4th RoBioinfo Seminar: NGS technologies

Bucharest
25-27 February. 2019
09:00

Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis

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Beer and science event

When?

25-27 February 2019

Where?

University of Bucharest, Romania

Registration

Please fill in the form until 25th of January: https://goo.gl/forms/eiVClvRCwM1KP4Ni1

Applicants will be asked to write a motivational letter, in which they explain 1. why the course is important for their career development 2. why they should be the ones selected to participate in the training, and not others.
In the past, we have received three times more applications than the number of available spots in the trainings. To avoid disappointment, please make sure that you do your best to convince us that you are the best person to participate in the training.

A registration fee of 50 euros is required from academia participants to cover meals and dinner. Bursaries are available (up to 10 places; with 50% reduction or full fee exemption), and are awarded on merit and motivation. Mention in the registration form if you intend to apply for it.

Registration will open in January 2019.

Requirements

A fundamental understanding of Molecular Biology and basic knowledge of Statistics, Unix command line, R and/or Python are assumed. Suggested resources:

Speakers

The list of confirmed speakers and trainers is:

  • Viorica Chelban (University College London, Institute of Neurology, UK)
  • Hugues Richard (Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France)
  • Petr Daněček (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
  • Valeriu Ohan (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK)
  • Aleksandra Świercz (University of Technology, Poznan, Poland)
  • Bogdan Mirăuță (European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, UK)

Schedule

Day 1: DNA sequencing

TimeSubjectTrainer/Speaker
9:00 – 9:15Welcome noteTBD
9:15 – 10:30Hands-on: Introduction to Unix environmentValeriu Ohan
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30Theory: File formats, QCPetr Daněček
11:30 – 12:00Hands-on: FASTA, FASTQ filesValeriu Ohan
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00Theory: AlignmentPetr Daněček
14:00 – 14:30Hands-on: SAM, BAM filesValeriu Ohan
14:30 – 15:00Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00Theory: Variant callingPetr Daněček
16:00 – 16:30Hands-on: VCF, BCF filesValeriu Ohan
16:30 – 17:30Hands-on: An NGS pipeline exerciseValeriu Ohan, Petr Daněček
18:30Beer and ScienceThe event will take place at The Pub, in Universitatii Square. See Beer and science event for details.

 

Day 2: RNA sequencing

TimeSubjectTrainer/Speaker
9:00 – 10:00Talk: NGS in rare genetic disease discoveryViorica Chelban
10:00 – 10:30Theory: An introduction to RNA-SeqHugues Richard
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Hands-on: RNA-seq (I)Hugues Richard
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00Hands-on: RNA-seq (II)Hugues Richard
14:00 – 14:30Theory: Analysis of RNA –Seq data for a research paper. Essential steps from read counts to results.Bogdan Mirăuță
14:30 – 15:00Coffee break
15:00 – 17:00Hands-on: Analysis of RNA –Seq data for a research paper. Essential steps from read counts to results.Bogdan Mirăuță
19:00Dinner

 

Day 3: Genome assemblies

TimeSubjectTrainer/Speaker
9:00 – 10:30Theory: Genome AssemblyAleksandra Świercz
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Hands-on: Genome AssemblyAleksandra Świercz
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 13:30Talk: TBDDiana Bolca
13:30 – 14:30Talk: Sequencing with long read technologies (Oxford Nanopore and Pacific Biosciences)Aleksandra Świercz
14:30 – 15:00Coffee break
15:00 – 15:15Talk: TBD.TBC
15:15 – 15:30Talk: TBD.TBC
15:30 – 16:00Talk: New kids on the block: 10x Genomics, Dovetail Genomics, Optical maps.Petr Daněček
16:00-16:30Farewell

Organisers

  • Marieta Costache (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Sorina Dinescu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Robi Tăcutu (Institutul de Biochimie al Academiei Române, Bucharest, Romania)
  • Valeriu Ohan (Cambridge, UK)
  • Alexandru Salceanu (Bucharest, Romania)
  • Monica Abrudan (Cambridge, UK)

Beer and science event

“Beer and science” is an informal event, where scientists present a science topic in 5 minutes, in a pub, to their peers, but also to non-scientists. Our goal is to promote interdisciplinary talks between speacialists in Biology, Medicine, Computer Science and Engineering.

We encourage simple and easy to digest presentations.

At the end of each presentation, we encourage participants to join in the discussions and ask questions. This is a good opportunity for scientists to discuss their faced issues with the broader community. Discussions between the speaker and public can generate ideas for solving existing problems. Also, it can lead to new research ideas.

The event will take place at The Pub, in Universitatii Square.

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