Reminder: It's an open seminar. No need for registration. sorry for cross-posting Dear Colleagues: We would like to invite you to the "Plant Genomics Minisymposium" organized by Prof. Yves Van de Peer (PSB, VIB-UGent). This minisymposium is in conjunction with the ESF sponsored workshop "Generation and Analysis of Next Generation (NGS) Data". You can find the up-to-date progresses and the future perspective in the field of plant genomics during this minisymposium. Plant Genomics Minisymposium Date: 27th of November (Tuesday), 2012 Location: Jozef Schell seminar room, VIB FVMS building, Technologiepark 927 Zwijnaarde Program: 9:00 – 9:45 Sequencing complex plant genomes : the impact of New Sequencing Technologies. Prof. Patrick Wincker (Genoscope, France) 9:45 – 10:30 The past, present, and future of RNA sequencing and expression quantification. Prof. Manfred Grabherr (Uppsala University, Sweden) 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 11:45 Journey through the past: 200 million years of plant evolution Prof. Yves Van de Peer (Ghent University, Belgium) Contact: More information of this minisymposium please contact Dr. Yao-Cheng Lin (yalin@psb.vib-ugent.be)