21 October 2025
5:00 pm

Genomic sequencing technology allows for identification of reproductive couples with an increased chance, as compared with that in the general population, of having a child with an autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic condition. As reproductive genetic carrier screening is being implemented inconstantly throughout Europe, it is time to review and discuss where the main medical, technical and ethical stakes stand. 

Chaired by Laurent PASQUIER & Eva VAN STEIJVOORT.

Welcome and Introduction 

  • Speaker : Laurent PASQUIER & Eva VAN STEIJVOORT, Rennes, France & Leuven, Belgium 

The introduction and evolution of carrier screening in reproductive genetics

  • Speaker : Pr. Stylianos ANTONARAKIS, Geneva Hospital, Switzerland 

Expanded Carrier Screening: clinical utility, limitations, and laboratory challenges 

  • Speaker : Pr. Borut PETERLIN, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

Expanding Choices, Expanding Questions: the ethics behind expanded carrier screening

  • Speaker : Pr. Pascal BORRY, Leuven, Belgium

Discussion time 

Conclusion with speakers and moderator 

Participation on registration only: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bb25dc8a-2a43-4956-a839-fe703ca3828f@2461c129-d44f-406d-a778-d1a3c4c1527c