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Date:
15th January 2025, Wednesday

Time:
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm (Dubai)
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm (Delhi)
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm (Singapore)
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm (Seoul / Tokyo)
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm (Melbourne)

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Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is a screening test based on the analysis of cell-free DNA from maternal blood. Through a simple maternal blood draw, NIPT can noninvasively screen for fetal chromosomal aneuploidies as early as the 10th week of pregnancy. Genome-wide screening offers insights into partial duplications and deletions across all autosomes, as well as the aneuploidy status of all chromosomes. This webinar will cover the fundamentals of NIPT, including the underlying technology and key technical aspects of the test.

Speaker:

Farah Abdel Rahman-
Senior Technical Application Scientist,
Illumina Inc.

Farah obtained her PhD in gene editing and viral-based gene therapy from the Technical University of Munich. She completed a master's degree in physiology and holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the American University of Beirut. Farah started her career at the Lebanese American University as a faculty fellow, where she taught graduate courses in biotechnology.

In 2022, Farah joined Illumina, where she currently provides support for NIPT and BeadArray workflows. Additionally, she is a certified Infinium trainer.