European Meeting on Next Generation Sequencing

							          Frontiers of Functional Genomics ESF programme
             European Meeting on Next
              Generation Sequencing
                  August 29 – September 1, 2010
         Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
               Deadlines: Abstract submission July1, Registration August 1, 2010

                                        Contacts
Prof. Dr. Johan T. den Dunnen / Dr. Judith M. Boer / Matthew S. Hestand
                   Leiden Genome Technology Center,
                Center for Human and Clinical Genetics
                    Leiden University Medical Center
                   Tel: +31-71-526- 9501 / 9422 / 9504
                       Email: ngs2010@humgen.nl
         www.lgtc.nl/meetings/ESF_NGS_meeting
Scientific program committee:
Johan den Dunnen, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Edwin Cuppen, Hubrecht Institute and Utrecht Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, NL
Ivo Gut, Centre National de Génotypage, Paris, France
Paul Flicek, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
Joris Veltman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, NL
Xavier Estivill, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Judith Boer, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Matthew Hestand, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL
Terry Vrijenhoek, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, NL

  Date/time 9:00-12:30          12:30-13:30     13:30-17:00          17:00-19:00    19:00
  29/08/10  Registration        Registration    Hands-on             Registration
            from 12:00                          workshops
  30/08/10  Oral session 1      Lunch           Oral session 2       Posters &
                                                                     Drinks
  31/08/10    Oral session 3    Lunch           Oral session 4       Posters &      Dinner
                                                                     Drinks
  01/09/10    Oral session 5    Lunch           New Technology
                                                Sponsored Talks
            European Meeting on Next
             Generation Sequencing
                                  Day 1 (Aug 29, 2010)

Hands-on workshops: EBI Resources & Training Team and LUMC bioinformaticians

       13:30-15:00 and 15:30-17:00 Four concurrent sessions (repeated)
       Topics:
               > Genomes: browsing sequences with Ensembl and the 1000 Genome Browser
               > Expression: browsing and retrieving data from ArrayExpress and the
               European Genome-phenome Archive
               > Sequence: retrieving information from the European Nucleotide Archive
               > NGS data analysis: from reads to report files with a pipeline in Galaxy


                                  Day 2 (Aug 30, 2010)

Oral Session 1: From old to new: evolution, archaeology, and forensics

       9:00-9:30 Evolutionary insights from the 1000 Genomes Project: Chris Tyler-Smith,
              The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
       9:30-10:30 Selected talks from abstracts
       10:30-11:00 coffee
       11:00-11:30 Evolution of transcriptional control in mammals: Mike Wilson, Cancer
              Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute / Department of Oncology,
              University of Cambridge, UK
       11:30-11:50 Selected talk from abstracts
       11:50-12:20 Sequencing of an ancient human genome and its implication for early
              peopling of the new world: Eske Willerslev, Ancient DNA and Evolution
              Group, Department of Biology, Univ of Copenhagen, Denmark

Lunch 12:30-13:30

Oral Session 2: Gene expression and regulation

       13:30-14:00 Tag-based (SAGE & CAGE) transcript sequencing: Matthias Harbers,
              DNAFORM Inc., Japan
       14:00-15:00 Selected talks from abstracts
       15:00-15:30 coffee
       15:30-16:00 Mapping and quantifying mammalian transcriptomes by RNA-Seq:
              Barbara Wold, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, USA.
       16:00-16:20 Selected talk from abstracts
       16:20-16:50 Next-generation systems genetics: Edwin Cuppen, Hubrecht Institute,
              Utrecht, NL

Poster viewing & Drinks 17:00-19:00
                                 Day 3 (Aug 31, 2010)

Oral Session 3: Re-sequencing and diagnostics

      9:00-9:30 Bacterial metagenomics: Sacha van Hijum, NIZO food research, Ede;
             Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen; and TIFN
      9:30-10:30 Selected talks from abstracts
      10:30-11:00 coffee
      11:00-11:30 The Next Generation of Human Genetics - Debbie Nickerson, Dept. of
             Genome Sciences, Univ of Washington, Seattle
      11:30-11:50 Selected talk from abstracts
      11:50-12:20 The 'next' of next-generation sequencing; diagnostic application: Joris
             Veltman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, NL

Lunch 12:30-13:30

Oral Session 4: Current and Future Challenges

      13:30-14:00 Alignment and Assembly - Ewan Birney, EBI, Hinxton, UK
      14:00-15:00 Selected talks from abstracts
      15:00-15:30 coffee
      15:30-16:00 Storage and Archiving - Guy Cochrane, EBI, Hinxton, UK
      16:00-16:20 Selected talk from abstracts
      16:20-16:50 Future Developments: General: Ivo Gut, Centro Nacional de Analisis
      Genomico, Barcelona, Spain

Poster viewing & Drinks 17:00-19:00 followed by Dinner

                                  Day 4 (Sept 1, 2010)
Oral Session 5: Personalized genomes

      9:00-9:30 Fast forward: genomic technologies and research ethics: Jeantine Lunshof,
             Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, NL
      9:30-10:30 Selected talks from abstracts
      10:30-11:00 coffee
      11:00-11:30 The diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual: Ruiqiang Li,
             Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
      11:30-11:50 Selected talk from abstracts
      11:50-12:20 Personalized Genome Structural Variation.: Evan Eichler, Univ of
             Washington, Seattle, USA

Lunch 12:30-13:30

New Technology Sponsored Scientific Talks

      13:30-13:40 Results of European NGS Survey: Terry Vrijenhoek, Radboud
             University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, NL
      13:40-15:00 Sponsored talks
      15:00-15:30 coffee
      15:30-16:50 Sponsored talks
      16:50-17:00 Awards and Closing Comments