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PDF of Connecting Science's 2017 Connecting Science Wellcome Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ wellcomegenomecampus.org/connectingscience Annual Review 2017/18 2 02 Contents DIRECTO R’S INTRODUCTION Connecting Science in twelve months 04 – 05 Global ambitions Have you had your say on your DNA? 10 – 1 1 Increasing global impact by tailoring training needs 12 – 13 Worm hunting in Colombia 14 – 16 Catalysing collaboration Bringing together scientific partners 20 – 21 First global event for genetic counsellors 22 – 23 Decoding genomes together 24 – 26 Snapshot: May 2017 to April 2018 27 – 32 Democratising genomics CONNECTING SCIENCE Blood, sweat and success – Implementing a gender balance policy 36 – 37 2017/18 ANNUAL REVIEW Science communication: remembering to listen 38 – 39 Exploring our world in the Genome Gallery 40 – 41 The mission of Connecting Science is simple: to enable team, the commitment and support of our many partners and everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on collaborators, and the financial support and encouragement research, health and society. Behind those simple words is of Wellcome. I am personally very thankful for all of those Wellcome Genome Campus: considerable complexity. The science itself is complex and things, and know that this support and energy often translates ever-changing, with new technologies being continually into life- or career-changing experiences for the tens of A hub of knowledge, learning, developed and put into practice in both research and thousands of people we engage with directly every year. healthcare. The work that we do is also deceptively and engagement complex, reaching audiences from primary schools to I hope that some of the stories highlighted in this Annual research scientists, NHS staff to patients and their families; Review give you a sense of the excitement we have in all Creating spaces for thinking 46 – 47 it spans the globe, and everything we do involves constant that we do. Genomics is changing so many things about Changing times, changing Campus, changing culture 48 – 49 collaboration with institutions and colleagues. our understanding of the world, and our place in it, both Thirty years of Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences 50 – 51 as a species and individuals. At Connecting Science we During a typical week, Connecting Science might be are committed to involving everyone in that change and organising and delivering a cutting-edge conference on single democratising this most universal of sciences. We are Who we are 54 cell biology, leading visits to the Campus from secondary proud of our work over the past year, but even more Our partners and networks 55 school teachers one day and patient interest groups the next, excited about the year to come - just like genomics, we Publications 56 running a week-long practical training course on genomic are just getting started. Get in touch 57 technologies in Ghana, or analysing responses from a survey Credits 57 about attitudes to genomic data sharing that has been translated into multiple different languages. The fact that Connecting Science is able to deliver this incredible diversity of activities, at such high quality, week in and week out, is testament to many things: the Dr Julian Rayner professionalism and seemingly bottomless energy of our Director, Connecting Science 03 04 Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences Public Engagement on inxt H in es rs u o ‹ c 6 1 2 c o u r s e s i n A s 9,899 i a , 27 A public interactions f r i courses c a off Campus a n d S o u t h A m e r i c a as of low socia are l m m ob ro ili f ty ls r o e o a h c h 341 c s e d n 2,582 3 16 3,181 i participants retreats conferences public visitors 80% Campus staff involved to Campus increase in engagement activities CONNECTING SCIENCE IN TWELVE MONTHS CONNECTING SCIENCE ANNUAL REVIEW 2017/18 ANNUAL REVIEW 6 g fi n l i l m l s e s m n ad u e co t c o s eti 11 upport gen 434 events languages into which 11 56,645 18,803 surveys have peer-reviewed cups of tea and hosted delegates attending been translated 20,495 publications coffee served events people completed attitudes research survey to date Society and Ethics Research Conference Centre 05 Global ambitions Genomic science has the potential to affect us all, no matter where in the world we are. We seek to inspire new thinking around both its applications and its implications, and ensure this discussion is heard. We strive to support global health and research, making sure the best people have access to the best The importance of public engagement and training, and to gather opinions gathering public opinion discussed by @adthoro at ethics and consent session at #humancellatlas general meeting. Nice to from across the world. see @genomethics #yourdnayoursay shown as an example @WGCengage Want to know more