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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)