Genomic data privacy in the age of personal genomics
Event details
| Date | 23.01.2019 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Dennis Grishin, Harvard University/Nebula Genomics |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract
Personal genomics is becoming increasingly popular, but mounting privacy concerns threaten to impede adoption. We propose a new, privacy-focused model for personal genomics that employs cryptography and decentralization to secure personal genomic data and outline various policy issues that should be considered if this model is to be adopted.
Bio
Dennis Grishin is CSO and co-founder of Nebula Genomics. He studied biology at the University of Freiburg and computer science at Harvard University and is a recipient of the German National Academic Foundation Fellowship. He is currently a Boehringer Ingelheim Ph.D. Fellow in Genetics and Genomics at Harvard University.
Personal genomics is becoming increasingly popular, but mounting privacy concerns threaten to impede adoption. We propose a new, privacy-focused model for personal genomics that employs cryptography and decentralization to secure personal genomic data and outline various policy issues that should be considered if this model is to be adopted.
Bio
Dennis Grishin is CSO and co-founder of Nebula Genomics. He studied biology at the University of Freiburg and computer science at Harvard University and is a recipient of the German National Academic Foundation Fellowship. He is currently a Boehringer Ingelheim Ph.D. Fellow in Genetics and Genomics at Harvard University.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Jacques Fellay for EPFL Center for Digital Trust