You must be registered in our graduate program to attend this course.
You will learn about the theory and application of genomic techniques, including new advances.
Dr. Lianna Kyriakopoulou
lianna.kyriakopoulou@sickkids.ca
lmp.grad@utoronto.ca for administrative queries.
This course is offered Winter term 2026.
Tuesdays, 9 am - 11 am
Location: UC 175
Mid-term: 30%
Final exam: 40%
Student presentation: 30%
Date
Topic
Lecturer/instructor
January 6, 2026
Next Generation Sequencing Diagnostics for Precision Medicine: Introduction to Technologies and Applications
January 13, 2026
Next Generation Cytogenomics: Optical Genomes and Low Pass Genomes
Dr. Afia Hasnain
January 20, 2026
Long Read Technologies in Clinical Genomics
Dr. Michelle Axford
January 27, 2026
Next generation genomics for delineation of disease etiology: practical examples
Dr. Jordan Lerner-Ellis
February 3, 2026
Cancer genomes: Lessons Learned and Clinical Applications
Dr. Ioannis Prassas
February 10, 2026
RNA sequencing in Clinical Diagnostics
February 17, 2026
Mid-term examinations
February 24, 2026
Epigenetics and Methylation as Diagnostic tools
March 3, 2026
Next generation genomics in prenatal diagnostics
Dr. Elena Greenfeld
March 10, 2026
Pharmacogenomics
March 17, 2026
Student presentations/assignments
March 24, 2026
Biomarkers in cancer
Dr. Shamini Selvarajah
March 31, 2026
Liquid Biopsies
April 7, 2026
Final examinations and course evaluations
