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Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing (3rd edition)
25-26 March 2019 - Antwerp - Belgium
Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing (3rd edition)
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After two successful editions (Jan 2015, Leuven and March 2017, Antwerp), VIB is proud to present the third edition of this Tools & Technologies conference.
VIB believes that the revolutionary discoveries enabled by NGS are not yet at its zenith and that the technology can go much further. During this 3rd edition VIB will bring together over 30 top scientists and technology developers from both industry and academia. They will discuss emerging tools and approaches in several sessions such as:
- Long reads, Genome Structure and Mapping
- Epigenomics
- Metagenomics
- Emerging technologies
- Population Scale and Clinical Sequencing
- Single Cell Sequencing
In addition to a great scientific and technology program, the conference will provide ample opportunities to network during the breaks, poster sessions and the conference dinner.
Also young scientists are encouraged to showcase their own work to the international research community by oral or poster presentation!
Conference dinner = SOLD OUT!
Information for poster submissions:
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation
Nanopore Day Antwerp
The conference will be followed by the Nanopore Day Antwerp on Wednesday 27 March 2019, an initiative from Oxford Nanopore Technologies, with CTO Clive Brown who is speaking on Monday 25 March .
Nanopore Days are an opportunity for people to hear the latest tech updates from Oxford Nanopore as well as hearing from local users about their latest projects using nanopore sequencing. The Nanopore Day in Antwerp will also include product display and a technical Q&A with the Nanopore team. The agenda of the day is yet to be confirmed.
Would you like to be part of this interesting complementary day of RNGS19? Please book a place via the link below as pre-registration is required.
Confirmed speakers
Program
Day 1 - Monday, 25 March, 2019
08:30
09:00
Registration & Coffee
09:00
09:05
Welcome
09:05
12:50
Plenary session 1: Long reads, genome structure and mapping
Chair: Mojca Strazisar
09:05
09:40
Long nanopore reads in the clinic
Nick Loman
Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, UK
Academic speaker
09:40
10:05
HiFi long reads for comprehensive genomic analysis
Ralph Vogelsang
Pacific Biosciences, DE
Company speaker
10:05
10:40
Applications of modification detection in nanopore sequencing
Winston Timp
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Academic speaker
10:40
11:05
From lizards to clinical genomes: the importance of recapturing long range genomic information
Todd Dickinson
Dovetail Genomics, US
Company speaker
11:05
11:35
Coffee break
11:35
12:10
The Bat1k project: bat genomes, biology, and implications
Sonja Vernes
MPI, NL
Academic speaker
12:10
12:35
How will Nanopore Technology develop in 2019?
Clive Brown
Oxford Nanopore, UK
Company speaker
12:35
12:50
Selected abstract: Structural variants identified by long read human genome sequencing
Wouter De Coster
VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, BE
Selected from abstracts
12:50
13:35
Lunch
13:35
14:20
Poster session
14:20
17:50
Parallel session 1: Epigenomics
Chair: Bernard Thienpont
14:20
14:55
Single-cell epigenome landscape of development and ageing
Wolf Reik
Babraham Institute, UK
Academic speaker
14:55
15:20
Enabling ultra-low sample inputs and streamlining NGS workflows for epigenetic and other applications
Gerardas Dambrauska
Swift Bioscience, US
Company speaker
15:20
15:55
Hit-and-run epigenetic editing prevents senescence entry in primary breast cells from healthy donors
Emily Saunderson
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Academic speaker
15:55
16:10
Selected abstract: Specialization and plasticity of biological systems: when social insects teach us to look further up
Solenn Patalano
Fleming Institute, GR
Selected from abstracts
16:10
16:15
Sponsored talk: TeloPrime for cap-specific full-length RNA sequencing on Nanopore and PacBio platforms
Lukas Paul
Senior Manager of Scientific Affairs, Lexogen, AT
Sponsored talk
16:15
16:50
Coffee break
16:50
17:15
Revealing the living genome: direct decoding of DNA, RNA and modified bases using Depixus’ novel technology
Gordon Hamilton
Depixus, FR
Company speaker
17:15
17:50
Sequencing-based functional readouts to probe genome regulation
Bas Van Steensel
NKI, NL
Academic speaker
14:20
16:25
Parallel session 2: Metagenomics
Chair: Jeroen Raes
14:20
14:55
Tara oceans: Eco-systems biology at planetary scale
Chris Bowler
IBENS, FR
Academic speaker
14:55
15:30
Human skin microbiome: Trans-Kingdom, host-immune interactions
Julie Segre
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, US
Academic speaker
15:30
16:05
Uncovering extensive species and strain-level diversity in the human microbiome
Nicola Segata
CIBIO - University of Trento, IT
Academic speaker
16:05
16:20
Selected abstract: Characterization of microbial communities in harsh environments
Camilla Urbaniak
NASA-JPL, US
Selected from abstracts
16:20
16:25
