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Advances in Sequencing Technology Identify New Mutations, Genes and Pathways Related to Autism 

- Evan Eichler, University of Washington

Plenary Session: Genetic Studies I
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Islands Ballroom

High Throughput Full-Length Sequencing for Microbial Pathogen Screening in Human Clinical Samples Using the Ion Proton and Pacific Bioscience RSII Technologies
- Ulf Gyllensten, Uppsala University
Concurrent Session: Genomic Technologies Applications
7:30 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
Islands Ballroom

A Near Perfect De Novo Assembly of a Eukaryotic Genome Using Sequence Reads of Greater than 10 Kilobases Generated by the Pacific Biosciences RS II

- W.R. McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Plenary Session: Genomic Studies II
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Islands Ballroom

A De Novo Whole Genome Shotgun Assembler for Noisy Long Read Data
- Gene Myers, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Plenary Session: Genomic Studies II
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Islands Ballroom
 

Patterns of Structural Rearrangement in Human Cancer Revealed by Ultra-Long Read Sequencing

- David Wheeler, Baylor College of Medicine
Concurrent Session: Genomic Technologies Development
7:30 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
Islands Ballroom

Human
Integration of PacBio® and Illumina® Data Reveals Inter-chromosomal Translocations in Normal Diploid Genomes
Caleb Davis et al, Baylor College of Medicine, W. M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training

Single-Molecule Sequencing of the Estrogen Receptor α Transcriptome in Breast Cancer Cells Reveals Novel Mechanisms with Clinical Implications
Cecilia Williams et al, University of Houston, Department of Biology and Biochemistry

Application of SMRT® Sequencing in Human Disease Research
Yi Han et al, Baylor College of Medicine

Strategies for Delineation of Human Genome Complex Structure Using the PacBio RS II Platform 
Mark  Wang et al, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Comprehensively Assessing Variation at Pharmacogenomic Relevant Loci
Karyn Meltz Steinberg et al, The Genome Institute at Washington University

Human Genome Resequencing Using PacBio Sequencing
Shoichiro Oishi et al, University of Tokyo

Resolving the ‘Dark Matter’ in Genomes
Jonas Korlach, Pacific Biosciences

Creating a Single Haplotype Human Genome Assembly
Tina Lindsay et al, The Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine 

Resolving Large Repetitive Regions in the Human Genome Using Single-Molecule Sequencing and Manual Genome Finishing            
Aye Wollam et al, The Genome Institute at Washington University

New Genome Assembly Algorithm Using Only PacBio Continuous Long Reads for Larger Genomes
Takamasa Imai et al, The University of Tokyo

Plant and Animal
Use of Next-generation Sequencing for the Identification of Y-chromosome Derived Genomic Sequence Scaffolds From the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium Castaneum
Marce Lorenzen et al, North Carolina State University, Entomology Department

Genome of Birch (Betula pendula) as a Tool for Tree Genetics
Lars Paulin et al, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki

Towards Correction-Free Assembly of Raw PacBio Reads
Lex Nederbragt et al, University of Oslo    

Error Correction and Assembly Complexity of Single Molecule Sequencing Reads: How Long is Long Enough?
Michael Schatz et al, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Incorporation of Long-read Technologies into Hybrid-De Novo Genome Sequencing Strategy: an Assessment on PacBio and Moleculo Reads
Asao Fujiyama et al, National Institute of Genetics

Bring your A (or G,T,C) game and join us for some California style beach volley ball.
Gatorade and snacks provided. (Or just come out and cheer us on!)

Program Presentations

Program Presentations
Events
Posters

Sequence Analysis of Plasmid Diversity Amongst Hospital-Associated Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobactericeae
- Jim Mullikin, National Human Genome Research Institute
Concurrent Session: Medical, Animal and Microbial Genomics
7:50 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.
Salon G through J

Pacific Biosciences Long-Read RNA-Seq for Gene Isoform Identification and De Novo Gene Prediction
- Sean McGrath, The Genome Institute at Washington University
Concurrent Session: Genomic Technologies Development
8:30 p.m. – 8:50 p.m.
Islands Ballroom

String Graph Assembly For Diploid Genomes With Long Reads
- Jason Chin, Pacific Biosciences, Inc.
Concurrent Session: Computational Biology
8:30 p.m. – 8:50 p.m.
Salon E & F

Haplotype-Level Characterization and Direct Sequencing of Viral Populations: The Promise of Single-Molecule Sequencing Platforms for Advancing Our Understanding of Viral Evolution
- Jason Ladner, USAMRIID
Concurrent Session: Genomic Technologies Applications
8:10 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Islands Ballroom

Thursday, February 13

Friday, February 14

Connect With Us In Lanai Suite #189
 

Viral
Sequencing Complete HIV-1 Genomes as Single Molecules With Continuous Long Reads
Michael Brown et al, Pacific Biosciences

The Human Gut Virome: DNA Sequence and Covalent Modifications
Alexandra Bryson et al, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology

PacBio-Based WGS of Thousands of Haemophilus Influenzae Strains to Study the Evolution of Virulence at the Population-level During Colonization and Chronic Infection
Garth Ehrlich et al, Drexel University College of Medicine, Center for Genomic Sciences

Sequencing of Full-length HIV-1 env from Clinical Specimens Collected During Primary Infection
Ellen Paxinos et al, Pacific Biosciences

Bacterial
Improved Yield and Diverse Finished Bacterial Genomes Using Pacific Biosciences RS II SMRT Sequencing
Lisa Sadzewicz et al, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore

Exploiting 3rd Generation Sequencing Reads for De Novo Assembly of Bacterial Genomes
Patrick Descombes et al, Nestle Institute of Health Sciences

Microbiome Characterization Using SMRT Sequencing on 16S rRNA Genes Across a Range of Amplicon Sizes and Variable Region Content
Tim Smith et al, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

Long-Read Sequencing of Metagenomic DNA and Base Modification Detection in Bacterial Genomes Using the PacBio RS System
Karen Beeson et al, J Craig Venter Institution

Lessons From Long Read Assembly of >100 Actinomycete Genomes
Keith Robison, Warp Drive Bio

A Pipeline for Rapid Characterization of Infectious Disease Isolates Using Emerging Long-readlength Sequencing Technologies
Robert Sebra et al, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Using Whole Exome Sequencing and Bacterial Pathogen Sequencing to Investigate the Genetic Basis of Pulmonary Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Luke Tallon et al, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore

Uncovering Genomic Blind Spots Using Single Molecule, Long Read Sequencing
Ken Dewar, McGill University

New Discoveries From Closing Salmonella Genomes Using Pacific Biosciences Continuous Long Reads 
Marc Allard et al, FDA CFSAN ORS

Fungal
Integrative Biology of a Fungus: Using PacBio SMRT Sequencing to Interrogate the Genome, Epigenome, and Transcriptome of Neurospora Crassa
Jane Landolin et al, Pacific Biosciences

When: 7 a.m. on Thursday and Friday (weather permitting)
Where: At the sand courts behind the Marriott Hotel