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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" color="#993300">3Gb-TEST Course; Next-generation sequencing in a diagnostic setting</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-US">The 3Gb-Test Consortium,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">invite your participation in</span><span lang="EN-US"> to the NGS 2016 course in Lisbon, Portugal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-US">It is a 4-day course from 24th</span> till 27th of October 2016 with focus is on clinical diagnostics using </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">exome/genome sequences, variant identification and analysis including afternoon practical sessions.</font></p>
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<p class="Default"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-US">Location </span>
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Instituto Nacional de Saude, Lisboa, Portugal.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">http://www.insa.pt
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> Some of the topics to be covered:
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Characteristics of the NGS methods
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Annotation and prioritization of variants
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Whole genome VS whole exome sequencing
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Functional validation of variants
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Targeting gene panels
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Exome sequencing
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Calling variants
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Afternoon practical sessions*<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">More information at
<a href="http://3gb-test.eu/24-27-october-2016-4-day-course-on-ngs-lisbon-portugal/">
http://3gb-test.eu/24-27-october-2016-4-day-course-on-ngs-lisbon-portugal/</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please feel free to distribute this material<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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