2024 pacbio SMRT GRANT

CANCER MULTIOMICS

The submission window is now open!

Are you ready to accelerate your research with stunningly complete genomes, epigenomes, and transcriptomes?

Now is your chance to win free sequencing and revolutionize your cancer research with cutting-edge HiFi data.


To participate, tell us in 100 words or less about your proposed cancer multiomics research project and how it could be improved with access to PacBio HiFi sequencing. Specifically, we would like to know how your project has been, or would otherwise be, hindered by other technologies such as conventional short reads or error-prone long-read sequencing. We would also like to know how using highly accurate long-read sequencing from PacBio and the ability to obtain more complete whole-genome data with methylation information and/or full-length RNA sequencing will enable you to advance your cancer research. Proposals that combine "omics," such as whole genome + methylation or whole genome + RNA sequencing, are highly encouraged.



Details on how to apply

We encourage graduate students and scientists of any level to apply. Please complete the short form linked below and include your 100-word proposal. Please read the official rules and contact us with any questions prior to making your submission. The submission deadline is Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM PDT. 


   

The 2023 AAV STAR grant is open

Apply to win free sequencing and a travel stipend to enhance and promote your AAV-based gene therapy research

Tell us in 100 words or less how PacBio HiFi sequencing in your project will contribute to understanding and developing AAV-based gene therapies for a chance to be one of five winners of sequencing on one SMRT cell 8M and a travel stipend to present your work at a PacBio event.

PacBio offers a complete end-to-end workflow to characterize AAV preparations, with the ability to sequence full-length genomes with high accuracy.


Details on how to apply

We encourage junior academic scientists to apply! Simply complete the short form on this page and include your 100-word proposal. You can read the official rules, or reach out if you have questions about this STAR Grant. The submission window closes Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT.  

Submit your proposal today!

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In-person workshop

PacBio sequencing: See what you’ve been missing

Sunday, June 12, 2023 14:15–15:45 Room M 1+2, level 1

Speakers

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

PacBio sequencing and its applications

Neil Ward, GM and Vice President EMEA, PacBio

Plenary talks

Scalable PacBio HiFi library prep for high-quality genome assemblies

Authors: Jacob Brandenburg, Aaron Wenger, Christine Lambert, Heather Ferrao

Jacob Brandenburg, Senior Specialist, Segment Marketing, PacBio

Long-read whole genome sequencing (WGS) for plants and animals has allowed scientists to tackle the assembly of genomes ranging in size, ploidy, and repeat content. HiFi WGS enables complete, accurate, and contiguous assemblies of even the most complex genomes. As a result, HiFi WGS has been adopted by many biodiversity genomics consortia and agriculture researchers to assemble thousands of genomes.

While HiFi WGS simplifies the bioinformatics of genome assembly, library preparation remains a common challenge, especially for scientists sequencing organisms which yield low quantities of DNA or have very large genomes that require multiple libraries for a single de novo assembly.

We describe a new workgow using the PacBio SMRTbell prep kit 3.0 that is amenable to automation while significantly reducing the time (by 50%), cost, and DNA quantity (by 40%) necessary to prepare a sequencing library. We applied the workflow to rice and fly samples and demonstrate that the assembly quality matches that of the previous, more time-consuming library prep workgows. This new workflow offers a more efficient solution for all WGS applications, regardless of organism size or complexity.

bioinformatics tools for HiFi plant pangenomes

Authors: Greg Concepcion, Michelle Vierra

Greg Concepcion, Staff Engineer, Bioinformatics, PacBio

With the increasing prevalence of high-quality assembled genomes, access to the pangenomes of species is now an achievable possibility for researchers with all research budgets. However, the tools to visualize, analyze, and extract actionable information from these pangenome datasets are still in their infancy. Using a large plant pangenome dataset, we evaluated the pangenome graph builder pipeline for building a pangenome graph of the species and use these evaluations to provide basic recommendations for how to best manipulate and visualize these pangenomic datasets with other downstream tools including the vg toolkit.

