Agenda
We have pulled together some of the leading researchers from across Europe for the NGS Forum. They represent a real cross section of some of the work that Novogene has been involved with recently. We will update this page with presentation abstracts as we get them.   

Day 1: Plant and Animal Research. Wednesday 20th October
Time
Title
Speaker  
Organisation
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and welcome
Jane  Murray
Novogene Europe
9:30 - 10:15
The dynamics of hybridisation between an avian island endemic and a recent coloniser 
Dr. Sonya Clegg
University of Oxford
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15
Applying Personalized Genomics to Ash Trees
Prof. Richard Buggs
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
11:15 - 12:00
The Genomics of Feralisation and the regulation of iridescent structural colour variation in the chicken 
Prof. Dominic Wright
Linköping University
12:00 - 12:15
Closing remarks


Day 2: Human Research. Thursday 21st October
Time
Title
Speaker  
Organisation
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and welcome
Gürkan Korkmaz
Novogene Europe
9:30 - 10:15
Expression of pro-apoptotic NOXA/PMAIP1 drives synthetic lethality upon RUNX1 inhibition in pancreatic cancer
Dr. Matthias Wirth
Charité Universitat Berlin
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15
Gut microbiome and its interplay with environment and health - lessons from the Dutch Microbiome Project
Prof. Alexandra Zhernakova
University Medical Center Groningen
11:15 - 12:00
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in lung fibrosis: a core determinant of epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk
Dr. Yihua Wang
University of Southampton
12:00 - 12:15
Closing remarks

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