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Innovation Stage

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Innovation Stage

Highlighting the power of sequencing for transformative change in the research and diagnostic landscape

The Innovation Stage will host the morning keynote presentations. It will also explore cutting-edge sequencing technologies, epigenetics, and how to leverage the latest technologies for deep molecular profiling.

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09:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Reflection on the advances in the field of genomics since The Human Genome Project   Genomic medicine implementation and the vital role that genomic information can play in clinical care  Navigating t ...
09:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
10:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    In this fireside chat, we will discuss what the last two decades of genomics has brought to the forefront of human medicine – from longevity, synthetic life, microbial genomics and more.  
11:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    The latest breakthroughs in genomic sequencing, highlighting their impact on healthcare, research, and personalised medicine. Innovations in next-generation sequencing (NGS), long-read sequencing tech ...
12:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Long read sequencing holds great promise in the direct detection of DNA modifications It's important to recognize a few challenges, especially false positive detections How to navigate the pitfalls in ...
13:35
  1. Innovation Stage
    15 mins
    Understand the importance of pre-analytical sample preservation Explore the potential of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as a non-invasive analyte Interpret and Analyze ddPCR Data
14:25
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Optimization of long-read sequencing for single-cell transcriptomics. Elucidation of transcript diversity (e.g. splicing, allelic imbalance, alternative UTRs). Applications in cancer biology and neuro ...
14:55
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Sponsored by Oxford Nanopore
15:25
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    1. Discuss the role of molecular characterization in brain tumors.  2) discuss several clinical examples that can leverage long read sequencing  3. Review future applications of long read sequencing f ...
15:55
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
16:25
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Applying long read sequencing to population-scale studies to identify new structural variants associated with different phenotypes and disease susceptibility.  Using advanced computational tools to im ...
16:55
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    TBC
17:25
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Integrating Data to Uncover Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Development and Genotype-Phenotype Insights  Pediatric leukemias are highly heterogeneous, even within well-defined genomic subtypes.  By mov ...
08:55
  1. Innovation Stage
    5 mins
09:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    15 mins
    In this talk, Carl Zimmer will give us an overview of the odyssey through the living atmosphere and the history of its discovery – including the dark side of aerobiology. 
09:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    15 mins
    TBC
09:45
  1. Innovation Stage
    15 mins
    The Longitude Prize series brings together the brightest minds to solve the world's most challenging innovation problems. Launching at the Festival of Genomics, the Longitude Prize on ALS will bring t ...
10:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Sponsored by Castle Biosciences 
11:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
11:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    DNA methylations provide an opportunity to investigate the impact of different environmental factors on biological aging.   I’ll demonstrate our work focussed on producing an epigenetic aging clock to ...
12:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    TBC
12:30
  1. Innovation Stage
    30 mins
    Introduction of Transcriptional Reporter Elements of Cell State (TRECS) as a novel method to label and distinguish cell states within heterogeneous tumors.  • Insights into how EP300/CBP coactivators ...
13:00
  1. Innovation Stage
    70 mins

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