Course State-of-the-art High Throughput Sequencing Technologies
DAY 1 (June 8, 2009)
10.00 Welcome by the President of the University of Oslo, Professor Geir Ellingsrud
Session 1: Update on next-generation technologies
- Are we near the 1000 USD genome?
• 11.00 How new technology changed the concept of sequencing, Kjetill S Jacobsen - NORWAY
• 11.40 Targeted capture technologies, Olle Ericsson - SWEDEN
Session 2: Specific Biological Applications
• 14.00 Identification of regulatory genetic variation in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Anna Kiialainen - SWEDEN
• 15.20 Analysis of DNA-binding proteins using multiplexed massively parallel sequencing, Jussi Taipale - FINLAND
• Directed sequencing and de novo genome assembly, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh - USA
DAY 2 (June 9, 2009)
Session 3: Practical considerations
• 10.00 Sequencing Human Genomes with the Genome Analyzer, Mark Ross - ILLUMINA - UK
• 11.00 Applications of emerging technologies, Anna Kiialainen - SWEDEN
Session 4: Data handling and analysis
• 12.00 New advances in biostatistics, Yudi Pawitan - SWEDEN
• 14.00 Data storage and challenges of bioinformatics, Guy Cochrane - UK
• 15.00 dbGaP: the NCBI database of genotypes and phenotypes, Steve Sherry - USA
Session 5: Site visit
University Hospital in Oslo