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The next generation sequencing industry represents a very strong area that is steadily advancing. The growth of the market can be attributed to the currently available improved sequencing technologies, recent developments in NGS data analysis & bioinformatics as well as utilising next generation sequencing in precision medicine. Liquid biopsy is one of the most cutting edge areas of research for 2017 in the industry as well as data analysis, where researchers are looking to find solutions for such burning questions as how data should be handled and how to find the best data analysis techniques. New to the 2017 programme is a strong focus on precision medicine, biomarker development and clinical diagnostics, where our esteemed speakers will take a close look at such critical areas as NGS clinical applications as well as biomarkers for precision therapies. The industry is experiencing attention from both leading pharmaceutical companies as well as renowned academic & research institutions and is expected to reach $21.4 billion by 2025.

In keeping with Oxford Global’s highly successful life sciences series, an expert panel of over 60 speakers will present a full conference programme covering the topics outlined below. These topics have been compiled as a result of a comprehensive research process undertaken with our advisory board members including VPs, Directors, Senior Research Fellows and Professors from global pharmaceutical organisations and leading research institutions.

Our Congress will focus on the following key areas of research:

4th Annual Next Generation Sequencing and Clinical Diagnostics Congress 

Day 1 Stream 1 – Exploring Emerging Trends in NGS Data Analysis & NGS Application Strategies

• Overcoming challenges and solutions for data storage and management
• Processing and integrating NGS data
• Utilising novel methods and tools for NGS data analysis
• Updates in interpreting NGS data
• Advances in bioinformatics & computational genomic analysis tools
• Reproducibility of NGS data analysis results
• Applying Big Data and cloud computing in NGS

Day 1 Stream 2 – Precision Medicine, Biomarker Development and Clinical Diagnostics

• Evaluating guidelines for using NGS in precision medicine
• Linking NGS to clinical trials
• Improved next generation sequencing techniques in liquid biopsy
• Comprehensive genomic profiling in the clinic
• Utilising NGS for molecular diagnostics development
• NGS in biomarker development

Day 2 Stream 1 – The Application of NGS in Different Therapeutic Areas

• Therapeutic case studies from the areas of:
  – Oncology
  – Rare diseases and brain disorders
  – Infectious diseases

Co-located with the 4th Annual Single Cell Analysis Congress

The single cell analysis market represents an emerging area of research that experiences continuous interest from researchers within the field. Rapid developments of new technologies, overcoming key challenges within single cell data analysis and sample preparation have all contributed to the growth of the industry. Building on the success of our previous years’ events, we are proud to announce the 3rd Annual Single Cell Analysis Congress covering the following areas:

Day 1 Stream 3 – Single Cell Analysis, Transcriptomics & ‘Omics

• Single cell ‘omics case studies and therapeutic applications:
  – Genomics & epigenomics
  – Transcriptomics & epitranscriptomics
  – Proteomics
  – Metabolomics
• Using single cell analysis in clinical & diagnostic development
• Methods and applications of single cell study for CTCs and rare cell diseases
• Single cell genomics for understanding tumour heterogeneity
• Single cell RNA sequencing technologies and applications

Day 2 Stream 2 – Applications and Technologies in Different Therapeutic Areas

• Case studies: oncology, immunotherapy, autoimmune and infectious diseases
• Methods for single cell isolation, capture & purification
• Single cell analysis tools including PCR analysis technologies
• High throughput in-situ sequencing approaches
• Microfluidics technologies and advances in applications
• The potential applications of single cell manipulation

Day 2 Stream 3 – Overcoming Single Cell Analysis Challenges

• Sample preparation for single cell analysis
• Bioinformatics challenges:
  – Calling copy number variations
  – Single cell data-handling
  – Identifying mutated genes in tumor samples
  – Improving the accuracy of quantitative analysis of transcripts
• Data analysis and interpretation hurdles
• Statistical analysis of single cell data
• Strategies and applications for single cell gene expression study