Exclusive Seminar
Driving a Precision Medicine Revolution in Complex Disease
Mechanistic Insights & Biomarkers from Multimodal Biobank Data
Wednesday 24 April, 9AM - 12PM
CIC Cambridge, One Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Gain a new understanding of how to find and use causal disease biology to select the right target, indication and patients to increase the probability of success in developing and launching your drug programs.
Mechanistic biomarkers now drive the identification of novel targets for personalized medicine and patient stratification insights to inform target selection, trial design, diagnosis & treatment. Precision medicine analysis of biobank data is central to this new era of innovation.
This seminar will explore the innovations that are de-risking biopharma R&D and future trends in precision medicine for complex diseases from diagnostic breakthroughs to revolutionary therapeutics.

Agenda
09.00 – 09.30 | Registration, coffee & refreshments |
09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome Dr Peter Abbott, Consul-General, UK Consulate, Boston |
09.40 – 10.00 | Achieving precision medicine's full potential Ray Pawlicki, Executive Chairman, PrecisionLife, ex CIO Novartis and Biogen |
10.00 – 10.30 | Linking genetics to protein expression and disease risk Dr Chirag Krishna, Senior Computational Geneticist, Pfizer |
10.30 – 10.45 | Networking break |
10.45 – 11.15 | Harnessing genomics to identify novel therapeutic targets Dr Aimee Deaton, Director, Statistical Genetics, Alnylam |
11.15 – 11.45 | A new era of precision medicine for complex diseases Dr Steve Gardner, CEO & Founder |
11.45 – 12.00 | Networking & close |
Getting there
This seminar is being hosted at CIC Cambridge, One Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 between Shybird and Brothers Marketplace.
To get here: Take the MBTA Red Line or bus (64, 68, 85, CT2) to Kendall Station. Car and bicycle parking may be available in the One Broadway garage.
Covered parking is available in the One Broadway parking garage owned by MIT.
When you arrive, be sure to check in with your government-issued ID on the ground floor with the friendly concierge to the left and they will tell you where to go.