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Programme Overview
Speakers include Julian Parkhill (Sanger Institute), Mark Pallen (University of
Birmingham), Didier Raoult (University of Marseille), Mark Blaxter (University of
Edinburgh), Paul O’Toole (University of Cork), Neil Hall (University of Liverpool)
and technology development specialists from Roche/454, Illumina/Solixa and Applied
Biosystems/SOLiD.
The workshop will be held at the University of Birmingham Conference
Park (http://www.has.bham.ac.uk/conferences/index.shtml), which is
easily accessible from Birmingham New Street railway station and
Birmingham International Airport.
The subsidised registration cost is £85.09 per person, to include all meals
and overnight accommodation. A reduced rate of £60.09 is available for
delegates wishing to arrange their own overnight accommodation off-site.
PLEASE NOTE that attendance at this workshop is limited to 80
delegates on a first come, first served, basis, so please book early to avoid
disappointment.
Programme Overview
Thursday
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee and Registration
Session 1: An introduction to next-generation sequencing
11.00 – 11.30
Next-generation sequencing in infectious disease research
11.30 - 12.30
Plenary lecture: sequencing and the discovery of novel pathogens
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
Session 2: The application of next-generation sequencing to infectious disease
13.30 – 14.00
Next-generation sequencing as experimental tool
14.00 – 14.30
Parasite genomics: the next generation
14.30 – 15.00
Gene expression analysis by next-generation sequencing
15.00 – 15.30
Tea
Session 3: The next, next generation – the future of sequencing technologies
15.30 – 15.50
Roche – the 454 system
Programme Overview
15.50 – 16.10
Applied Biosystems - SOliD
16.10 – 16.30
Illumina – the Solexa platform
16.30 – 17.00
Q & A session
17.00 – 18.30
Poster session
18.30
Dinner
Friday
Session 4: Next-generation sequencing in medicine
09.00 – 09.30
Metagenomics
09.30 – 10.00
Revealing novel infectious agents of cancer
10.00 – 10.30
Next generation sequencing in immunology
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee
Session 5: Multi-centre initiatives in next generation sequencing
11.00 – 12.00
Plenary lecture: TBC
12.00 – 12.30
Round table discussion
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch