Mette Nyegaard is a Professor of Genetics and Personalized Medicine. She has more than 25 years of experience using genetics to uncover the molecular mechanisms of rare and complex diseases, with a special interest in calmodulinopathies.  As Head of the Department of Congenital Disorders and Director of the Danish Center for Neonatal Screening at Statens Serum Institut, she works to improve and expand the Danish neonatal screening program and to ensure the sustainability of research within the Danish PKU biobank, which holds over 2.5 million PKU cards.