DAY 1 

CLINICAL NGS DATA ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
Led by BRIGHTcore & (IB)2

The course was intended for those working the wet lab who want to learn about bioinformatics workflows so that they can begin to analyse data themselves or keep an overview of the analysis that their own bioinformatic colleagues are providing for them.

AGENDA – WORKSHOP 14TH NOVEMBER BY BRIGHTCORE IN COLLABORATION WITH (IB)2

WORKSHOP VENUE

ULB – Campus Erasme
Room B1.004  (Building B on the campus map)
Lenniksebaan 808
1070 Anderlecht (Brussels)
Belgium

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For directions on how to get to ULB Erasme Campus, please view the ‘Venue & Directions’ tab.

If you have any queries about the workshop, feel free to CONTACT US

GOLD SPONSOR

NEB:  Founded in the mid-1970s as a collective of scientists committed to developing innovative products for the life sciences industry, New England Biolabs (NEB) is now a recognized world leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant and native enzymes for genomic research.
NEB is renowned for consistently providing exceptional product quality and unsurpassed technical support. For over four decades, NEB has been shaping the landscape of bioscience research by discovering, developing and supporting innovative and superior research reagents and optimized enzymatic workflow solutions. NEB is continuously expanding its product offerings into new areas including Next-Generation-Sequencing, Epigenetics and Cellular Imaging.

BIOKÉ:  Founded in 2004 in Leiden The Netherlands, BIOKÉ is an experienced and knowledgeable company that provides innovative products with the highest quality in the life science industry throughout Europe.
Since July 2009 we are the official EMEA base of operations for Cell Signaling Technology (CST). CST is the market leader in the development of high quality antibody products and technologies.
BIOKÉ delivers unique and high-performance applications and workflows for genomics, protein and cellular analysis and cell biology. Our team of professionals is carefully selected to form a company which has everything to make a collaboration a success. We provide you with customized solutions, including service support – not as a contractor, but as a knowledge partner.

GOLD SPONSOR

Bluebee offers a cloud-based accelerated genomics analysis platform that facilitates fast and affordable data processing. Bluebee enables research and clinical labs to substantially reduce cost, complexity and throughput time of their data analysis and helps sequencing service providers as well as diagnostic test providers to effectively expand their offering and market reach. The highly secured platform offers scalable yet localized data processing and storage, while providing full control for configuration, sharing and collaboration. The combination of domain experts in the development and deployment of large scale mission-critical infrastructure, seasoned bioinformaticians and renowned academic researchers in high performance computing, led to the use of two disruptive technologies – cloud and HPC – combined to deliver a unique service.

GOLD SPONSOR

PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world. With our proprietary nucleic acid isolation technology, fully integrated automated library prep, robust sequencing chemistries, sample quality quantitation and visualization tools for analysis of complex sequencing data, we help you deliver top-quality samples for world-class genomics research from start to finish.

GOLD SPONSOR

At Agilent, we strive to create full solutions to our customers, creating a seamless integration of instrumentation, consumables, software and services to deliver a consistent and easy-to-use experience.  We are motivated to be more than vendors and build lasting partnerships with our customers.
Research and clinical professionals diagnose and monitor diseases through analysis of human genetic code using Agilent target enrichment solutions for next-generation sequencing and genomic microarrays. Agilent solutions range from genome-wide genetic analysis to the targeted detection of mutations at one or more loci and the analysis of changes in gene regulation. Our core genomics technologies include SureSelect and HaloPlex target enrichment systems, and microarrays using comparative genomics hybridization (CGH) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Agilent delivers industry-leading solutions for pre-implantation human genetics and cancer genetics.
Multiplicom, a part of Agilent Technologies, has become a strong and reliable player in molecular diagnostics. Our products and solutions incorporate the latest medical findings on human genetics, oncology and prenatal testing and are developed and manufactured in compliance with the most stringent international quality standards. We provide your laboratory with a broad range of molecular Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) solutions, which guide your laboratory towards the most reliable results. Our ready-to-use assays analyze the genes that matter in a simple, efficient and reliable manner. Our Reporter software ensures correct analysis and enables quality control. Our Expert customer support team helps you to set up your tests and secure your results in every step of the way.

