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Pre-Conference Short Courses*
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
(SC1) APPLYING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES TO RESEARCH
Introduction to New Technologies and Application in Research
Course Moderator: Stanley Gloss, Founding Partner & Managing Director, BioTeam, Inc.
Technologies for next generation sequencing are accelerating at a rapid pace. This short course will help to keep you up-to-date on the newest options for DNA sequencing, and the tools to manage the data. The major new advantages will be showcased in the latest platforms, and strategies for managing the data to turn it into useful information will be demonstrated by leaders in the field.
- Technologies for newest platforms for next generation sequencing
- Strategies and tools for managing data
- Demonstration of how tools can be applied to research
Short Course Instructors:
Next-Gen Sequence Assembly and Cloud Computing
Francisco M. De La Vega, D.Sc., Distinguished Scientific Fellow, Computational Genomics Research, Genetics Systems R&D, Life Technologies
Using Wikis for Managing Next-Gen Sequencing Data
Giles Day, Senior Director, BBC Informatics, Pfizer Biotherapeutics & Bioinnovation Center
Additional Speakers to be Announced
(SC7) BEST PRACTICES IN TRANSLATIONAL & PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
- Real world solutions currently in place in pharma, national labs, academia, and industry
- Building collaborations and sharing biological data between Big Pharma
- Bridging the gap between bench and bedside
- Informatics solutions that link data from the clinic with cutting edge research
NCGR Schizophrenia Genome Project
Faye D. Schilkey, Associate Director, NM Sequencing Center, National Center for Genome Resources
The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) established the Schizophrenia Genome Project in 2007 to investigate the genetic basis of the illness and has successfully integrated high-throughput sequencing and analysis systems to support that effort.
Biological Knowledge Management: Registration, Association, & Sharing
Jeremy Packer, Head of Bioinformatics, Abbott
Two of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies joined with one of the world’s leading scientific software companies to collaborate on solving a critical business problem at a fraction of the cost of working separately.
Pediatric Knowledgebase
Jeffrey S. Barrett, Ph.D., FCP, Pediatrics Director, Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Pediatric Knowledgebase (PKB) integrates hospital-based electronic medical records (EMR) with drug and therapy-based dashboards that provide patient and population views to current and historical data to guide individual medication use.
Clinical Trial Portal (CTP)
Lisa LaLuna, Senior VP, Corporate Development & Implementation, ePharmaSolutions
The Clinical Trial Portal (CTP) was developed to streamline and accelerate workflow and collaboration between the stakeholders involved in conducting clinical trials. The CTP helps bio-pharmaceutical companies accelerate and improve the site selection, activation, study training, trial management, adverse event management and patient enrollment processes.
*Separate Registration Required.
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