SMRT SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM

SMRT INFORMATICS DEVELOPERS MEETING

The 2020 SMRTLeiden Meeting includes two back-to-back events: SMRT Scientific Symposium and the fifth European SMRT Informatics Developers Meeting. The SMRT Scientific Symposium is a two-day event on April 28 and 29 that features presentations from key experts and opinion leaders sharing their scientific discoveries and novel analytical achievements using PacBio sequencing platforms. This event is packed with inspirational lectures that highlight the latest achievements in various fields: from microbes to human health. The SMRT Informatics Developers Conference is a one-day collaborative event on April 30 that focuses on developing and improving analysis tools for PacBio SMRT Sequencing data. This event is packed with several short presentations, in-person brainstorming and idea exchange among software developers and the bioinformatics community with a focus on advancement of new and existing open-source tools for de novo assembly, genome phasing, structural variations, base modification and Iso-Seq analysis.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

ERICH JARVIS

Professor

Rockefeller University, USA

HAGEN TILGNER

Assistant Professor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA

SERGEY KOREN

Staff Scientist

National Institute of Health, USA

KEVIN FENGLER

Comparative Genomics Lead

Corteva Agriscience

JENNIFER ONG

Scientific Director

New England Biolabs, USA

ANA CONESA

Professor

University of Florida, USA

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FINAL PROGRAMME

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APRIL 28 - 30

LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS

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It is our great pleasure to invite you on behalf of Human Genetics Department of Leiden University Medical Center to Leiden for the fifth edition of the SMRTLeiden Meeting from April 28 - 30, 2020. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the beautiful city of Leiden and we are very excited to be a host to such an outstanding lineup of speakers highlighting their inspirational and breakthrough achievements enabled by SMRT Sequencing technology. This forum is for all scientists active in fields such as genetics, transcriptomics and epigenetics to review the latest developments and explore potential collaborations. We are certainly looking forward to various opportunities to meet, brainstorm, and exchange ideas and we hope you are too. Join your colleagues for a great meeting in Leiden in April, 2020.

 

Susan Kloet & Ahmed Mahfouz

Leiden University Medical Center

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There are no registration fees! Simply fill in the RSVP form below and you will receive a confirmation email after successful registration for SMRTLeiden events. This email includes additional information regarding the venue, travel and accommodation arrangements.

Note: Your registration only covers admission to all scientific sessions and the networking mixer, coffee/tea during breaks, and lunch.

 

Share your research! Presenting at SMRTLeiden is a terrific way to engage your global peers. Our scientific advisory committee is now reviewing abstracts for presentations and posters and the deadline to submit is March 31. Accepted posters will be automatically reviewed for a chance to be crowned Best Abstract and we are also offering a Travel Grant to one lucky submitter. When you submit your abstract, please mention if travel assistance would be a requirement of your attendance at the conference.

 

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Susan Kloet Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Ahmed Mahfouz Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Tzvetana Kerelska PacBio, USA

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SMRTLEIDEN     APRIL 28 - 30

Leiden University Medical Center

Buruma Hall, Hippocratespad 21(Building 3), 2333 ZD Leiden, Netherlands

contact us at SMRT-Leiden@lumc.nl, should you require any assistance!