Sponsored talk: Fully automated NGS approach for bacterial and fungal communities analysis
Pedro Echave
NGS Sample Prep Expert, Perkin Elmer, BE
Sponsored talk
16:25
16:50
Coffee break
17:50
19:00
Reception
19:00
20:00
Social program
20:00
22:30
Conference dinner
Day 2 - Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
08:30
09:00
Coffee
09:00
12:45
Parallel session 3: Emerging technologies
Chairs: Stefaan Derveaux & Silvie Van den Hoecke
09:00
09:35
Spatial genomics: dynamics and organization of the nascent transcriptome by Intron SeqFISH
Long Cai
California Institute of Technology, US
Academic speaker
09:35
10:00
In situ sequencing – the next generation tissue analysis
Malte Kühnemund
Cartana, SE
Company speaker
10:00
10:35
Spatially resolved transcriptomics using targeted in situ sequencing
Mats Nilsson
Stockholm University, SE
Academic speaker
10:35
10:40
Sponsored talk: Advances in single-cell RNA-seq for deciphering mechanisms of disease
Matthieu Pesant
NGS product manager - scientific support specialist, Takara Bio Europe, FR
Sponsored talk
10:40
11:10
Coffee break
11:10
11:45
The fabric of the neocortex
Andreas Tolias
Baylor College of Medicine, US
Academic speaker
11:45
12:10
Development of an automated system to process solid tissues into single cells and nuclei
John Bashkin
S2 Genomics, US
Company speaker
12:10
12:45
Building chromatin: histone variants and chaperones at work
Genevieve Almouzni
Institut Curie, PSL Research University, FR
Academic speaker
09:00
12:35
Parallel session 4: Population scale and clinical sequencing
Chair: Bernard Thienpont
09:00
09:35
Long-read sequencing of structurally variant genomes
Evan Eichler
University of Washington, US
Academic speaker
09:35
10:00
An industry interface into population genomics at scale
Paul Jones
Illumina, US
Company speaker
10:00
10:35
Medical genetics: Identification of hidden structural variants with long-read sequencing
Alexander Hoischen
Radboud University Medical Center, NL
Academic speaker
10:35
10:40
Sponsored talk: Taking PCR to the next level : Bio-Rad’s droplet PCR applications
Koen De Gelas
Regional Sales Specialist ddPCR, Bio-Rad, BE
Sponsored talk
10:40
11:10
Coffee break
11:10
11:35
rhAmpSeq™ -- a novel, elegant targeted amplicon sequencing system leveraging the power of IDT’s proprietary rhPCR chemistry
Allen Nguyen
Integrated DNA Technologies, US
Company speaker
11:35
12:10
Implementation of clinical grade whole genome sequencing: the Genome Analytics Platform
Joris Vermeesch
KU Leuven, BE
Academic speaker
12:10
12:35
Bionano genome mapping: high-throughput mapping of structural variation in cancer and genetic disease
Yannick Delpu
Bionano Genomics, US
Company speaker
12:45
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:15
Poster session
14:15
18:00
Plenary session 2: Single Cell
Chairs: Bernard Thienpont & Silvie Van den Hoecke
14:15
14:50
Reconstructing tissue architecture by single cell genomics
Sarah Teichmann
Wellcome Sanger institute, UK
Academic speaker
14:50
15:15
Accelerating biology: 10x Genomics products and vision
Mike Stubbington
10XGenomics, US
Company speaker
15:15
15:50
Preventing therapy-induced cancer stemness
Jean-Christophe Marine
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, BE
Academic speaker
15:50
16:15
Proteomics in the era of high-throughput single-cell sequencing via TotalSeq™
Kristopher Nazor
BioLegend, US
Company speaker
16:15
16:45
Coffee break
16:45
17:00
Selected abstract: Single cell profiling of different cancer types before and during immune checkpoint therapy
Marlies Vanden Bempt
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:00
17:25
High-resolution analysis of tumor architecture and evolution with single-cell DNA sequencing
Anup Parikh
Mission Bio, US
Company speaker
17:25
18:00
Single-cell multi-omics to study DNA mutation, genetic heterogeneity and disease
Thierry Voet
KU Leuven, BE
Academic speaker
18:00
18:15
Closing remarks
Day 3 - Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
Nanopore Day
Nanopore Days are an opportunity for people to hear the latest tech updates from Oxford Nanopore as well as hearing from local users about their latest projects using nanopore sequencing. The Nanopore Day in Antwerp will also include product display and a technical Q&A with the Nanopore team. The agenda of the day is yet to be finalized.
Would you like to be part of this interesting complementary day of RNGS19? Please book a place via the link below as pre-registration is required.
Book a place
09:00
09:30
Registration
09:30
17:00
Nanopore Day Sessions
17:00
18:00
Reception
Organizing committee
Bernard Thienpont
KU Leuven, BE
Jeroen Raes
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, BE
Mojca Strazisar
VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, BE
Silvie Van den Hoecke
VIB Headquarters, BE
Stefaan Derveaux
VIB Nucleomics Core, BE
Evy Vierstraete
Science Events Manager VIB, BE
Abstracts
The full list of abstracts will be available on 19-03-2019 until 09-04-2019
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Attendees
The full list of attendees will be available on 19-03-2019 until 09-04-2019
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
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