In the ten years since the first human reference genome was completed for US$3 billion the sequencing technologies have radically changed leading to great reduction in sequencing cost. Today a human genome can be sequenced for under US$ 5000 in less than two weeks. It is expected that by the end of 2015 the cost of sequencing a human genome will drop to below thousand dollars. The next generation sequencing technologies over the past five years have enabled a large number of genomic studies that impact human health and disease. Also, this has made possible the growth of microbial, animal and plant genomics studies. While the data production has increased at a rapid pace challenges remain in analyzing and understanding the data. The conference will cover the next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, bioinformatics for NGS and applications of NGS in many areas including personalized medicine.

• Dr. Samir Brahmachari,  Chief Mentor, OSDD & Director General, CSIR, India

• Dr. K VijayRaghavan,  Secretary, DBT, India

• Dr. Andrew Peterson,  Principal Scientist, Genentech, USA

• Dr. Stephan C Schuster,  Professor, NTU, Singapore

• Dr. Mallika Singh,  Sr. Scientist, Novartis, USA

• Dr. I C Verma,  Chairperson, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India

• Dr. Rajesh Gokhale,  Director, IGIB, India

• Dr. Zora Modrusan,,  Sr. Scientist, Genentech, USA

• Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu,  Sr. Scientist, IGIB, India

• Dr. Dev Sidhu,  Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

Registration Fee   Local ( Indian ) Registrant   Early Late Spot Commercial/Corporate Rs 7,500 Rs 9,000 Rs 10,000 Academic Rs 5,000 Rs 6,000 Rs 7,000 Student Rs 3,000 Rs 4,000 Rs 5,000

Bioinformatics Work shop on next gen data analysis Rs 5,000

International ( foreign ) Registrant   Early Late Spot Commercial/Corporate USD 500 USD 600 USD 750 Academic & Government USD 300 USD 400 USD 500 Student USD 200 USD 300 USD 400

Bioinformatics Workshop on next gen data analysis USD 200

Bioinformatics Workshop on next gen data analysis, certificate will be awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras