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Next Generation Sequencing Congress 2014

 
  March 17, 2014  
     
 
Oxford Global, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster
20-21 November 2014


THE EVENT

In keeping with Oxford Global’s highly successful life sciences series, an expert panel of 60 speakers will present a full conference programme covering the following key topics including:

NGS Congress

Day One

Day 1 Stream1 –Human Genome  & Genetics Research –Next Generation Sequencing Technologies, Data Analysis and Platforms

  • Sequencing platforms, and generating biological senses out of NGS data

-       Comparison of NGS Platforms and Methods

-       RNA Sequencing

-       Whole Genome Sequencing

-       miRNA- Sequencing

-       DNA Sequencing

  • Targeted Sequencing / Sequence Enrichment
  • Data Analysis

Day 1 Stream 2 – Innovations in Epigenetics, Analytical Genomics & Applications of NGS in Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

  • Comparative Genomics
  • Epigenetics
  • DNA methylation
    • Human Metagenomics in Gut / Skin bacteria/ Metagenome
    • Generating & Analysing data

-       Pathogen genomics

-       Bacteria & human health interactions

-       Nutrigenomics

Day Two

Day 2 Stream  1 –  NGS and Applications in Drug Discovery & Drug Development

  • Application of NGS in therapeutic antibody discovery
  • NGS & Pharmacogenetics in cardiology
  • Gene discovery in Alzheimer’s disease
  • Viral discovery
  • Next-Generation Sequencing for Identification of microRNAs as Biomarkers

Day 2 Stream  2  – NGS Applications Case Studies – Personalised Medicine, Clinical & Molecular Diagnostics Development

  • NGS Applications in Cancer, Biomarkers,  Clinical Development/ Diagnostics
  • Personalised Medicine Applications
  • NGS in clinical applications
  • Clinical validation of NGS for targeted sequencing for clinical applications
  • Work Flow Management

CO- LOCATED WITH SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS CONGRESS

Day 1 Stream 3 –& Single Cell Genomics and Transcriptomics

  • Whole genome amplification
  • Isolation methods
  • FACS
  • Genome sequencing in single cells
  • Single cell proteomics & metabolomics
  • Challenges of integrating information
  • Epigenetic analysis of single cells

Day 2  – Single Cell Genomics and Transcriptomics

  • Applications in therapeutic areas: rare diseases, oncology, pre natal etc.
  • Applications & implications in clinical and diagnostic development
  • Quantitative imaging in single cells
  • Novel analysis platforms
  • Transcriptome analysis of single cells
  • Managing & validating data for diagnostic use
 
 
Organized by: Oxford Global Conferences
Invited Speakers:
  • Yuriy Alekseyev
    Director, Microarray Resource, Research Associate Professor, BUSM
  • Stephen Abbs
    Director of Genetics Laboratories, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Yuriy Alekseyev
    Director, Microarray Resource, Research Assistant Professor, BUS
  • Wilhelm Ansorge
    Visiting Professor, EPFL Lausanne (ETH Lausanne)
  • Julie Audet

    Associate Professor, University of Toronto

  • David Bensimon
    Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris & Department Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
  • Michael Bevan
    Strategic Programe Leader, John Innes Centre
  • Valesca Boisguérin

    Head of Medical Genomics, TRON (Translational Oncology), Mainz, Germany

  • Gareth Butland
    Staff Scientist, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
  • John Castle
    Co-Director, Biomarker Development Center, TRON, Translational Oncology gGmbH
  • Oscar Ces
    Co-Chair of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology Centre for Doctoral Training, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London
  • Marcus Claesson
    Principal Investigator, University College Cork
  • Juan-Pablo Couso

    Professor of Developmental Genetics, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex

