Next Generation Sequencing Info Afternoon @ CIBIO-InBIO

30 Sep 2015 - CIBIO-InBIO's Auditorium, Vairão, Portugal

PROGRAMME

OPENING

14.30 | Conclusion of the NewGen project (FP7) - Capacity building at CIBIO using NGS

14.45 - 16.10 | Talks on NGS applications

The Cork Oak sequencing project
José Matos, INIAV and Marcos Ramos, CEBAL, Politécnico de Beja

AgriGenomics
Albano Beja Pereira, CIBIO-InBIO

Using NGS to understand genome reticulation and adaptive phenotypes challenged by climate change
José Melo Ferreira, CIBIO-InBIO

Conservation and evolutionary genomics of the shad species, Alosa alosa (Savél) and A. fallax (Savelha) in Portugal and

throughout Eurasia
Stephen Sabatino, CIBIO-InBIO

Marine Genomics
Ester Serrão and Gareth Pearson, CCMAR, University of Algarve

COFFEE BREAK

16.30 | The beginning/kick-off of the ERA Chair in Environmental Metagenomics, EnvMetaGen – Horizon 2020 – WIDESPREAD

Pedro Beja, CIBIO-InBIO

17.00 - 18.00 | ERA Chair-related presentations

How faecal genomics will help us understanding the world: new insights on the ecology and ecosystem services provided

by bats

Hugo Rebelo, CIBIO-InBIO

DNA barcoding of Portuguese terrestrial arthropods using NGS: present status and future directions of an ongoing

initiative

Biodiversity monitoring and ecological assessment of freshwaters with metagenomic tools
Ana Filipa Filipe, CIBIO-InBIO

DISCUSSION/CLOSING

Participation in this event is free and the number of attendees is limited to the capacity of the auditorium.