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| MONDAY, 3 APRIL | ||
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| 08:00 | 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30 | 09:00 | Opening by Alfonso VALENCIA (ISCB) |
| 09:00 | 09:45 | Keynote Deanna CHURCH, 10x Genomics California, USA Advancing genomics drop by drop |
| Session 1: Methods (chair: Stephan Ossowski) |
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| 09:45 | 10:03 | OP1 Mapping and phasing of structural variation in patient genomes using nanopore sequencing Wigard KLOOSTERMAN, UMC Utrecht NL |
| 10:03 | 10:21 | OP2 GemBS – fast and efficient WGBS data processing pipeline Angelika MERKEL, Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), Barcelona ES |
| 10:21 | 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | 11:08 | OP3 High-Throughput Data Analysis Workflow for Large Scale Epigenome Profiling Povilas GIBAS, Department of Biological DNA Modification, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University LT |
| 11:08 | 11:26 | OP4 GRIDSS: sensitive and specific genomic rearrangement detection using positional de Bruijn graph assembly Daniel CAMERON, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria AU |
| 11:26 | 11:44 | OP5 Count-based Probabilistic PCA for single-cell data analysis Ghislain DURIF, CNRS, FR |
| 11:44 | 12:02 | OP6 Approaches to building spatio-temporal models of splicing regulation that include RNA structure Dmitri PERVOUCHINE, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona ES |
| 12:02 | 12:20 | OP7 OrthoFiller — identifying missing annotations for evolutionarily conserved genes Michael DUNNE, University of Oxford UK |
| 12:20 | 12:38 | OP8 Bi-CoPaM: an automated method to identify clusters of consistently co-expressed genes from multiple heterogeneous transcriptomic datasets Basel ABU-JAMOUS, University of Oxford UK |
| 12:38 | 14:00 | Lunch and Poster viewing |
| 14:00 | 14:05 | Introduction by Cedric NOTREDAME (CRG) |
| 14:05 | 14:50 | Keynote Jan KORBEL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg DE From genomic variation to molecular mechanism |
| Session 2: Population Genomics (chair: Mario Cáceres) |
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| 14:50 | 15:08 | OP9 Genetic variants of 1,011 natural yeast genomes provide a deep insight into the multiplicity of the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity Anne FRIEDRICK, University of Strasbourg FR |
| 15:08 | 15:26 | OP10 Population Genomics of Transposable Elements in Drosophila Maite G. BARRÓN ADURIZ, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Barcelona ES |
| 15:26 | 15:44 | OP11 Genome-wide scans between two geographically isolated honeybee subpopulations reveal putative signatures of human-mediated selection Melanie PAREJO, Swiss Bee Research Center, Agroscope and Institute of Bee Health, University of Bern CH |
| 15:44 | 16:00 | Tech Talk 1: BaseSpace Sequence Hub: Software suite for high throughput sequencing technology and NGS data management Kevin MIRANDA, EMEA Bioinformatics Specialist, Illumina |
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 | 16:48 | OP12 Exploiting NGS data to quantify within-host viral evolution Christopher ILLINGWORTH, University of Cambridge UK |
| 16:48 | 17:06 | OP13 Studying miRNA and isomiR populations in Norwegian rheumatoid arthritis patients Fatima HEINICKE and XiangFu ZHONG, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo, University Hospital NO |
| 17:06 | 17:24 | OP14 Insights into gorilla speciation and current genetic health with structural variant analysis Andrey GRIGORIEV, Rutgers University USA |
| 17:24 | 17:39 | Tech Talk 2: A One-stop Shop for Finding and Accessing Genomics Data Manuel CORPAS, Scientific Lead at Repositive |
| 17:39 | 19:30 | Poster Session |
| 20:00 | Conference Dinner will be held at the Marina Bay restaurant (Calle Marina, 19-21) – Ticket required | |
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| TUESDAY, 4 APRIL | ||
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| 08:45 | 09:00 | Morning welcome and Introduction |
| 09:00 | 09:05 | Introduction by Janet KELSO (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) |
| 09:05 | 09:50 | Keynote Jaume BERTRANPETIT Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, Spain Unveiling the information in the variation in the human genome: from ancestry to adaptation |
| Session 3: Human Variation (chair: Janet Kelso) |
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| 09:50 | 10:08 | OP15 “Evolutionarily ancient genes accumulate intronic deletions in human populations” Maria RIGAU, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University UK |
| 10:08 | 10:26 | OP16 Life beyond NGS: Overcoming current limitations in the study of human inversions with new high-throughput methods to validate and genotype them in multiple individuals Mario CACERES, ICREA and Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ES |
| 10:26 | 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | 11:18 | OP17 eDGAR: a webserver for analysing the relationship among genes and polygenic diseases Giulia BABBI, University of Bologna IT |
| 11:18 | 11:36 | OP18 Where did you come from, where did you go: Integrating SV Detection Methods for Horizontal Gene Transfer Detection from NGS Data Kathrin TRAPPE, Robert Koch Institute DE |
| 11:36 | 11:54 | OP19 RNA editing heterogeneity in human brain revealed by Single Cell RNAseq Ernesto PICARDI, University of Bari & IBBE-CNR, IT |
| 11:54 | 12:12 | OP20 A Real-time Approach for Privacy Protection in Next Generation Sequencing Tobias P. LOKA, Robert Koch Insitute, DE |
| 12:12 | 12:30 | OP21 Analysis of copy-number variations from whole-exome sequencing data using the CANOES software reveals rare genomic rearrangements involved in neuropsychiatric disorders Olivier QUENEZ, Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm U1245, Normandy Centre for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, CNR-MAJ, Rouen FR |
| 12:30 | 12:48 | OP22 Genetic stratification in a cohort of patients with familiar dilated cardiomyopathy Lenka PIHEROVA, Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University CZ |
| 12:48 | 13:03 | Tech Talk 3: End-2-End Infrastructure for NGS Wolfgang MERTZ, CTO Life Sciences and Healthcare, Dell EMC Isilon |
| 13:03 | 14:30 | Poster Session |
| Session 4: Genomics (chair: Cedric Notredame) |
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| 14:30 | 14:48 | OP23 Characterization of Vaccinium vitis-idaea genetic diversity and its association with environmental and biochemical variables Lourdes PENA-CASTILLO, Memorial University of Newfoundland CA |
| 14:48 | 15:06 | OP24 Findings from the Fourth Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation, a community experiment to evaluate phenotype prediction Gaia ANDREOLETTI, University of California, Berkeley USA pending |
| 15:06 | 15:24 | OP25 Genome variation in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida glabrata Laia CARRETÉ, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona ES |
| 15:24 | 15:42 | OP26 Integrative analysis of genetic, transcriptomic and epigenetic data to decipher and model gene regulatory networks in drosophila embryos Swann FLOC’HLAY, IBEns (UMR CNRS 8197 - INSERM 1024), FR |
| 15:42 | 16:10 | Coffee break |
| 16:10 | 16:28 | OP27 Evolution of Proboscidea genomes illustrated by variant analysis Andrey GRIGORIEV, Rutgers University USA |
| 16:28 | 16:46 | OP28 Real time pathogen identification from metagenomic Illumina datasets Simon H. TAUSCH, Robert Koch Institute DE |
| 16:46 | 16:50 | Introduction by Stephan OSSOWSKI (CRG) |
| 16:50 | 17:35 | Keynote Nicole SORANZO, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK Genetic and epigenetic variation in population-based cohorts informs cardiometabolic and immune disease risk |
| 17:35 | Awards and closing remarks | |
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| WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL | ||
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