  • Charles Cox
    Head of Genetics Experiment Design and Delivery, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre
  • Patrick Descombes
    Head of Functional Genomics Core, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA
  • Jeremy Edwards
    Professor, University of New Mexico
  • Jan Eijkel
    Professor, University of Twente
  • Rachel Errington
    Professor Molecular Cellular Imaging and Systems Cytometry, Cardiff University
  • Johan ET Van Hylckama Vlieg
    Scientific Director Gut Microbiota and Probiotics, Danone Research
  • Andrew Farmer
    D.Phil. Vice President R&D, Clontech Laboratories Inc
  • Emmanuel Fort
    Professor, Institut Langevin, ESPCI
  • Emmanuel Fort
    Professor, Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, Université Paris Diderot
  • Joseph Irudayaraj
    Professor, Purdue University
  • Kenneth J. Livak
    Senior Scientific Fellow, Fluidigm Corporation
  • Steve Kain
    Director of Product Management, NuGEN Technologies, Inc.
  • Alexander Kohlmann
    Laboratory Director NGS at Münchner Leukämielabor, RainDance Technologies
  • Jonas Korlach
    Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
  • Thomas Kroneis
    Head of Research Unit for Single Cell Analysis, Medical University of Graz
  • Wolfgang Losert
    Associate Professor, University of Maryland
  • Wolfgang Losert
    Associate Professor and Director, Partnership for Cancer Technology, University of Maryland College Park
  • Ole Lund
    Professor, Graduate Engineer, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark
  • Joakim Lundeberg
    Professor and  Director National Genomics Infrastructure, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm
  • Jennifer M. Fettweis
    Project Director, Vaginal Microbiome Consortium, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Shrikant M. Mane
    Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Co- Director, Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory
  • Rosa M. Prieto Sánchez
    Cap d'Unitat, Unitat d'Alta Tecnologia (UAT) Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
  • Darren Marjenberg
    Genomics Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies
  • W. Richard McCombie

    Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)

  • Rob McEwen
    Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Oncology IMED, AstraZeneca
  • Alan Mcnally
    Senior Lecturer Molecular Microbiology, Nottingham Trent University
  • Knut Mohr
    Senior Global Product Manager, LGC Genomics
  • Lorenzo Monserrat
    CEO, Health in Code SL
  • Kevin Morgan
    Professor of Human Genomics and Molecular Genetics, Nottingham University
  • Michele Morgante
    Scientific Director, Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Università di Udine
  • Michele Morgante

    Scientific Director of Istituto di Genomica Applicata and Professor of Genetics at the University of Udin

  • Peter N. Robinson
    Professor of Medical Genomics, Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Humangenetik Charité
  • Garry Nolan
    Professor of Genetics, Stanford University
  • Edward Oakeley
    Basel Head, Next Generation Sequencing Technologies, Novartis
  • Sunghee Oh
    Research Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre Research Foundation, USA
  • Justin Pachebat
    Senior Lecturer Microbial Genomics, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
  • Ketan Patel
    Healthcare Solutions Consultant, Oracle Health Sciences
  • Steven Potter
    Professor, Cincinnati Children's Medical Centre
  • Michael Quail
    Sequencing R&D Team Leader, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
  • Anthony Rowe
    Principal Research Scientist – External Innovation , Janssen R&D
  • Anthony Rowe
    Principal Research Scientist - External Innovation, R&D IT, Janssen Research and Development
  • Eric Sarcey
    Analytical Scientist - Analytical R&D, Sanofi Pasteur
  • Ryan Sayre
    EMC EMEA Technical Strategist, S3
  • Frank Schacherer
    CTO BIOBASE GmbH
  • Christopher Schofield
    Head of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford
  • Carol Shoulders
    Professor of Lipidology, Centre for Endocrinology, UK
  • Carol Shoulders
    Carol Shoulders, Principal Investigator, Queen Mary University of London
  • Ben Sidders
    Principal Scientist, Neusentis Cambridge, UK
  • David Smith
    Professor Chairman of the Technology Assessment Group, Mayo Clinic
  • Elia Stupka

    Co-Director and Head of Unit, Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute

  • Anders Ståhlberg
    Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg
  • Huw Summers
    Professor of Nanotechnology for Health, Swansea University
  • Raimo Tanzi
    Director NGS Business Developement Europe, Life Technologies
  • Bjorn Usadel

    Professor RWTH Aachen University and a Co-Director Forschungszentrum Jülich

  • Björn Usadel
    Professor, RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • Carol Van Heerden
    Manager: Central Analytical Facilities - DNA Sequencing Unit, Stellenbosch University
  • Carel Van Heerden
    Manager DNA Sequencing Unit, University of Stellenbosch
  • Thierry Voet
    Head of the Laboratory of Reproductive Genomics, University of Leuven (Belgium) & Wellcome Trust Sanger Insitute (UK)
  • Alan Walker
    Scientist, Pathogen Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton
  • Charles Wang
    Director, Functional Genomics Core, Beckman Research Institute, Associate Research Professor, Dept of Molecular & Cellular Biology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Ruthild Weber
    Professor of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
  • Chris Weeden
    Senior Systems Engineer, Panasas
  • Stefan Wiemann
    Division Molecular Genome Analysis, and Core Facilities Genomics and Proteomics, German Cancer Research Center
  • Stefan Wolf

    Professor, Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, High Throughput Sequencing Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

  • Ji Wu
    International Marketing Director, Roche Sequencing Solutions
 
Deadline for Abstracts: .
 
Registration:

http://www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com/

 

For information on prices and discounts, please contact Danielle on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk

 
   
 
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