2 weeks, 5 hours per week

Katie Snape Kate Tatton-Brown

Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics Consultant and Reader in Clinical Genetics
St George's, University of London St George's, University of London

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Teodora Adriana Jinga

has completed the following course:

GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING

ST GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

This online postgraduate level course explored • The 100 000 Genomes project
how next generation sequencing (NGS) • The transforming NHS: Genomics in mainstream
technologies are used in healthcare to practice
investigate genetic disorders. The course
ACCREDITATION
described and contrasted a range of NGS
The course has been approved for distance-
platforms and their application to both clinical
learning continuing professional development
and research practice.
(CPD) by the Royal College of Pathologists
STUDY REQUIREMENT (RCPath): for 10 CPD credits.
2 weeks, 5 hours per week
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Demonstrate an understanding of the molecular
principles underlying Next Generation
Sequencing (NGS) technologies
• Identify appropriate applications of these
technologies to clinical scenarios within both
the diagnostic and research settings
• Design a panel of genes for analysis using Next
Generation Sequencing technologies applicable
to a specific clinical phenotype
SYLLABUS
• The changing landscape of genomics: From
Sanger sequencing to Next Generation
Sequencing
• Overview of Next Generation Sequencing
platforms and their methodology
• Targeted resequencing
• Alignment, variant calling and annotation
• Other applications of Next Generation
Sequencing beyond DNA sequencing
• Next Generation Sequencing in gene discovery
• Gene discovery in the research and diagnostics
• Next Generation Sequencing in clinical
diagnostics: Single gene, gene panel sequencing,
exome and genome sequencing
• How to design a gene panel

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