 EXHIBITOR

Advanced Analytical Technologies Inc. (AATI) develops, manufactures and markets high-throughput, fully-automated nucleic acid and genetic analysis systems. The company’s products have both commercial and research applications and are designed to improve processes within the molecular diagnostics, pharmaceutical, life science, agricultural and biofuels industries. The company’s product portfolio includes instruments for the parallel analysis of biomolecules, DNA, RNA, genomic DNA, double-stranded DNA, gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), pharmaceutical compounds and proteins using capillary electrophoresis (CE) with fluorescence detection or UV absorbance. The company’s flagship product, the Fragment Analyzer, is recognized as the best-in-class, multi-channel, automated fluorescence-based CE detection system for the simultaneous analysis of the quantity and quality of nucleic acids, including: dsDNA fragments, gDNA, NGS fragments and RNA (total and messenger) and microsatellites (SSR). Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI) simplifies complex genomics workflows to accelerate research and discovery in pharmaceuticals, life science, biofuels, biotechnology and healthcare. The company has facilities in Ames, Iowa, USA and Heidelberg, Germany. We support customers through a global network of distributors and support centers.

EXHIBITOR

Takara Bio Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., who develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science reagents under the Takara™, Clontech®, and Cellartis® brands.
Key products include SMART cDNA synthesis kits for a variety of samples and applications, including NGS, high-performance qPCR and PCR reagents (including the Takara Ex Taq®, Takara LA Taq®, Titanium®, and Advantage® enzymes), Cellartis stem cells and stem cell reagents, RT enzymes and SMART library construction kits, the innovative In-Fusion® cloning system, Guide-it gene editing tools, Tet-based inducible gene expression systems, and Living Colors® fluorescent proteins.
Recently, Takara Bio acquired Rubicon Genomics and WaferGen Bio-systems. As part of the Takara Bio family, they expand our NGS portfolio as well as add R&D, manufacturing, and support for automation systems for NGS and qPCR applications. Takara Bio’s portfolio supports applications including NGS, gene discovery, regulation, and function studies, as well as genetic analysis, protein expression and purification, gene editing, stem cell studies, and plant and food research. For more information, visit takarabio.com.

EXHIBITOR

PRIMADIAG is an innovative French company developing simple and powerful robotic platforms for rapid automation of a wide variety of protocols in the area of biology in particularly molecular biology.
The ACSIA Line from PrimaDiag, is the solution for automation breaking with the current way of thinking to bring quality, cost efficiency and simplicity to all the laboratories in genomics and proteins.

EXHIBITOR

PacBio is the leader in long-read sequencing, providing the most comprehensive views of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes in a variety of organisms from viruses/bacteria through to plant, animal and human genomes. SMRT Sequencing delivers long continuous reads (>20kb), high consensus accuracy (up to 99.9999% QV50), uniform coverage (even across high GC content regions), along with simultaneous epigenetics characterization. PacBio DNA sequencing data reveals previously hidden structural variants and produces direct variant phasing information across haplotype blocks, in both whole genome and targeted applications. With SMRT Sequencing Systems, scientists gain new insight into the genetic basis of disease heritability and a more comprehensive view of genetic variation and the genetic basis of cancer risk, disease biology, and differential outcomes.

SPONSOR

BGI was established in 1999 with participation in the original Human Genome Project. Since then, BGI has grown in to one of the world’s largest genomics organisations, experienced in genomic research, commercial NGS services and sequencer manufacturing. We are committed to providing solutions to address the research, pharmaceutical and clinical markets. With a focus on improving human health, we provide high quality sequencing services from our ISO15189 accredited laboratories, including WGS and exome sequencing, as well as a wide range of affordable genetic tests including non-invasive prenatal testing, carrier screening and hereditary cancer screening. To learn more, visit our website www.bgi.com/global/.

