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WELCOME TO NGS 2018!

Hosted by the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Next Generation Sequencing Conference 2018 (NGS 2018) is a dedicated meeting on cutting-edge approaches to the processing and analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data. The goal of this conference is to bring together bioinformatics researchers and biologists facing new high-throughput sequencing challenges. The conference will feature presentations showing how current platforms can be used to address key biological questions and on the current state of the art for data analysis. Emphasis will also be placed on emerging and future trends in high-throughput sequencing and the associated computational challenges.


Topics include:

• Single cell genomics and transcriptomics
• Genome structure and population genomics
• State of the art sequencing technologies, and technologies under development
• Novel applications of NGS technologies in genomics and biology
• Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression
• Epigenetics and chromatin structure
• Research breakthroughs based on exhaustive applications of NGS
• Clinical and translational applications
• Applications to agriculture and biotechnology
• Societal and economic implications: forensic law, sociology research, history, etc.

The conference will also aim to encompass the associated computational challenges:

• Novel algorithms, methods and pipelines
• Comparative benchmarks of methods
• Hardware developments specific to NGSHigh performance computing in NGS
• Computation in portable NGS devices, micro- and nano-NGS devices
• Computation during data acquisition
• Software implementations to enable NGS applications

The submission of both original and previously published research will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation. Plan to submit your research to this engaging conference! Providers of software or technology as also encouraged to participate in the conference.

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Keynote Speakers

Ami Bhatt Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Divisions of Hematology and BMT Stanford University			Francesca Ciccarelli Reader in Genomics and Bioinformatics King's College London
Nick Loman School of Biosciences University of Birmingham			Nicholas Luscombe Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Laboratory The Francis Crick Institute

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Conference Chairs

Núria López-Bigas, PhD
ICREA Research Professor
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

Francisco M. De La Vega, D.Sc.
Senior Vice President of Genomics, Fabric Genomics Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine

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Conference Sponsors

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COMMITTEES

Conference Chairs

Núria López-Bigas, PhD
ICREA Research Professor
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

Francisco M. De La Vega, D.Sc.
Senior Vice President of Genomics, Fabric Genomics Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine

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Steering Committee

Francisco M. De La Vega Senior Vice President  of Genomics, Fabric Genomics Inc. Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine USA			Núria López-Bigas, PhD ICREA Research Professor Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Spain
Thomas Lengauer Max Planck Institute for Informatics Germany			Janet Kelso Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Germany
Cédric Notredame Centre for Genomic Regulation Spain			Stephan Ossowski Centre for Genomic Regulation Spain
Laura Prat Centre for Genomic Regulation Spain			Roderic Guigo Serra Centre for Genomic Regulation Spain
Alfonso Valencia Barcelona Supercomputing Center Spain			Diane Kovats International Society for Computational Biology USA

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Program Committee

Chairs

Núria López-Bigas
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain

Fransisco M. De La Vega
Senior Vice President of Genomics, Fabric Genomics Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine
USA

Members

Christoph Bock
Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Mario Cáceres
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hannah Carter
University of California, San Diego, USA

Toni Gabaldon Estevan
Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Ivo Gut
National Center for Genome Analysis, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Olivier Harismendy,
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA

Anna Vilborg Hatrwig
TOMA Biosciences, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Holger Heyn
National Center for Genome Analysis, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Simon Heath
National Center for Genome Analysis, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Fiona Hyland
Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Francisco, USA

Ryan Koehler
VerdAscend Sciences, West Linn, USA

Stephan Ossowski
Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
Institute for Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, Tübingen,  Germany

Thomas Rattei
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tobias Rausch
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Jakob Skou Pedersen
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

David Torrents
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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CODE OF CONDUCT

ISCB Conferences

The International Society for Computational Biology, Inc. (ISCB) assumes that most people are intelligent and well-intended, and we're not inclined to tell people what to do. However, we want every ISCB conference to be a safe and productive environment for everyone. Attendees should respect common sense rules for public behavior, personal interaction, common courtesy, and respect for private property.

ISCB doesn’t condone harassment or offensive behavior, at our conference venues or anywhere. It's counter to our organization values. More importantly, it's counter to our values as human beings.

Abusive, racist, sexist, harassing, or threatening behavior towards any other participant or directed at any organizer, student volunteer, ISCB staff, convention center staff, or security will not be tolerated.

We invite you to help us make each ISCB conference a place that is welcoming and respectful to all participants, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, national origin, ethnicity, or religion. This allows everyone the opportunity to focus on the conference itself, and the great networking and community richness that happens when we get together in person. Please report any incidents in which an attendee of the meeting is abusive, insulting, intimidating, bothersome, or acting in an unsafe or illegal manner to ISCB staff or security immediately.

We expect all participants to follow the Code of Conduct during the conference. This includes conference-related social events at off-site locations, and in related online communities and social media. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Conference participants violating this Code of Conduct may be expelled from the conference without a refund.

Please bring any concerns to the immediate attention of the event staff, or contact our Executive Director, Diane Kovats, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We thank our participants for your help in keeping the event welcoming, respectful, and friendly to all participants.

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KEY DATES

Key Dates for NGS 2018 (April 9-11)

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REGISTER

 
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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