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Corporate satellite, in-booth presentations, and sequencing exerts on-hand to answer questions
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Corporate satellite, in-booth presentations, and sequencing exerts on-hand to answer questions
WELCOME TO PRISM 2024 - Lisbon
Join us in the beautiful city of Lisbon. Lisbon is Portugal's captivating capital, a blend of old-world charm and modern dynamism.
Get ready to witness the infinite potential of genomic exploration. You will forge connections and come away with inspiration that you can take back to the lab. Register now for the opportunity to network with fellow users and connect with like-minded scientists. PacBio PRISM 2024 in Lisbon is your chance to be a part of the journey towards a brighter tomorrow.
The event is scheduled to begin at 9 AM on Tuesday, 23 April, and conclude at 4 PM on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, and will take place at the Sana Malhoa hotel in Lisbon.
Registration is now closed. For enquiries regarding PRISM, please reach out to events@pacb.com.
Confirmed speakers
Alexander Hoischen, Associate Professor of Genomic Technologies and Immuno-Genomics, Radboudumc
Alex Salazar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Amsterdam UMC
Lars Feuk, Professor, Uppsala University
Darren Smith, Professor of Bacteriophage Biology, Northumbria University
Hubert Pausch, Assistant Professor of Animal Genomics, ETH Zürich
Jonas Demeulemeester, Group Leader, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
Alice Davidson, Associate Professor, University College London
Ana Conesa, Research Professor, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology
Frédéric Choulet, Group Leader, Bioinformatics and Genomics, INRAE
Caroline Howard, Senior Scientific Manager, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Kalliopi Tsafou, Senior Data Scientist, AstraZeneca
Adam Ameur, Associate Professor, Uppsala University
Mayra Sauer, Co-Lead R&D - Technical Strategy, MGZ München
Marina Reyne, Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen's University Belfast
Anita Scoones, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Earlham Institute
Angel Angelov, Staff Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Day 1: agenda
Registration + coffee
09:15–10:00
Morning session
10:00–12:00
Dave Miller, Vice President, Global Marketing, PacBio
PacBio PRISM: A spectrum of innovation and advancement in genomics.
KEYNOTE Alex Hoischen, Associate Professor, Radboudumc
Assessing HiFi genomes as first-tier analysis in rare disease genetic research.
Jonas Demeulemeester, Assistant Professor, Leuven University
Single cells and long reads – a multiomic power couple.
Anita Scoones, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Earlham Institute
Comparative analysis of long-read approaches for single-cell transcriptomics.
Lunch
12:00–13:15
Workshops
40–minute interactive sessions
Session 1 - choose from:
• Let’s stick together – exploring PacBio Kinnex kits
• HiFi variant interpretation – what will you discover?
Session 2 - choose from:
• The Onso system: explore industry-leading sensitivity
• Population sequencing: resources, data sharing and aggregation
Session 3 - choose from:
• Scale up with simplicity with the Revio system
• Targeted sequencing for accurate detection in hard-to-reach regions
Coffee break
15:30–16:00
Afternoon session
16:00–17:00
Adam Ameur, Associate Professor, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University
One year of Revio sequencing at NGI Uppsala.
Darren Smith, Professor of Bacteriophage Biology, Northumbria University
High-throughput small genome sequencing on the PacBio Revio.
Marina Reyne, Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen's University Belfast
Environmental DNA-based detection of pathogens.
PacBio panel: your questions answered
17:00–17:30
Celebration dinner
19:30
Day 2: agenda
Meet the experts at breakfast
08:15–08:45
Morning session
9:00–10:20
KEYNOTE Caroline Howard, Senior Scientific Manager, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Scaling reference-level genome publications to fill the library of the Tree of Life.
Lars Feuk, Professor, Uppsala University
Resolving complex patient genomes with PacBio Revio.
Seungbin Han, PhD candidate, University Hospital Würzburg
Joint talk: Comparative analysis of HiFi data and short-read technologies in multiple myeloma.
Nazia Afrin, PhD candidate, University Hospital Würzburg
Joint talk: Comparative analysis of HiFi data and short-read technologies in multiple myeloma.
Coffee break
10:20–10:50
Morning session continued...
10:50–12:00
Alice Davidson, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Utilizing amplification-free targeted HiFi data to explore mechanisms underlying a common triplet repeat expansion-mediated disease.
Frédéric Choulet, Group Leader, Bioinformatics and Genomics, INRAE
Sequencing complex genomes of wheat wild relatives.
Hubert Pausch, Professor of Animal Genomics, ETH Zurich
Pangenome- and structural variant-based association testing in domestic cattle and their wild relatives.
Lunch
12:00–13:15
Afternoon session
13:15–14:25
PANEL MODERATOR Sukhvinder Nicklen, Market Development, EMEA, PacBio
Cutting through the noise – PacBio users panel discussion
Angel Angelov, Staff Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
An adaptable automated workflow for PacBio Kinnex protocol.
Mayra Sauer, Co-Lead R&D Technical Strategy, MGZ
Automation of target enrichment in long-read sequencing.
Coffee break
14:25–14:50
Afternoon session continued...
14:50–15:50
Ana Conesa, Research Professor, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Spanish National Research Council
Novel insights in transcriptional complexity through single-molecule sequencing.
Alex Salazar, Postdoctoral researcher, Amsterdam UMC
Long-read sequencing of 500 genomes from a cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients and cognitively healthy centenarians.
Carolina Jaramillo Oquendo, Research Fellow, University of Southampton
Long-read RNA sequencing applications for undiagnosed rare disease patients.
Event close
15:50–16:00
Registration is now closed.