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Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing (5th edition)

27-28 March 2023, Ghent, Belgium
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Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing (5th edition)

Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing (5th edition)

A VIB Tools and Technologies conference

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After 4 very successful editions (Jan 2015, Leuven, March 2017, Antwerp and March 2019, Antwerp, March 2021, virtual), VIB is proud to present the fifth edition of this Tools & Technologies conference.

Next-generation sequencing has been and is still revolutionizing discoveries across life sciences. While established sequencing technologies are now fully embedded in the clinic and diagnostic settings, novel technological advancements spur the next revolution in sequencing technologies. These will open new avenues for research and enable new genomics insights not possible before. This conference aims to bring together experts in established and novel sequencing technologies and top scientists in the field.

Over the past decade, technological advances that enable the characterization of single cells at the molecular level rather than in bulk tissues have led to significant breakthrough discoveries with revolutionary insights in diseases, such as cancer, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, the specific focus of this conference will be on advances in single-cell sequencing, ranging from transcriptomics, genomics, and proteomics to combined multi-omics analysis at the single-cell level. On top, with spatial context of cells becoming increasingly essential to unravel cell functioning and behavior, a dedicated session will focus on technological advancements in spatial sequencing and breakthrough scientific discoveries that these have enabled.

This exciting conference puts together an excellent program including renowned leaders in the field that will cover the following topics:

  • Emerging sequencing platforms
  • New applications of long-read sequencing technologies
  • Computational genomics & data analysis
  • Outbreak sequencing & population-scale
  • Single-cell sequencing
  • Spatial technologies


In addition to a great scientific and technology program, the conference will provide many opportunities to network during the breaks, poster sessions, and much more!

Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All accepted poster submissions will have a chance to win the Poster Prize!

The conference dinner on Monday 27 March is sold out. Should you still wish to have dinner with some conference attendees, you can find our restaurant recommendations here.

Host City: Ghent
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Confirmed speakers

Aruna Ayer
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Aruna Ayer

Aruna Ayer

Senior Director, Single Cell Multiomics R&D at BD Biosciences, US

Program

Day 1 - Monday, 27 March, 2023

08:30
09:05
Registration & coffee
09:05
09:15
Welcome
09:15
13:00
Plenary session 1: Single cell sequencing

Concertzaal

09:15
09:50
Single-cell transcriptomics for uncovering the bacterial phenotypic heterogeneity
09:50
10:15
Scaling Up Single Cell Genomics with Split Pool Combinatorial Barcoding
10:15
10:50
High-throughput robust single-cell profiling of DNA methylation
10:50
11:25
Coffee break
11:25
11:50
Single source for single-cell multiomics

Aruna Ayer

Senior Director, Single Cell Multiomics R&D at BD Biosciences, US
Company speaker
11:50
12:25
Single-cell multi-omics to study human development and disease etiopathogenesis
12:25
12:30
Expanding the Possibilities of Single Cell Sequencing

Anona Bamford

Market Development Leader Applied Genomics EMEAI, Perkin Elmer, UK
Sponsored talk
12:30
12:35
Spatially resolved transcriptome for target discovery for Alzheimer’s disease suggests cellular resilience to tauopathy induced by amyloid plaques

Ashley Lu

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Poster pitch
12:35
12:40
Systematic benchmarking of single-cell ATAC sequencing methods

Florian De Rop

KU Leuven, VIB Centre for Brain & Disease research, BE
Poster pitch
12:40
12:45
Impact of wearing, washing and drying on odour generation and the microbiome of textile clothing

Celia Diez Lopez

Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, BE
Poster pitch
12:45
12:50
Single-cell whole genome sequencing methods to study somatic CNVs in brain

Ester Kalef-Ezra

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, GB; Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, US
Poster pitch
12:50
12:55
Ultra-fast deep-learned pediatric CNS tumor classification during surgery

Marc Pagès-Gallego

UMC Utrecht Center for Molecular Medicine, NL; Oncode Institute, NL
Poster pitch
12:55
13:00
RNA-GAM captures cell-state dependent dynamic changes in 3D genome topology and gene expression

Thomas Sparks

Epigenetic Regulation and Chromatin Architecture Group, Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin Institute for Medica, DE
Poster pitch
13:00
13:45
Lunch
13:45
14:30
Poster session
14:30
16:30
Parallel session 1: Spatial technologies

