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SUMMARY:DNA: Inspiring building blocks that made me a learner in perpetuit
 y - Dr Serena Nik-Zainal\, MRC Cancer Unit\, University of Cambridge
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 nX68.\n\n*Abstract:*\n\nYou are mutating. As you read this abstract\, the 
 amazing genetic building blocks that code for the proteins that make you t
 he person you are today\, are not sitting stably\, expressing the pristine
  perfection of your Cambridge-educated being. It transpires that your DNA 
 is mutating all the time. And that’s only one of the completely absorbin
 g reasons that got me into clinical research and mutagenesis. Some of the 
 extensive amount of mutagenesis that you carry in your DNA is perfectly be
 nign\, but some of it could be indicative of biological processes going aw
 ry in your cells. Come and find out how my team explores mutagenesis and h
 ow we develop our insights into clinical algorithms for improved patient s
 tratification for the future.\n\n*Speaker profile:*\n\nDr Serena Nik-Zaina
 l is a CRUK Advanced Clinician Scientist and an Honorary Consultant in Cli
 nical Genetics. Dr Nik-Zainal qualified in Medicine from the University of
  Cambridge in 2000 on a scholarship from Petronas\, Malaysia. She undertoo
 k a PhD at the Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) in 2009 exploring breast ca
 ncer using whole genome sequencing (WGS). Her detailed analysis revealed i
 mprints left by the mutagenic processes that occurred during cancer develo
 pment. Dr Nik-Zainal moved to the University of Cambridge in order to acce
 lerate the translation of her genomics expertise towards clinical applicat
 ions and to further her work into the physiological mechanisms underpinnin
 g mutagenesis. Most recently\, Dr Nik-Zainal was awarded the prestigious D
 r Josef Steiner Cancer Research Prize in 2019 for her work in cancer genom
 ics.\n
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