Wednesday, February 8, 2012

VIB and BGI organize joint genomics meeting, Feb. 15, 2012, Belgium

VIB and BGI organize joint genomics meeting, Feb. 15, 2012, Belgium [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 8-Feb-2012
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Contact: Mark Veugelers
mark.veugelers@vib.be
329-244-6611
VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)

Massive sequencing projects in practice

Both organizations are already collaborating on several projects, including the mapping of the genomes of more than 1,000 species of gut bacteria, compiled from 577 billion base pairs of sequence data. The leading scientific journal Science selected this work as one of the scientific breakthroughs of 2011. Large-scale genome sequencing is becoming ever more important in life sciences, healthcare and agricultural research.

Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI, will start the meeting with an overview and introduction to BGI's sequencing and computing infrastructure. Other talks, by BGI and VIB scientists, will tackle large-scale analysis of human genomes, metagenomics and microbiology, the genomics of model organisms and the computational analysis of the data generated in genomics experiments.

Attending the meeting is free, but registration is obligatory.

BGI (http://en.genomics.cn), the worlds premier genomics sequencing company and VIB (www.vib.be), a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, announce a joint genomics meeting, taking place on February 15, 2012. The meeting will feature several talks on BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure as well as VIB research in human, animal and microbial genomics and collaborative VIB-BGI projects. Both organizations are already collaborating on several projects, including the mapping of the genomes of more than 1,000 species of gut bacteria, compiled from 577 billion base pairs of sequence data. The leading scientific journal Science selected this work as one of the scientific breakthroughs of 2011. Large-scale genome sequencing is becoming ever more important in life sciences, healthcare and agricultural research.

Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI, will start the meeting with an overview and introduction to BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure. Other talks, by BGI and VIB scientists, will tackle large-scale analysis of human genomes, metagenomics and microbiology, the genomics of model organisms and the computational analysis of the data generated in genomics experiments.

Attending the meeting is free, but registration is obligatory

Register at http://www.vib.be/vib-bgi-genomics

Detailed program

Date: 15 February 2012, 09.00-18.00 CET

Location: Provinciehuis Leuven (Route description pdf)

Program

09.00 09.30
Registration/coffee

09.30 - 10.30
Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI
Overview and introduction to BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure

Session 1: Large scale analysis of human genomes

10.30 10.50
Stein Aerts, Center for Human Genetics, K.U.Leuven
Exome sequencing in leukemia

10.50 11.10
Adrian Liston, VIB Autoimmune Genetics Laboratory, K.U.Leuven
Exome sequencing in immune-phenotype patients

11.10 11 30
Coffee break

11.30 12.00
Lars Bolund, Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark and BGI Europe
BGI and full human genome/exome sequencing in the Danish population

12.00 12.30 Jiang Hui, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Canceromics and target region sequencing

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch

Session 2: Metagenomics and microbiology

13.30 13.50
Jeroen Raes, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sequencing the human gut

13.50 14.20
Ni Peixiang, Director of BGI Microbial department
Metagenomics at BGI

14.20 14.40
Kevin Verstrepen, VIB Laboratory of Systems Biology, KU Leuven
Yeast de novo sequencing

14.40 15.00
Jean-Paul Meijnen, VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology, KU Leuven
Yeast bulked segregant analysis

15.00 15.30
Coffee Break

Session 3: Model-organism genomics and computational analysis

15.30- 16.00
Zhang Guojie, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Genomics of non-model organisms at BGI

16.00 16.30
Du Yutao, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Genomics of Model Organisms at BGI

16.30 17.00
Fang Lin, Head of BGI cloud computing department
Cloud Computational platform at BGI

17.00 - 17.30
Li Ning, CEO of BGI Europe
BGI and Genomics in Europe

17.30 18.00
Reception and networking

###

About VIB

VIB is a non-profit research institute in life sciences. About 1,250 scientists conduct strategic basic research on the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the functioning of the human body, plants, and microorganisms. Through a close partnership with four Flemish universities ? UGent, K.U.Leuven, University of Antwerp, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel ? and a solid funding program, VIB unites the forces of 72 research groups in a single institute. The goal of the research is to extend the boundaries of our knowledge of life. Through its technology transfer activities, VIB translates research results into products for the benefit of consumers and patients and contributes to new economic activity. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of scientifically substantiated information about all aspects of biotechnology. More information: www.vib.be

About BGI

BGI was founded in Beijing on Sept 9th, 1999 with the mission of supporting the development of science and technology, building strong research teams, and promoting the development of scientific partnership in genomics field.

With a goal toward excellence, high efficiency, and accuracy, BGI has successfully completed a large number of projects. These include sequencing 1% of the human genome for the International Human Genome Project, contributing 10% to the International Human HapMap Project, the first Asian diploid genome, 1000 genomes project, human Gut Metagenome, , being a key player in the Sino-British Chicken Genome Project, and completely sequencing the rice genome, the silkworm genome, the potato genome, carrying out research to combat SARS and, most recently decoding the genome of Germany deadly E.coli,. In 2007, BGIs headquarters was relocated to Shenzhen as the first citizen-managed, non-profit research institution in China. With the integrative structure of research innovation, platform development and industrial application, BGI aims to develop research collaboration and provide scientific support to scientists all over the world, contribute to the advancement of innovative biology research, molecular breeding, healthcare and related fields. BGI is dedicated to facilitate the applications in Healthcare, Agriculture, and Environment, to serve the people for a better life. http://en.genomics.cn/


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VIB and BGI organize joint genomics meeting, Feb. 15, 2012, Belgium [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 8-Feb-2012
[ | E-mail | Share Share ]

Contact: Mark Veugelers
mark.veugelers@vib.be
329-244-6611
VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)

Massive sequencing projects in practice

Both organizations are already collaborating on several projects, including the mapping of the genomes of more than 1,000 species of gut bacteria, compiled from 577 billion base pairs of sequence data. The leading scientific journal Science selected this work as one of the scientific breakthroughs of 2011. Large-scale genome sequencing is becoming ever more important in life sciences, healthcare and agricultural research.

Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI, will start the meeting with an overview and introduction to BGI's sequencing and computing infrastructure. Other talks, by BGI and VIB scientists, will tackle large-scale analysis of human genomes, metagenomics and microbiology, the genomics of model organisms and the computational analysis of the data generated in genomics experiments.

Attending the meeting is free, but registration is obligatory.

BGI (http://en.genomics.cn), the worlds premier genomics sequencing company and VIB (www.vib.be), a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, announce a joint genomics meeting, taking place on February 15, 2012. The meeting will feature several talks on BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure as well as VIB research in human, animal and microbial genomics and collaborative VIB-BGI projects. Both organizations are already collaborating on several projects, including the mapping of the genomes of more than 1,000 species of gut bacteria, compiled from 577 billion base pairs of sequence data. The leading scientific journal Science selected this work as one of the scientific breakthroughs of 2011. Large-scale genome sequencing is becoming ever more important in life sciences, healthcare and agricultural research.

Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI, will start the meeting with an overview and introduction to BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure. Other talks, by BGI and VIB scientists, will tackle large-scale analysis of human genomes, metagenomics and microbiology, the genomics of model organisms and the computational analysis of the data generated in genomics experiments.

Attending the meeting is free, but registration is obligatory

Register at http://www.vib.be/vib-bgi-genomics

Detailed program

Date: 15 February 2012, 09.00-18.00 CET

Location: Provinciehuis Leuven (Route description pdf)

Program

09.00 09.30
Registration/coffee

09.30 - 10.30
Henry Yang, Executive Managemer of BGI
Overview and introduction to BGIs sequencing and computing infrastructure

Session 1: Large scale analysis of human genomes

10.30 10.50
Stein Aerts, Center for Human Genetics, K.U.Leuven
Exome sequencing in leukemia

10.50 11.10
Adrian Liston, VIB Autoimmune Genetics Laboratory, K.U.Leuven
Exome sequencing in immune-phenotype patients

11.10 11 30
Coffee break

11.30 12.00
Lars Bolund, Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark and BGI Europe
BGI and full human genome/exome sequencing in the Danish population

12.00 12.30 Jiang Hui, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Canceromics and target region sequencing

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch

Session 2: Metagenomics and microbiology

13.30 13.50
Jeroen Raes, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sequencing the human gut

13.50 14.20
Ni Peixiang, Director of BGI Microbial department
Metagenomics at BGI

14.20 14.40
Kevin Verstrepen, VIB Laboratory of Systems Biology, KU Leuven
Yeast de novo sequencing

14.40 15.00
Jean-Paul Meijnen, VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology, KU Leuven
Yeast bulked segregant analysis

15.00 15.30
Coffee Break

Session 3: Model-organism genomics and computational analysis

15.30- 16.00
Zhang Guojie, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Genomics of non-model organisms at BGI

16.00 16.30
Du Yutao, BGI scientist/Principal investigator
Genomics of Model Organisms at BGI

16.30 17.00
Fang Lin, Head of BGI cloud computing department
Cloud Computational platform at BGI

17.00 - 17.30
Li Ning, CEO of BGI Europe
BGI and Genomics in Europe

17.30 18.00
Reception and networking

###

About VIB

VIB is a non-profit research institute in life sciences. About 1,250 scientists conduct strategic basic research on the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the functioning of the human body, plants, and microorganisms. Through a close partnership with four Flemish universities ? UGent, K.U.Leuven, University of Antwerp, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel ? and a solid funding program, VIB unites the forces of 72 research groups in a single institute. The goal of the research is to extend the boundaries of our knowledge of life. Through its technology transfer activities, VIB translates research results into products for the benefit of consumers and patients and contributes to new economic activity. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of scientifically substantiated information about all aspects of biotechnology. More information: www.vib.be

About BGI

BGI was founded in Beijing on Sept 9th, 1999 with the mission of supporting the development of science and technology, building strong research teams, and promoting the development of scientific partnership in genomics field.

With a goal toward excellence, high efficiency, and accuracy, BGI has successfully completed a large number of projects. These include sequencing 1% of the human genome for the International Human Genome Project, contributing 10% to the International Human HapMap Project, the first Asian diploid genome, 1000 genomes project, human Gut Metagenome, , being a key player in the Sino-British Chicken Genome Project, and completely sequencing the rice genome, the silkworm genome, the potato genome, carrying out research to combat SARS and, most recently decoding the genome of Germany deadly E.coli,. In 2007, BGIs headquarters was relocated to Shenzhen as the first citizen-managed, non-profit research institution in China. With the integrative structure of research innovation, platform development and industrial application, BGI aims to develop research collaboration and provide scientific support to scientists all over the world, contribute to the advancement of innovative biology research, molecular breeding, healthcare and related fields. BGI is dedicated to facilitate the applications in Healthcare, Agriculture, and Environment, to serve the people for a better life. http://en.genomics.cn/


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