Members of DISCO are dedicated to uncovering risk factors and potential pathogenic mechanisms of scoliosis. Based on these findings, they aim to develop more effective clinical diagnostic strategies and intervention methods.

Dr. Hakon Hakonarson Visited Peking Union Medical College Hospital

On May 28, Dr. Hakon Hakonarson, the director of Center for Applied Genomics and professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA, paid a visit to Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) and gave a lecture entitled “Integrative Genomics Discoveries and Development at centre for applied genomics at CHOP” at the 44nd PUMCH Academic Salon Series in scholarism auditorium of PUMCH. Dr. Hakon Hakonarson introduced the history and development of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and presented the up-to-date integrative genomics discoveries and research progress at CHOP. Dr. Hakon Hakonarson also visited the new-established Genetic Clinic of Skeletal Deformity.

Dr. Hakon Hakonarson gives a lecture at the 44nd PUMCH Academic Salon Series

Group photo of Dr. Hakon Hakonarson and members of DISCO

Great moments of the 44nd PUMCH Academic Salon Series of PUMCH

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