BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Calling small indels in the 1000 Genomes low-coverage and high-cov
 erage pilots - Albers\, C A (Cambridge)
DTSTART:20100714T080000Z
DTEND:20100714T083000Z
UID:TALK25496@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Breathtaking progress in DNA sequencing technology has made th
 e costs dropping and throughput increasing in a lighting speed. With more 
 organisms including human sequenced\, flood of genetic data is being gener
 ated worldwide every day. Progress in genomics has been moving incremental
 ly due to this revolution in sequencing technology. At the same time\, lar
 ge scale studies in exomics\, metagenomics\, epigenomics\, and transcripto
 mics all become realistic suddenly. Not only do these studies provide the 
 knowledge to basic research\, but also immediate benefits to application. 
 Scientists across many fields are utilizing these data for the development
  of better crops and livestock\; for diagnostics\, prognostics and therapi
 es for cancer\, and other complex diseases. BGI is on the cutting edge of 
 translating genomics research into molecular breeding and disease associat
 ion studies with belief that agriculture\, medicine\, drug development and
  clinical treatment would eventually enter a new stage with the understand
 ing of genetic components of all the organisms. We are dedicating to two p
 rojects: Tree of life aims to sequence all economically and scientifically
  important plants/animals and model organisms. The project is best represe
 nted by the newly sequenced Giant panda and cucumber. The other one\, gene
  and health is focusing on large scale population studies and association 
 studies，such as 1000 genomes project and Sino-Danish diabetes project\, 
 using whole genome or whole exome sequencing strategies. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR