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Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing: Tools and Technologies

15-16 January 2015, Leuven, Belgium
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Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing: Tools and Technologies

Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing: Tools and Technologies

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VIB’s Tools and Technologies meeting series aims to provide a forum for both academic top speakers and scientists from emerging companies to present their latest scientific achievements and exciting technological solutions. Catalyzed by VIB’s Technology Scouting team, the Tools and Technologies meetings focus on the front end of innovation and bring together key innovators in selected life sciences research fields.

Our meeting on Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing will look at emerging tools and approaches for Population scale sequencing, Sample prep, Next-Generation Sequencing Platforms, Single-Cell Genomics, Epigenetics, Next-Gen Transcriptomics, Ultralong reads and Assembly, and Bioinformatics.

In addition to a great scientific/technology program, we provide ample opportunity for networking during the meeting. The event will be flavored with some of the best things Belgium has to offer, including special chocolates during the breaks and a Belgian beer reception.

Our conference is fully subscribed, we will not take on-site registrations. Check back for our 2016 edition !

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Confirmed speakers

Nick Loman
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Nick Loman

Nick Loman

Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, UK
Xun Xu
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Xun Xu

Xun Xu

CEO, BGI Group; President, BGI Research, CN
Mike Lelivelt
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Mike Lelivelt

Mike Lelivelt

Director of Bioinformatics and Software Products at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Life Technologies), US

Program

Day 1 - Thursday, 15 January, 2015

08:30
09:20
Registration / Welcome coffee
09:20
12:40
Morning program - Parallel session 1
09:20
09:30
Welcome
09:30
10:05
From genomic variation to molecular mechanism
10:00
10:30
Enabling large scale "perfect" personal genome sequencing
10:30
10:55
Performance Update for Ion Torrent Semiconductor Sequencing

Mike Lelivelt

Director of Bioinformatics and Software Products at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Life Technologies), US
Company speaker
10:55
11:05
Outsourcing human genome interpretation
11:05
11:30
Coffee Break
11:30
12:05
Single Cell Sequencing Technology and Applications

Xun Xu

CEO, BGI Group; President, BGI Research, CN
Academic speaker
12:05
12:30
Geonomics: Sequencing at a Global Scale
Company speaker
12:30
12:40
Eppendorf and NGS Applications
09:20
12:40
Morning program - Parallel session 2
09:30
10:05
What can we learn from Ancient Genetics and Genomics
10:05
10:30
PINS – A New Front-end for Next Generation Sequencing
10:30
10:55
NGS Library Construction-from Bench to Clinic
10:55
11:05
Repair of FFPE DNA samples to improve NGS library yield and quality
Sponsored talk
11:05
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:05
Personal genome assembly
12:05
12:30
Targeted locus amplification for hypothesis neutral next generation sequencing and haplotyping of selected genomic loci
12:30
12:40
Enabling NGS

Paul Lomax

Strategic Business Development Genomics, Perkin Elmer, UK
Sponsored talk
12:40
14:00
Lunch & poster session
14:00
17:40
Afternoon program - Parallel session 1
14:00
14:35
Resolving the structural variation complexity of genomes using single molecule real time sequencing technology
14:35
15:00
Why long read, quick turn around time, single molecule sequencing is fit for the clinic

Paul Schaffer

Lifecycle Leader Sequencing Platforms Roche Diagnostics, US
Company speaker
15:00
15:25
Optoelectronic Single-Molecule Sequencing: The Next Generation NGS for Clinical Applications
15:25
15:35
Improve input DNA/RNA sample QC using a standardized platform
Sponsored talk
16:35
16:00
Coffee Break
16:00
16:35
Nanopore Sequencing Comes of Age
Academic speaker
16:35
17:00
SIMDEQ – a Novel Technology for Single-Molecule Genetic & Epigenetic Analysis
17:00
17:10
Using the Fragment Analyzer to simplify your NGS Library QC

Markus Tilmes

European Sales Manager, Advanced Analytical Technologies Inc., US
Sponsored talk
17:10
17:20
Sophia Genetics: Towards Data Driven Medicine
Sponsored talk
17:20
17:30
NGS workflows for small and large panels, exomes, genomes
17:30
17:40
Macrogen: Advancing Through Genomics, Sequencing Service Overview
Sponsored talk
14:00
17:35
Afternoon program - Parallel session 2
14:00
14:35
Dissecting gene regulation network in human early embryos at single-cell and single-base resolution
14:35
15:10
In situ sequencing for expression and mutation profiling of fixed cells and tissue sections
15:10
15:20
The SMARTer way to low input RNA-seq
15:20
16:00
Coffee break
16:00
16:35
Shaping the blood: Lessons from Chromatin and single cell RNA-seq dynamics
Academic speaker
17:00
17:25
Biomarker Discovery and Validation Using Low Coverage Sequencing of Single cells

Jay West

Senior Director Of Research & Development Fluidigm, US
Company speaker
17:25
17:35
An end-to-end solution for strand-specific RNA-seq using picogram amounts of total RNA or single cell lysates
17:35
19:00
Closing drink

Day 2 - Friday, 16 January, 2015

09:00
09:30
Registration & coffee
09:30
12:15
Morning program - Parallel session 1
09:30
10:05
Global Epigenomic Reconfiguration During Mammalian Brain Development
Academic speaker
10:05
10:30
Oxidative Bisulfite - a new way to look at true methylation and hydroxymethylation
Company speaker
10:30
10:55
Enabling Solutions for Reproducible ChIP-Seq and Epigenetic Analyses

Sharon Squazzo

Applications and Business Development Scientist, Diagenode Inc., US
Company speaker
10:55
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
11:50
Hardy-Weinberg theorem based identification of imprinted loci from large-scale omics data
11:50
12:15
Epigenetic characterization of rare cell populations using droplet based microfluidics
09:30
12:15
Morning program - Parallel session 2
09:30
10:05
Regulatory and Functional Landscape of RNA Editing
10:05
10:30
RNA-Seq does not need to be complicated
10:30
10:55
Advanced Topics in RNA Sequencing – FFPE, Fusions and Viruses

Gary Schroth

Distinguished Scientist, Product Development, Illumina, US
Company speaker
10:55
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:05
The Theory of Cellular Deconstruction – Expression Variability, Translational Regulation and Functional Genomics

Jim Eberwine

University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, US
Academic speaker
12:05
12:40
Spatial Transcriptomics - Transcriptome Sequencing of Single Cells in a Spatial Tissue Context
12:30
14:00
Lunch & poster session
14:00
17:20
Afternoon program: Parallel session 1
14:00
14:35
NGS method development for infection and oncology research

Adam Ameur

Uppsala Genome Center, Science for Life Laboratory Uppsala, SE
Academic speaker
14:35
15:00
Single-Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT™) DNA Sequencing: Technology Update and Recent Applications
15:00
15:25
Mapping the “Dark Matter” of Genome – Long repeats, Complex Structural Variations and Towards True Contiguity of de novo Assembly with Nanochannel Technology
Company speaker
Coffee Break
16:00
16:35
What can we do with real-time nanopore sequencing?

Nick Loman

Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, UK
Academic speaker
16:35
17:00
Nanochannels and Electronic Detection for Single-Molecule Based Mapping of Genomes
Company speaker
17:00
17:20
Polymerase specific error rates identified by single molecule sequencing
14:00
17:25
Afternoon program: Parallel session 2
14:00
14:35
Accessible and Reproducible Genomics at Scale with Galaxy
14:35
15:00
Taking definitive care of the NGS big data deluge
Company speaker
15:00
15:25
The need for a compact high speed processing in NGS
15:25
16:00
Coffee Break
16:00
16:35
Molecular archaeology of cancer

Peter Van Loo

Cancer Research UK London Research Institute / Francis Crick Institute, UK
Academic speaker
16:35
17:00
Genome-based Medicine – networking science
17:00
17:25
QIAGEN Bioinformatics - a comprehensive informatics platform for analysis, interpretation and services
17:30
19:00
Closing drink

Organizing committee

Peter Verhasselt

VIB Nucleomics Core Facility, BE