"We are looking forward to updating the community on our recently launched solution for structural variation detection, including our new pbsv software that boosts sensitivity for identifying large insertions and deletions while dramatically lowering project costs for Sequel® System users," said
Scientific Program Highlights
Highlights from the scientific presentations featuring SMRT Sequencing include:
- "Advances in the Genetics of Autoimmune Disease," a Concurrent Platform
Session on
October 19 th from11:00 am-12:30 pm featuring a talk titled "The MHC Diversity in Africa Resource: A roadmap to understanding HLA diversity in Africa," byMartin Pollard of theWellcome Trust Sanger Institute .
- "Analysis of Cancer Genome Variation Using Long-read Sequencing," a Concurrent Invited Session on
October 19 th from4:15-6:15 pm featuring presentations from Fritz Sedlazeck ofBaylor College of Medicine andJacques Banchereau of Jackson Labs for Genomic Medicine.
Xufeng Zhao andMark Chaisson , on behalf of theHuman Genome Structural Variation Consortium , will present a poster titled "Comprehensive Discovery of Structural Genomic Variants Through Integration of Multiple Sequencing Platforms,"October 18 th from2:00-3:00 pm (Poster #1501). This team recently released a preprint on bioRxiv detailing the structural variant analysis of three family trios, finding 10 times more variants than previous 1000Genomes Project efforts with short-read technology.
- A "Reviewer's Choice Poster" by PacBio scientist
Tyson Clark titled "Targeted Enrichment Without Amplification and SMRT Sequencing of Repeat-expansion Disease Causative Genomic Regions,"October 18 th from3:00-4:00 pm (Poster #1480).
Genome Reference Consortium (GRC) & Genome in a Bottle consortium (GIAB) Workshop onOctober 17 th from1:00-4:00 pm , which will discuss the latest updates and improvements to the human reference genome assembly.
PacBio will hold a workshop entitled "Population and Clinical Genetics Studies Using Long-Read SMRT Sequencing" on
Speakers at the workshop include:
Attendees interested in reserving a seat at the workshop can register here.
ASHG meeting attendess will also have the opportunity to hear a talk on the Exhibit Hall floor as part of a
PacBio will also be exhibiting at ASHG in booth #722.
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