SPONSOR

The Company:  Since 2013, omicX, the French start-up founded by Arnaud Desfeux PhD, has been striving to democratize bioinformatics, by offering a practical work environment, dedicated to biological data analysis to assist life scientists identify the optimal tools for finding new entries from the omics data.
The platform:  Research in bioinformatics is evolving in leaps and bounds. Finding the right solution for biomedical data analysis is a challenging and time-consuming task. OMICtools helps biologists and clinicians find the right tools to properly analyze each of the different steps in their experimental reasearch. Users can query a large repository of existing and emerging tools using a powerful search engine, with an algorithm delivering the best-adapted query interpretation. OMICtools is open to everyone who wants to share and discuss bioinformatics tools, and highlight their bioinformatics expertise.

SPONSOR

Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen is an ISO 15189:2012 certified laboratory, which provides high quality and up to date diagnostics of genetic disorders for patients and their families. A full diagnostic interpretation of clinically relevant variants is offered. The laboratory has over 130 coworkers and performs >29.000 tests and >6000 diagnostic exomes each year. Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen is part of the Department of Human Genetics of the Radboud University Medical Center and is based in the Netherlands.

2016 SPONSORS

HOW TO GET TO MUSEUM OF MEDICINE (Musée de la Médecine), Campus Erasme

CONFERENCE VENUE:  The Museum of Medicine (Musée de la Médecine) is located in the south of Brussels and is very conveniently connected by the Metro to Brussels City Centre.  Below you can find a detailed map of the campus.

Museum of Medicine
Campus Erasme – Place Facultaire
Lenniksebaan 808
1070 Anderlecht (Brussels)
Belgium
Website:  www.museemedecine.be
TEL:   +32 2 555 34 31

WORKSHOP VENUE (14th Nov only):  the workshop will take place in room B1.004 at Campus Erasme.  This is located in Building B, please refer to the campus map.
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CONFERENCE VENUE (15th & 16th Nov):
Musée de la Médecine is building number 17 on the map.
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Satellite Map View of Venue

HOW TO GET TO ULB – CAMPUS ERASME

BY CAR

From the Brussels ‘Ring, take the exit “ULB Erasme” (N°16 or N° 15a), follow the signposts “ULB Hôpital Erasme”.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

BY TRAIN – if you are travelling by train and arrive at one of the central stations in Brussels (Nord, Sud/Midi or Central), please get the Metro 5 (YELLOW LINE) from Brussels Central station to the Erasme Campus.

BY PLANE – If you arrive at Brussels Airport (Zaventem), you should get a train to Brussels Central (it takes 17 minutes).  From Brussels Central please take Metro 5 (YELLOW LINE) and it takes 23 minutes to get to the Erasme station.  Taking a taxi through Brussels will be very expensive and will take a lot longer so public transport is advised.

If you arrive at Charleroi Airport, you can get a shuttle bus into Brussels city centre (Gare du Midi).  This costs around €14 one-way.  From Brussels Midi/Sud Station the easiest way to reach the venue will be by taxi but you can also take a metro to Brussels Central and then get a metro to Erasme.

Metro:  Line 5 (YELLOW) direction “Erasme”, stop at “Erasme”.

Tram:   Line 23 direction “Heysel”, stop at “Montgomery”, take the underground line 1B and stop at “Hôpital Erasme” (terminus).

Bus:  Line 98 : this bus ride between “Square des Héros”, “Uccle Stalle” and “Hôpital Erasme”.

This bus line is not available at night or Saturday, Sunday or bank holidays.

Bus De Lijn:  190 (from Brussels North Station to Anderlecht “Erasme”).

This bus line travels from “Porte d’anvers” to the underground’s lines “Ribaucourt”, “Gare de l’Ouest”, “Jacques Brel” and arrives to the Hôpital Erasme. via Chaussee de Mons.

141 (Brussels Chapel-Lennik-Leerbeek)

142 (Brussels Chapel-Gaasbeek-Leerbeek), through “Gare du Midi”.

CAR PARKS

There are 2 supervised payable car parks near the hospital. Parking is also possible on the street.

Car park “Erasme”:  A covered car park open 24 hours a day located within the campus. The cost is €14.30 for 24 hours.

Car park “Lennik”:  This is located just outside the campus and it’s open weekdays from 6:30am to 10:30pm. Closed on weekends and bank holidays.  The cost is around €5 per day.   Phone  : 02/217 98 86

Click HERE for more Information about Campus Erasme