Progress and Applications of Next Generation Sequencing Workshop

January 20 2011, 1:00p.m. - January 21 2011, 1:00p.m.

Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, Southwest Room


Online Registration

Program

DNA Sequencing Session, Thursday January 20, 2011, 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.
Illumina 2nd and 3rd generation sequencing platform
Christian Haudenschild, Illumina
Application of SOLID next-generation DNA sequencing technology at OGI
Dennis McCormac, Ontario Genomics Institute
Sequencing Platforms and applications in plant genomics
Andrew Sharpe, NRC-PBI
Sample Preparation and Sequencing for the Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx
Darrin Klassen, NRC-PBI
Sample Preparation and Sequencing for 454 GS FLX Roche
Inge Roewer, NRC-PBI
Tools and Aproaches for SNP discovery
Wayne Clarke, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

5:00-8:00p.m. Reception, Sheraton Cavalier - Top of the Inn room


Bioinformatics Session, Friday January 21, 2011, 8:30a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Using next-generation sequence data to analyze cancer genomes
Inanc Birol, BC Genome Sciences Centre
Genome assembly
Jason Miller, J. Craig Venter Institute
Metagenomics
Matt Links, AAFC
Brassica genomics assembly
Kevin Koh, NRC-PBI

12:00-1:00p.m. Lunch, Location: South West Foyer