The Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU) of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) cordially invite you to take part in a half-day symposium on next generation sequencing in biological sciences.
Date: Monday 21 October 2013, 13:00-17:00
Symposium venue: Royal Museum for Central Africa - Leuvensesteenweg 17 – B-3080 Tervuren.
Main topics: general introduction to next generation sequencing (NGS), case studies and specific applications.
Invited speakers:
Dr. Guus Roeselers (TNO Netherlands, Microbiology & Systems Biology): Probing diversity in a hidden world: applications of next‐generation sequencing in microbial ecology
Dr. Jeroen VanHoudt (Genomics Core KULeuven – UZLeuven): New sequencing technologies: possibilities and limitations for archival DNA studies
Dr. Koen De Gelas (Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences): title to be determined
Dr. Frederik Hendrickx and Dr. Carl Van Gestel (Entomology Department Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, http://www.naturalsciences.be/): Applying NGS for exploring adaptive genetic variation in non-model organisms.
The symposium will end with a general discussion.
Registration: Registration is free (and starts at 12:00) but mandatory (in order to arrange the coffee breaks). Please register by sending an email before October 8th to Floris Breman (floris.breman@africamuseum.be)
Free coffee/tea will be offered.
More information: Floris Breman – Royal Museum for Central Africa – floris.breman@africamuseum.be and on http://bebol.myspecies.info/.