about our @ACSCevents activities in low and middle-income countries? We have a fascinating Q&A with Overseas Courses Development Officer, Alice Matimba @alicepn on our website @ConnectingSci We won! We’re honoured to be awarded in the comics category @ISNTD_Press #ISNTDfestival. A big thank you to all of our #WormHunters. Remember the hunt, and beating the #whipworm continues! @WormHunters 10 HAVE YOU HAD YOUR There is a huge evidence gap for us globally. At SAY ON YOUR DNA? the moment there’s a risk of policy being made about how data is shared The work has come with its own unique challenges: As Anna says, “The translation process has been fascinating! Where without having a clear no language for genomics currently exists we are having to describe what the concepts mean for the first time. public voice on the issue. We have also had to think about whether the third person references in the survey should have a gender - masculine or feminine. Which is the most pertinent persona for certain languages? Projects like this really highlight the complexity and importance of cultural adaptation.” Genetic research has the potential to unlock many Today, Your DNA Your Say is active in 11 languages, including questions relating to health, medical diagnoses, and Russian, Japanese, Icelandic and Arabic, and has had over treatment. This process can only be successful, however, 20,000 participants from over 20 countries. if DNA and other health data is donated by thousands – ideally millions – of people, and then stored in online The initial findings from approximately 10,000 English- databases where it can be accessed by scientists, speaking participants has been that representative publics clinicians and researchers from all over the world. in UK, USA, Canada, Australia are mostly unfamiliar with the concepts of DNA, genetics and genomics. However, when But how do people feel about their genomic data, their asked if they see DNA as different to other sorts of medical entire blueprint, which is more personal than a fingerprint information, they say that it is in the way that it links them or an iris scan, being incorporated into ‘big data’? to their relatives, and is passed onto children. When asked The Your DNA, Your Say project aims to find out. if they would donate their DNA for research, only half of the sample said yes, with suspicions about who would get “There is a huge evidence gap for us globally. At the moment access to their data and why. People were most concerned there’s a risk of policy being made about how data is shared about pharmaceutical companies making profits from a without having a clear public voice on the issue.” free donation of data. GLOBAL AMBITIONS — Anna Middleton, Head Society and Ethics Research As Anna and her team continue to launch new versions of First launched in 2016, the project is a global online survey Your DNA Your Say in languages such as Mandarin Chinese, RESEARCH + ETHICS SOCIETY gathering public attitudes towards genomic data sharing. Zulu and Hindi, they are confident that their findings will Surprisingly, asking people for their opinion on what offer a genuinely global public voice to policy addressing happens to the information contained in their DNA has genomic data and its sharing. never happened on this scale before! Have your say: www.yourdnayoursay.org Supported by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), this novel survey was designed by our Head of Society and Ethics Research, Dr Anna Middleton, together with GA4GH’s Participant Values Task Team. The survey is based around nine short films which were all created and scripted by Anna, and her collaborators, Dr Heidi Howard, Uppsala University, and Emilia Niemiec, University of Bologna. Findings from previous projects such as Socialising the Genome have allowed Anna to use metaphors to find words which are meaningful to people when discussing subjects 11 they may not have encountered before, such as genomics, genes and DNA. But of course these words only apply to the English language! To explore attitudes on a global scale, Your DNA Your Say has been translated into multiple different languages allowing people from across the world to give their opinion. This task has been made possible by working languages into which with a network of international collaborators, mostly social surveys have scientists and genetic counsellors, who have translated and culturally adapted the survey for their own countries. been translated 11 12 INCREASING Seed funding projects STEP ONE STEP THREE In 2017 ACSC launched a pilot for the integration of research projects into courses, providing an GLOBAL Fully understand the needs All hands on deck! opportunity for participants to apply the knowledge of varying regions and skills obtained from the week-long course to The ACSC team facilitate instructor meetings a real-life scenario.
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