Teachers’ Conference 2026

Further Advances in Genetics

26 June, 2026

This is the Sixth Teachers’ Conference, A FREE conference for A-level science teachers at:

The Nowgen Centre,
Grafton Street, Manchester

Topics included in the programme:

• Professor Andrew Read (University of Manchester)
  The Human Genome Project – 20 years on
• Dr Sarah Wynn (CEO at Unique) 
  The Promises and Challenges of Genomics for Patients and Families Affected by Rare Conditions
• Professor Siddharth Banka (Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine) 
  Epigenetics and Genome Imprinting
• Dr David Craufurd (Manchester)
  Huntington’s Disease and Recent Progress
• Dr Coreen McGuire (Durham)
  History of Eugenics
• Professor Sue Kimber (Manchester)
  Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Discover New Therapies

Admission is FREE, but strictly by ticket.