Plant Genomics Congress USA
Organization: http://www.globalengage.co.uk/plantgenomicsusa.html
Venue: Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel
Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States
Event Date/Time: Sep 23, 2013 / 8:00 am - (CST) | End Date/Time: Sep 24, 2013 / 4:45 pm - (CST) |
Description
Conference Synopsis Day 1 Stream 1 - NGS Technologies for Plant Research
- NGS Platform comparison
- Best practice and guidelines for current technology
- Future uses of new generation technologies
- Single-molecule sequencing for plant research
- NGS Protocols
- Genome Assembly
- Sample Preparation Technology
- Standardisation
Day 1 Stream 2 - Plant Genomic Case Studies
- Applications of next-generation sequencing in plant research
- Using NGS to enhance:-
- Molecular marker development, Breeding,
- Crop improvement, Hybridization, Conservation,
- Evolution studies
- Plant genotyping, SNP discovery, QTL Mapping & Marker-Assisted Selection
- Plant genetic engineering - DNA assembly , genome editing, cloning, amplification
- DNA & RNA isolation
- Case studies using:- De novo Seq; Resequencing; Targeted resequencing, Exome Seq; Transcriptome Seq, RNA seq; mRNA Seq, non-coding RNA, ChIP-Seq; Whole Genome Seq
Day 2 Stream 1 - Plant Genomic Case Studies & Epigenetics, miRNA, & ncRNAs
- Research in Plants
- Applications of next-generation sequencing in plant research
- Case studies using:- Epigenetics, miRNA, ncRNA, DNA methylation, ChIP seq
Day 2 Stream 2 – Bioinformatics, Data Management & Analysis
- Bioinformatic analysis and challenges
- Bioinformatics from a biologist’s perspective
- Sequencing pipelines and assembly
- Gene expression analysis
- Improving error rates
- Cloud computing and storage solutions
- Compressive technologies
- Integration of NGS in a genomics core
- NGS data analysis & management in a small genomics core
- Challenges in setting up an NGS facility