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The Jackson Laboratory is pleased to present a new workshop on cutting-edge, long read sequencing technologies. This intensive workshop will be offered in the new 183,000 sq. ft. Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine research facility in Farmington, Connecticut on April 23-25, 2018. The goal of the workshop is to train scientists, including pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and new investigators, in the use of long read sequencing platforms in genomic research.
Long-read sequencing is rapidly becoming the standard in genomics, for assembling genomes, identifying structural variants, sequencing through repetitive regions, and phasing critical variants. This workshop will focus on data generation and analysis for leading long-read sequencing platforms: Pacific Biosciences, 10X Genomics, and Oxford Nanopore. Speakers include expert users, developers, and representatives from long-read sequencing companies. Talks will describe the technologies underlying each platform and their applications in basic and translational genomic science. This workshop also features hands-on sessions for participants to learn experimental protocols or bioinformatic analyses. Participants will learn practical differences and commonalities of the leading long-read sequencing technologies to understand when and how to use each platform.
