Siddharth Banka

Sid Banka is a Professor of Genomic Medicine and Rare Diseases at the University of Manchester, a Consultant Clinical Geneticist at St. Mary’s Hospital, and the Founding Clinical Director for the recently established Manchester Rare Conditions Centre. He is a Clinician Scientist whose research focusses on developmental and congenital malformation disorders. His research group consists of clinicians, bioinformaticians and fundamental scientists. He has led the identification of >25 novel genetic diseases, including several chromatinopathies. His group uses patient-derived materials and cellular models to uncover the pathophysiology of rare disorders to identify potential treatment targets. He is also conducting clinical trials for potential therapies for rare chromatinopathies. He has developed several national clinics for chromatinopathies, is closely associated with patients support groups of several epigenetic conditions and is experienced in organising complex networking and co-ordination activities.