
Chirag Patel
@chiragvpatel79
Clinical geneticist in Australia. UK trained. Special interests: paediatric genetics, renal genetics, and genetic education. @PanelAppAus
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19-11-2016 23:36:59
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Sooo excited to see our national automated reanalysis program funded! π§¬π€ with Daniel MacArthur Seb Lunke @SallyHartmanis Denis Bauer Chirag Patel Ilias Goranitis #RareDisease #Genomics πππ health.gov.au/ministers/the-β¦

Incredibly excited & proud to see our KidGen National Kidney Genomics Program funded to improve genomic outcomes for Australian families with genetic kidney disease!! ππππππ James Cook Uni Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) University of Sydney Garvan Institute of Medical Research Australian Genomics health.gov.au/ministers/the-β¦

New! Prof Zornitza Stark & colleagues discuss the benefits of international collaboration for improving virtual gene panels None PanelAppAus bit.ly/2WDeddr

Hot off the press AJHG! Come read our new publication about using the PanelApp platform to harmonise gene panels between None Genomics England and PanelAppAus Australian Genomics. sciencedirect.com/science/articlβ¦


Our latest β¦AJHGβ© sharing tools & knowledge improves gene & panel curation! Very proud of this #collaboration β¦Ellie McDonaghβ© β¦Noneβ© β¦PanelAppAusβ© β¦Genomics Englandβ© β¦β¦Australian Genomicsβ© β¦GA4GHβ© π§¬π cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/β¦

π¨NEW Article of the Month! Genetic testing in the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease: recommendations for clinical practice πaccess: bit.ly/2TTGRpCπ Nine Knoers @EuRefNetwork Franz Schaefer @ERAEDTA #CKD #genetic #kidneydisease


Welcome to #Twitter Australian Functional Genomics Network: watch this space, exciting things to come, we are almost ready to roll!! π€π€π€ Australian Genomics KidGen Jozef Gecz Scott_lab_GMP Ian Smyth (Elizabeth) Emma Palmer (she / her) Chirag Patel Coral Warr Rob Bryson-Richardson Nathan Palpant Ebony Matotek



July #RareDisease panel update: 40 new gene-disease pairs added PanelAppAus Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) Bryony Thompson Chirag Patel Special thanks to DiseaseGenes: helped us find more in less time! π€π€ Next PanelAppAus training session is on Friday 29/7 at 2pm, contact Prof Zornitza Stark if keen!



Out now Nature Medicine results of our #AcuteCare Australian Genomics study π¦πΊ Huge national effort: 290 critically ill πΆ 2.9 days to WGS result β±οΈ RNAseq+proteomics+extra analysis π π54% diagnosed, major impacts on care π₯ rdcu.be/dd4M6 π§΅


Diverse national cohort recruited from 17 π₯over 2yrs >50% less than 1mo πΆ Commonest reason for test: seizures and hypotonia π§ Tremendous work by our clinical teams in the midst of COVID πππ Chirag Patel Kirsten Boggs Michelle de Silva Project coord Sophie Bouffler πππ



π’Out now European Journal of Human Genetics our audit and surveys of current practice π¦πΊ in #raredisease genomic reanalysis πrdcu.be/dIZe9 We are doing more and more testing π but very little reanalysis (<5%) π§΅ Stephanie Best Zoe Fehlberg Ilias Goranitis Scott_lab_GMP A/Prof Danya Vears