bioinformatics tools for HiFi plant pangenomes

Authors: Greg Concepcion, Michelle Vierra

Greg Concepcion, Staff Engineer, Bioinformatics, PacBio

With the increasing prevalence of high-quality assembled genomes, access to the pangenomes of species is now an achievable possibility for researchers with all research budgets. However, the tools to visualize, analyze, and extract actionable information from these pangenome datasets are still in their infancy. Using a large plant pangenome dataset, we evaluated the pangenome graph builder pipeline for building a pangenome graph of the species and use these evaluations to provide basic recommendations for how to best manipulate and visualize these pangenomic datasets with other downstream tools including the vg toolkit.

bioinformatics tools for HiFi plant pangenomes

Authors: Greg Concepcion, Michelle Vierra

Greg Concepcion, Staff Engineer, Bioinformatics, PacBio

With the increasing prevalence of high-quality assembled genomes, access to the pangenomes of species is now an achievable possibility for researchers with all research budgets. However, the tools to visualize, analyze, and extract actionable information from these pangenome datasets are still in their infancy. Using a large plant pangenome dataset, we evaluated the pangenome graph builder pipeline for building a pangenome graph of the species and use these evaluations to provide basic recommendations for how to best manipulate and visualize these pangenomic datasets with other downstream tools including the vg toolkit.

Presentations

Monday, June 12, 2022 14:15–15:45 PST

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Elizabeth Tseng, PhD

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Elizabeth Tseng, PhD

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Elizabeth Tseng, PhD

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Elizabeth Tseng, PhD

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Presentations + posters

  • Poster presentations

    # Title First Author Date/Time
    2314 Increased Diagnostic Yield With Long Read Sequencing In Patients With Undiagnosed Neurodevelopmental Disorder S. Jamuar October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2322 Long-read HiFi genome sequencing reveals a 2.7 kilobase intronic insertion in NR5A1as a cause of 46,XY disorder of sexual development G. Del Gobbo October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2354 Ultra-low DNA input with long-read sequencing identified complex chromosomal rearrangements involving NIPBL in a Cornelia de Lange syndrome patient N. Jiang October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2723 Accurate CYP2D6 star (*) allele diplotyping for long-read PacBio HiFi sequencing J. Harting October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3096 PacBio HiFi sequencing provides highly accurate CpG methylation calls without bisulfite treatment C. Saunders October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3133 Sequencing By Binding (SBB) enables a lower limit of detection for Tuberculosis resistance genes gyrA and katG C. Wike October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2269 Clinical long-read genome sequencing: Analytical performance of germline small variant detection using HiFi genome sequencing N. Hammond October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2954 De novo variant detection with HiFi reads J. Lake October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3012 High throughput workflow for human whole genome sequencing using PacBio HiFi J. Rocha October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3132 Sequencing By Binding (SBB) demonstrates superior performance in low-pass whole-human-sequencing applications KY. Chen October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2938 Closing the gap: Solving complex medically relevant regions of the human genome F. Sedlazeck October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT

  • In-booth presentations

    # Title First Author Date/Time
    2314 Increased Diagnostic Yield With Long Read Sequencing In Patients With Undiagnosed Neurodevelopmental Disorder S. Jamuar October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2322 Long-read HiFi genome sequencing reveals a 2.7 kilobase intronic insertion in NR5A1as a cause of 46,XY disorder of sexual development G. Del Gobbo October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2354 Ultra-low DNA input with long-read sequencing identified complex chromosomal rearrangements involving NIPBL in a Cornelia de Lange syndrome patient N. Jiang October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2723 Accurate CYP2D6 star (*) allele diplotyping for long-read PacBio HiFi sequencing J. Harting October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3096 PacBio HiFi sequencing provides highly accurate CpG methylation calls without bisulfite treatment C. Saunders October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3133 Sequencing By Binding (SBB) enables a lower limit of detection for Tuberculosis resistance genes gyrA and katG C. Wike October 26, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2269 Clinical long-read genome sequencing: Analytical performance of germline small variant detection using HiFi genome sequencing N. Hammond October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2954 De novo variant detection with HiFi reads J. Lake October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3012 High throughput workflow for human whole genome sequencing using PacBio HiFi J. Rocha October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    3132 Sequencing By Binding (SBB) demonstrates superior performance in low-pass whole-human-sequencing applications KY. Chen October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT
    2938 Closing the gap: Solving complex medically relevant regions of the human genome F. Sedlazeck October 27, 3:00 - 4:45 pm PDT

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