Genomics Lite: Why are some genes dominant?
Genomics Lite is a series of public webinars, in this session we explored why some genes are dominant and why others are recessive.
In this Genomics Lite session, Sam and Jack speak to staff from the Wellcome Sanger Institute about why some genes are dominant and others are recessive, why this is actually an oversimplification and what this therefore means in terms of human health and genetic diseases.
About our speakers:
Katrina Andrews, PhD student, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Katrina Andrews is a clinical genetics registrar in Addenbrooke’s Hospital and a 1st year PhD student in the Hurles group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Her research focuses on finding diagnoses for children with severe developmental disorders, particularly those with gain of function mechanism mutations.
Dr Samantha Jumbe, Sanger Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Dr Samantha Jumbe is a Sanger Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow working in the Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutations programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Following the completion of her PhD she trained as a Clinical Scientist in the NHS specialising in cancer genomics. Her postdoctoral work is focussed on the role of somatic mutations in autoimmune conditions.