Oxford Genomics Centre
Oxford Genomics Centre Spring Forum 2013
March 21, 2013

 

A series of presentations and discussions hosted by the Oxford Genomics Centre around the theme of using genomic technologies to understand the epidemiology and evolution of human pathogens.

  

Program:
 

10:00-10:30           Registration

 

10:30-10:40           Welcome and overview with Professor Gil McVean

 

10:40-11:10           Rory Bowden (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)
                                   Using high throughput sequencing to track hospital infections

 

11:10-11:20           Sponsor talk

 

11:20-11:50           Zamin Iqbal (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)
                                   Reference-free approaches to the analysis of pathogen genomes

 

11:50-12:00           Sponsor talk

 

12:00-12:30           Chris Spencer (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)
                                   Host genetic factors influencing infectious disease           

 

12:30-12:40           Sponsor talk

 

12:40-1:40             Lunch

 

1:40-2:10               Clive Brown (Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
                                  Single molecule DNA sequencing using nanopores

 

2:10-2:20              Sponsor talk

 

2:20-3:20             Julian Parkhill (Sanger Institute)
                                Genome dynamics and the evolution of bacterial pathogens

 

3:20-4:00             Informal networking session with refreshments