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UPNAT Wins Best Poster Award at Genomics England Research Summit

Congratulations to Dr Ella Whittle for winning the Best Poster Award at the Genomics England Research Summit 2025!

Ella, who is a Research Fellow for the UK Platform for Nucleic Acid Therapies (UPNAT), presented a collaborative poster titled “Developing Target Selection Guidelines for Nucleic Acid Therapies”.

The associated publication, which builds on the N1C consensus guidelines for assessing eligibility of pathogenic DNA variants for antisense oligonucleotide treatments, is expected later this year. The UPNAT Guidelines are tailored for implementation in the UK, with the addition of assessments across disease, patient, and functional model.
This prestigious award was announced by Professor Matt Brown, Chief Scientific Officer of Genomics England. Over 45 posters were displayed, covering a wide range of critical topics such as rare disease diagnosis, cancer genomics, pharmacogenomics, therapeutic trials, and the impact of emerging technologies.
 
Check out their poster here. 

With thanks to UPNAT project leads (Mina Ryten, Alice Davidson, Haiyan Zhou) and co-authors of this project:

Emma Clement (Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, GOSH)

Hannah Titheradge (Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Birmingham)

Stephan Sanders (Professor of Paediatric Neurogenetics, Oxford)

Jacqui van der Spuy (Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UCL)

Jenny Taylor (Professor of Translational Genomics, Oxford)

Ana Lisa Taylor Tavares (Clinical Lead for Rare Disease, GEL)

Nour Elkhateeb (Clinical Fellow in Genomics‑ Clinical Research Interface, GEL)

Manju Kurian (Professor of Neurogenetics and Paediatric Neurologist, UCL)

Carlo Rinaldi (Professor of Molecular and Translational Neuroscience and Consultant Neurologist, Oxford)

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