WGGC2020- News & Views CologneCMMC, Großer SeminarraumRobert-Koch-Straße 21, 50931 Köln
Program

11:30-12:00

Registration and Coffee

12:00-12:10

Welcome by Prof. Bettina Rockenbach
Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Cologne (UoC)

12:10-12:30

Prof. Peter Nürnberg, Speaker WGGC
„The West German Genome Center within the NGS Competence Network“

Highlights from the 1st and 2nd DFG NGS Calls

12:30-12:55

Prof. Matthias Fischer (Children‘s Hospital, University Hospital Cologne)
“Insights into the mechanisms of tumor regression and progression in neuroblastoma.”

12:55-13:20

Prof. Niels Gehring (Institute for Genetics, UoC)
“Transcriptome-wide effects of RNA-binding proteins on mRNA splicing and turnover”

13:20-13:45

Dr. Florian Erger (Institute for Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne)
“Epigenetic analyses of cell-free DNA”

13:45-14:30

Lunch at the Foyer with company exhibitions

NGS Development Highlights

14:30-14:45

Dr. Lutz Priebe (Illumina)
“Illumina – product options and updates”

14:45-15:00

Dr. Georg Papoutsoglou (Bionano Genomics)
“Cytogenomics 2.0: High-throughput Mapping of Structural Variation in Cancer and Genetic Disease”

15:00-15:15

Dr. Wolfgang Schiefer (10x Genomics)
“From Single Cell to Spatial Transcriptomics with 10x Genomics – Biology at True Resolution”

15:15-15:45

Dr. Janine Altmüller (CCG, UoC)
“Update on NGS technologies at the WGGC Cologne”

15:45-16:00

Dr. Susanne Motameny (CCG, UoC)
“NGS data analysis at the WGGC Cologne”

16:00-16:15

Prof. Ulrich Lang (RRZK, UoC)
“Processing Capabilities for sensitive Data”

16:15-16:45

Prof. Andreas Beyer (CECAD, UoC)
Topic: scMultiOmics

16:45-17:00

Closing remarks by Prof. Peter Nürnberg

Registration is mandatory. Attendance is free of charge.

Attendance is free of charge, registration is mandatory.Registration for the event is open until 20.03.2020, register here.