Marcel Dinger
Professor
Clinical Genomics
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Marcel Dinger is the Chief Executive Officer of Genome.One, Head of the Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) and conjoint Associate Professor at St Vincents Clinical School of UNSW Australia. KCCG was one of the first sites in the world to implement the HiSeq X Ten genome sequencing platform, which has capacity to sequence 18,000 whole human genomes per year. The aims of the Centre are to establish genomic medicine in routine healthcare and to leverage clinical genomic data for research. Marcel also heads the Genome Informatics Laboratory, which is focused on understanding and dissecting the function of noncoding regions of the genome that are associated with human disease and development.
Research Interest
The role of noncoding regions of the genome in disease Understanding the informational architecture of the mammalian genome Increasing the clinical utility of genome sequencing The evolution of the tumour genome during cancer progression
