September 10, 2024

Complete and brilliantly accurate — a PacBio event

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Where

Jay Suites Fifth Avenue
The Sinatra Room
15 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018
2nd Floor

When

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Check-in begins at 8:30 AM

What

A 1-day event focused on sharing the expansive capabilities of Revio long-read sequencing and Onso short-read sequencing.

Join us at Jay Suites Fifth Avenue in NYC on September 10th

At this 1-day event, discover the game-changing capabilities of Revio long-read sequencing and Onso short-read sequencing, the sequencing tools of tomorrow, and learn how they can fuel your research projects. The event will encompass inspiring scientific talks, immersive breakout sessions, and networking opportunities. Breakfast pastries and lunch will be provided.

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Agenda



Check-in + coffee and pastries

8:30 – 9:00 AM


Opening talk

9:00 – 9:15 AM
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Minqian Wang, PhD
Territory Account Manager, PacBio

Complete and brilliantly accurate




RNA sequencing session (panel discussion to follow)

9:15 AM – 12:00 PM
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Elizabeth Tseng, PhD
Associate Director, Product Marketing, PacBio

Bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing with PacBio Kinnex kits



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Robert Sebra, PhD
Professor, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

An isoform-resolved transcriptome reveals thousands of novel gene candidates in human preimplantation embryos



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David A. Knowles, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Systems Biology, New York Genome Center & Columbia University

Validating Cas13d-based isoform-specific knockdown with long-read RNA-seq



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Jack Humphrey, PhD
Instructor, Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Long-read RNA-seq of human microglia reveals novel isoforms and elucidates genetic regulation of splicing associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease



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Shuibing Chen, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, Director of Center for Genomic Health, Weill Cornell Medicine

Single-cell long-read sequencing to decode the role of alternative splicing in Type 2 diabetes progression




Lunch

12:00 – 1:00 PM


Breakout session 1

1:00 – 1:40 PM

Option 1: WGS + Kinnex sample prep

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Nancy Francoeur, PhD
Field Application Scientist, PacBio

Part 1 – Extraction to Revio system: we’ve got you covered
Part 2 – Let’s stick together: exploring PacBio Kinnex kits


Option 2: Bioinformatics

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Matthew Hestand, PhD
Manager, Field Applications Bioinformatics Support, PacBio

HiFi-Informatics: Making the most of HiFi genomes and transcriptomes with PacBio bioinformatic tools




Breakout session 2

1:50 – 2:40 PM

Option 1: Plant, animal, microbial genomics

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Jeremy Wilkinson, PhD
Senior Staff Specialist, Segment Marketing, Microbial Genomics, PacBio

Advancing microbial genomics with high accuracy sequencing



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Bogdan Sieriebriennikov, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Biology, Desplan Lab, New York University

Novel transcriptional mechanisms in odorant receptor gene clusters in ants



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Marina Chen, PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate, Molecular Epidemiology, Huttenhower Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Deciphering host-environment microbiome interactions in childcare using long-read sequencing



Option 2: Cancer genomics

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Alex Sockell, PhD
Segment Lead, Cancer Genomics, PacBio

Comprehensive somatic variant detection with accurate long- and short-read sequencing



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Jiannis Ragoussis, PhD
Head of Genome Sciences and Professor of Human Genetics, McGill University

Improved detection of low frequency mutations and microsatellite instability in ovarian and endometrial cancers using highly accurate sequencing by binding




Afternoon session

3:00 – 4:00 PM
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Evan Udine
PhD Candidate, Van Blitterswijk Lab, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic

Targeted long-read sequencing of C9orf72



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Gilad Evrony, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

High-fidelity sequencing of mutations and their precursors




Networking reception

4:00 – 5:00 PM




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