Kraakhuis

14:30
15:05
Imaging the transcriptome: Creating tissue atlases with MERFISH
15:05
15:30
The Spatial Biology Revolution: multi-omic whole-transcriptome Digital Spatial Profiling and single-cell and sub-cellular ultra-high-plex Spatial Molecular Imaging
Company speaker
15:30
16:05
A journey in Spatial Transcriptomics across kingdoms
16:05
16:30
Spatial transcriptomics without compromising data quality

Jeroen Aerts

Customer Technology Advisor, Resolve Biosciences, Monheim am Rhein, DE
Company speaker
14:30
16:30
Parallel session 2: Computational & data analysis

Concertzaal

14:30
15:05
Applied genomics of native species and indigenous considerations

David Chagné

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), NZ
Academic speaker
15:05
15:30
De novo sequencing and assembly of genomes using long reads
15:30
16:05
Profiling of antibody repertoires and immunoglobulin loci enables large-scale analyses of adaptive immune systems
16:05
16:30
New methods for chromosome-scale haplotype-resolved genomes

Shilpa Garg

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DK
Company speaker
16:30
17:00
Coffee break
17:00
18:10
Plenary session 2: Closing day 1

Concertzaal

17:00
17:35
Development of scalable spatial genomics tools to understand the nervous system
17:35
18:10
Human genetic research in the age of mass surveillance
18:10
19:00
Reception
19:00
22:00
Social activity + conference dinner

Day 2 - Tuesday, 28 March, 2023

08:45
09:15
Coffee
09:15
12:30
Plenary session 3: Outbreak & population scale

Concertzaal

09:15
09:50
Sequence everything: reference genomes across the tree of life
09:50
10:15
Trailblazing path to sub hundred-dollar genome

Yong Hou

General Manager, MGI Europe and Africa DE
Company speaker
10:15
10:50
Utility of Real time portable genome sequencing for global food security
10:50
11:25
Coffee break
11:25
11:50
This is the Genome Era. Breakthrough innovations to accelerate genomic discovery and actionable insights
11:50
12:25
A genomics appraisal of invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa
12:25
12:30
Single day NGS

Caroline Rosseel

Sr. Product Specialist NGS, Business Development BeNeLux, ThermoFisher, BE
Sponsored talk
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:30
Poster session
14:30
16:35
Parallel session 3: New applications of long read sequencing technologies

Concertzaal

14:30
14:55
Adventures in methylomics and a view to the $100 genome

James Hadfield

Senior Director (Epigenomics) Translational Medicine, R&D Oncology, AstraZeneca, UK
Company speaker
14:55
15:30
Bridging Genotype and Phenotype Through Single-Cell and Single-Molecule Multi-Omics
15:30
15:55
Size really doesn’t matter, except for when it does
Company speaker
15:55
16:30
Leveraging long-read sequencing to capture repeat expansions and transcript variants in neurodegenerative diseases
16:30
16:35
Introduction to PacBio’s Highly Accurate Long-Read Sequencing

Neil Ward

Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, PacBio, UK
Sponsored talk
14:30
16:25
Parallel session 4: Emerging technology platforms

Kraakhuis

14:30
14:55
See biology in new ways - Advancements in 10x Single Cell and Spatial Technologies
Company speaker
14:55
15:20
Generating long-range sequencing information without long-read sequencing

Tom Chen

CSO, Universal Sequencing Technology, US
Company speaker
15:20
15:55
Unlocking the Potential of Single-Molecule Proteomics: Utilizing Nanopore Sequencing Techniques
15:55
16:20
Avidity Sequencing on the AVITI System - Sequencing Reimagined

Shawn Levy

Chief Scientific Officer, Element Biosciences, US
Company speaker
16:20
16:25
A Miniaturized NGS Genotyping approach in plants

Maria Savino

Ph.D, Field Marketing Manager, Beckman Coulter, EU
Sponsored talk
16:25
16:55
Coffee break
16:55
18:05
Plenary session 4: Closing day 2

Concertzaal

16:55
17:30
Quantitative microbiome profiling in health and disease
Academic speaker
17:30
18:05
How has Next-Generation Sequencing revolutionized our understanding of human history?
18:05
18:15
Closing

Organizing committee

Rekin's Janky

VIB Nucleomics Core, BE

Bram Van den Bergh

VIB-KULeuven Center for Microbiology, BE

Katy Vandereyken

KU Leuven, BE

Abstracts

The full list of abstracts will be available on 13-03-2023 until 28-04-2023
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.

Attendees

The full list of attendees will be available on 13-03-2023 until 28-04-2023
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.