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University announcements

Announcements, colloquia, masterclasses and deadlines appear here once they are officially confirmed.

Events

14 October 2026

Colloquium: evidence thresholds in genomic medicine

An online colloquium on how evidence strength is weighed when a sequence variant moves from research finding to clinical report, and on the reanalysis duties that follow. Open to clinicians, laboratory scientists and graduate students. Registration details are issued through the contact form.

Event

5 November 2026

Executive masterclass preview: translational epigenomics

A preview session for GU-E430 covering assay selection, confounding in methylation data and the evidence base behind epigenetic therapeutic targets. Intended for research groups and clinical departments considering the full programme.

Event

1 December 2026

Enquiry window for the winter cohort of specialised programmes

Institutions and individual applicants may submit enquiries for the winter cohort of the four specialised programmes. Places are confirmed individually after a review of prerequisites; no fixed cohort size is published in advance.

Event

Announcements

  • 15 September 2026 · News

    Four specialised programmes published with full curricula

    The curricula for Medical & Clinical Genomics (GU-G500), Translational Epigenomics & Chromatin Biology (GU-E430), Integrated Systems Biology & Multi-Omic Analytics (GU-M620) and Clinical Proteomics & Structural Genomics (GU-P450) are now published in full, including module structure, laboratory and computational assignments, prerequisites and learning objectives. Enquiries are handled through the contact form.

  • 8 September 2026 · News

    Institutional partnership programme open to enquiries

    Universities, academic medical centres and research institutes can now enquire about hosting Genetics University curricula on their own campus, together with executive training and research and faculty mentorship. Each collaboration begins with an assessment of local methods, competence gaps and credit rules. Confirmed partnerships are published only with the agreement of both institutions.

  • 27 August 2026 · News

    Operating network reaches eleven cities across three regions

    With its headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, the university now coordinates teaching and research activity from Barcelona, Lisbon, Bergamo, Montpellier, Belgrade, Tallahassee, Curitiba, Singapore, Chennai and Seoul. The locations map on the About page shows the current network and the role of each site.

  • 12 August 2026 · News

    Knowledge Hub gene entries revised against current references

    Entries in the Knowledge Hub have been reviewed so that function, inheritance and clinical-relevance statements match the cited public reference sources. Where evidence is limited or contested, the entry now says so explicitly rather than summarising it as settled.

  • 21 July 2026 · News

    Chromosome Explorer updated to current GRCh38 reference figures

    Reference lengths and protein-coding gene counts in the Chromosome Explorer have been refreshed from public GRCh38 reference data, with each figure traceable to its source. The explorer covers all human chromosomes from 1 through X and Y.