Dear colleagues,

Registration for the ENCODE 2016: Research Applications and Users Meeting is now open: www.encode2016.org

This is a great opportunity for both novice and experienced users of genomic data to learn about ENCODE resources and how to leverage them for their own research. The meeting will take place June 8th - June 10th, 2016, at the Stanford Li Ka Shing Center, at 219 Campus Drive, Palo Alto CA, and will feature:

٭ Hands-on training workshops to learn to navigate, analyze, and integrate ENCODE and mouse ENCODE data into your research. No programming experience required.
٭ Leading-edge research applications from distinguished invited speakers.
٭ Tutorials on newly-available informatics pipelines that greatly facilitate working with ENCODE data.
٭ Short talks selected from abstracts.

Registration is only $100 for academic attendees and $250 for non-academic attendees. This does not include transportation or lodging, but does cover meals.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

٭ Nancy Cox, Vanderbilt University

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

٭ Matthew Freedman, Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

٭ Tom Gingeras, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory

٭ Brenton Graveley, University of Connecticut Health Center

٭ Mathieu Lupien, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 

٭ Katherine Pollard, The Gladstone Institute at UCSF

٭ Tim Reddy, Duke University

٭ Bing Ren, University of California, San Diego

٭ Yijun Ruan, The Jackson Laboratory

٭ Michael Snyder, Stanford University

٭ Barbara Stranger, University of Chicago

٭ Zhiping Weng, University of Massachusetts Medical School

٭ Grace Xiao, University of California, Los Angeles

WORKSHOP TOPICS

٭ Viewing, querying, and downloading ENCODE data

٭ Running ENCODE processing pipelines on your own data (including ChIP-seq, eCLIP-seq, RNA-seq, DNase-seq, DNA methylation)

٭ Integrating ENCODE data with those from your lab or other major projects

٭ Using ENCODE data to interpret human variation, personal genomes, and disease (including cancer) genomes

٭ Connecting regulatory elements to their target genes across the genome

٭ Integrative analysis

٭ See the website for more details about training workshops

We look forward to seeing you at Stanford University!

The ENCODE Outreach Working Group

www.encode2016.org