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SUMMARY: CFAS Webinar: Genetics SIG - Prenatal Screening and Testing Afte
 r PGT
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the CFAS Webinar: Genetics SIG 'Prenatal Screenin
 g and Testing After PGT' on Wednesday, November 23rd from 4:00 to 5:00 
 pm EST on the Zoom Webinar platform, with speakers:\n\nMs. Andria Besser
 , MS, CGC, is a board-certified genetic counselor and Director of Reprod
 uctive Genetics at the NYU Langone Fertility Center. She obtained her Ma
 ster's degree in Genetic Counseling from Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  in New York City and has spent the past 12 years specializing in assi
 sted reproductive technologies and preconception genetics, in both the 
 IVF clinic and PGT laboratory. Her research interests include preimplan
 tation genetic testing for monogenic conditions and aneuploidy, and she 
 has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications, committee opinions, 
 and abstracts on these topics and is a frequent speaker at national and 
 regional conferences. She is a past chair of the National Society of Gen
 etic Counselors' ART/Infertility SIG and is an active member of the Ame
 rican Society for Reproductive Medicine's Genetic Counseling Professiona
 l Group and Patient Education Committee.\n\nDr. Joris R. Vermeesch, Ph.
 D. Ir, is a staff member of the center for Human Genetics,  heading the
  Constitutional Cytogenetics unit of the Center of Human Genetics and di
 rector of the KU Leuven genomic core facility.  He has been pioneering 
 novel genome wide genetic analyses methods for preimplantation, prenatal
  and postnatal diagnosis and more recently developed and translated nove
 l methods for non-invasive prenatal and cancer screening. The laboratory
  has a special  focus on structural variation detection and studies the
  mechanisms underlying chromosomal instability and rearrangements. The g
 roup is partner of the SymbioSys, a KU Leuven center of excellence in co
 mputational biology. Prof. Vermeesch has published over 400 papers, H-in
 dex 62 and founder of a spin-off company Cartagenia.\n\nA certificate of
  attendance is available with registration to this event. This event is 
 restricted to members only.
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