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Oxford Global, London, UK
12-13 November 2015
In keeping with Oxford Global’s highly successful life sciences series, an expert panel of 80 speakers will present a full conference programme covering the topics outlined below: Day 1 Stream 1 – Updates in NGS Technologies & Platforms & Latest Applications - Updates in DNA, RNA & protein sequencing technologies
- Novel gene synthesis & gene editing technologies in NGS
- Application of NGS technologies for health & diseases research
Day 2 Stream 1 – NGS Data Analysis Technologies & Platforms - Developments in NGS analysis technologies
- Comparison of NGS platforms and software
- Integration of ‘omic’ data sets
- Genetic and genomic data analysis
- Metagenomics data analysis challenges
- Big data & cloud computing in NGS
Day 1 Stream 2 – NGS in Therapeutic Research - Future role of NGS in personalised oncology & biomarkers
- Impact of NGS on oncology drug discovery and early clinical development
- Using NGS to understand immunotherapy
- Microbial genomics & human health studies
- Infectious diseases research including HIV, TB & influenza
Day 2 Stream 1 – NGS: Clinical Applications & Diagnostics - Bringing NGS into the clinic: are we ready?
- Developing NGS strategies for use in clinical diagnostics
- Exome sequencing – transforming clinical medicine
- Diagnostic case studies
- Implementing RNA seq data in the clinic
- Droplet dPCR to characterise cancer mutations
Co-located 3rd Annual Single Cell Analysis Congress: Day 1 – Single Cell Genomics & Transcriptomics - Application of single cell genomics in understanding:
- Circulating tumour cells
- Cancer stem cells
- Rare cell conditions
- Single cell RNA sequencing
- Quantitative analysis of single cells
- Single cell transcriptome analysis
Day 2 – Single Cell Analysis Technologies - Tools and technologies for single cell analysis:
- Cytometry: Imaging, Flow & Mass
- Nanofluidics and microfluidics
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- RNA FISH
- Fluorescence lifetime imaging
- Isolation and purification methods
- Single cell analysis: sample preparation
Co-located Genome Editing Congress: Day 1 – Genome Editing Techniques - CRISPR Cas9 system
- Zinc-finger nucleases
- TALENs
- Delivery systems: viral, nucleic acid, protein
- Achieving editing and control at whole-genome scale
- Improving genome targeting precision
- Delivery of different modifications: knockdown, knockout, knockin
Day 2 – Therapeutic Applications of Genome Editing: - Therapeutic application case studies:
- Immunotherapies
- Gene therapy
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Genetic disorders
- Target identification
- Precision medicine
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Current 2015 Speakers of the 7th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress are: - Tim Hubbard, Professor of Bioinformatics, King's College London, Head of Bioinformatics, Genomics England, Honorary Faculty, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- Mark Beggs, Chief Executive, Stratified Medicine Scotland – Innovation Centre
- Siemon Ng, Scientist, Analytical Research and Development, North America Sanofi Pasteur
- Simon Patton, Director, European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (EMQN)
- Darren Monckton, Professor of Human Genetics, University of Glasgow
- Jacqueline Boultwood, Professor in Molecular Haematology, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford
- Massimiliano Di Ventra, Professor of Physics, University of California
- Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Professor, Head of Metagenomics, Technical University of Denmark
- Juan Pablo Couso, Professor of Developmental Genetics (Neuroscience), University of Sussex
- Andrzej Kierzek, Professor of Systems Biology, University of Surrey
- Neil Hull, Professor, Functional and Comparative Genomics, University of Liverpool
- Peter Wild, Professor, Systems Pathology & Clinical HT Genomics Lab, Institute of Surgical Pathology, Univ. Hospital Zurich
- Tony Papenfuss, Associate Professor, Head, Computational Biology, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research
- Timothy Ravasi, Associate Professor, Bioscience, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Christopher Woelk, Reader in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Director of the Genomics Core, University of Southampton
- Sterghios A. Moschos, Reader in Industrial Biotechnology & Biochemistry, Director, Westminster Genomic Services, University of Westminster
- Mathew Upton, Reader in Medical Microbiology, Plymouth University
- Ana Alfirevic, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool
- Peter White, Director of Molecular Bioinformatics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Justin Pachebat, Senior Lecturer Microbial Genomics, Aberystwyth University
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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Limited Poster Presentation Availability
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Registration:
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Registration is now open. Contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk or call +44(0)1865 248455
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E-mail:
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d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk
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