The Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) Foundation recently hosted its 5th Annual Meeting from September 20-22, 2024, at the prestigious BRIC-National Institute of Immunology (BRIC-NII) in New Delhi. The meeting brought together a diverse group of experts in the field of cancer genomics, including researchers, clinicians, data scientists, and healthcare leaders. This year’s theme, “Unlocking Insights: Data-Driven Discovery in the […]
4th ICGA Conference : 2023
The 4th Edition of ICGA Annual Conference was held from 06 to 08 October 2023 at IISER Pune. The conference focused on “Advancing Towards Integrated Precision Oncology in India” and showcased the latest developments and achievements in the field of cancer research and omics technologies. The conference brought together participants from India and abroad, including students, researchers, clinicians, data scientists, […]
Actionable Cancer Omics- Opportunities and Challenges
Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) Foundation held a panel discussion on 15 January 2023 during the annual conference of Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR) at Navi Mumbai. Dr. Shantanu Chowdhury (Structural Biologist, and Professor at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi), Dr. Anand Deshpande (Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director, Persistent Systems), Dr. Amit Dutt (Integrated Genomics Scientist at […]
3rd ICGA Conference : 2022
The third ICGA conference ‘Biobanking to Omics: Collecting the Global Experience’ was organized in online format on 13-14 January 2022. The conference brought together global experts who have successfully built comprehensive datasets to understand genetic and molecular profiles of cancer. As ICGA begins the cancer profiling activities in India, the global experience would set a benchmark and be a guide towards […]
2nd TCGA India – ICGA Conference and Workshop : 2020
During December 3-5, 2020, the 2nd TCGA India Conference and Workshop was organised in online format by Centre for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR, a joint initiative of IISER Pune and Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, Pune), Persistent Systems, TCGA (NCI, NIH, USA) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- Institute of Genomics and Integrative, Institute of Cancer Research (London, UK) and DBT-Wellcome […]
1st TCGA India Conference and Workshop : 2019
During September 20-25, 2019, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, IISER Pune, and Persistent Systems organized the first ever TCGA themed conference in India titled “Multi-omics Profiling of Cancers: Lessons from the TCGA”. About TCGA TCGA is a landmark cancer genomics collaboration between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) that has generated comprehensive, multi-dimensional maps […]