Long read sequencing for genome insights

KeyGene – Technology innovation for crop improvementKeyGene is the go-to research company for the development and application of breakthrough technology innovation. We do this for and with our shareholders and other partners, for crop improvement in for instance vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, and industrial field crops.With our intellectual capital, solution-driven approach, and collaborative spirit, we work for the future of sustainable global agriculture.Our aim is to support organizations with their toughest R&D challenges, by revealing, understanding, and using accessible genetic variation, inducing desired variation and enhancing breeding efficiency. For that, we offer our 30 years of track record of successful technology innovation, executed by powerful project teams that include experts in relevant disciplines like Data science, DNA- and RNA technology, Proteomics & Metabolomics, Cell- & Tissue technology, Genome Editing, Trait technologies, and Genomic Breeding Tools.We work in an international environment with more than 150 professionals from all over the world. Our company is based in Wageningen, the Netherlands, in Rockville, MD, USA and in Hyderabad, India.

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Spring 2019 Meetup on Genome Insights
Including contest: Get a whole plant genome sequenced & assembled for free!

We are sorry, registration is no longer possible through this webpage. Do you want to take part, on-site or online, please send an sms with your name and organization to +31 6 40 00 27 42  

On Thursday March 21, 2019 <A HREF="https://www.keygene.com/about-us/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">KeyGene</A> organizes a meetup on the perspectives of genome insights for innovation in plant breeding and plant sciences. The focus of this meetup is on long read sequencing, using Oxford Nanopore Technology platforms. Researchers from industry and academia will present the progress they made and the genome insights they obtained by using this technology.
Participants can choose to participate ‘off line’ or ‘interactive-on-line’.
The possibilities KeyGene offers its partners from industry and academia by using Nanopore sequencing are mind blowing. KeyGene has more than a decade experience in developing protocols for the isolation of high quality, high molecular weight DNA from plant cells. The bioinformatics team transforms the sequencing data into information that gives genome insights: useful infotrmation about traits and DNA for e.g. decision making in plant breeding. Thanks to these capabilities KeyGene exploits the great long read possibilities of the GridION and PromethION platforms in research projects in an unrivalled way. 
This Spring 2019 meetup on Genome Insights, one of <A HREF="https://www.keygene.com/technology/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the crop innovation platforms of KeyGene</A>, will show the perspectives from the viewpoint of the users, from both industry and academia.
 
Get a whole plant genome sequenced & assembled for free!
Whole genome sequencing at KeyGene is so powerful that this now becomes within reach for any plant breeder and scientist. That is why KeyGene organizes a contest: participants to the meeting who registered before February 1, 2019, could 'enter' a plant genome during the registration. One of these participants will be selected for a free of charge sequencing & assembly of his/her plant genome.
 
Programme (CET)
14:00 Reception
14:30 Opening by Arjen van Tunen, CEO KeyGene
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Iain MacLaren-Lee, Oxford Nanopore Technology, Senior Market Development Manager – AgriGenomics: Nanopore sequencing: technology developments and applications in agriculture
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Yogesh Gupta, The Sainsbury Laboratory UK, Post-Doctoral Scientist: Sequencing soybean rust: large, repetitive and heterokaryotic genome
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Frank Breuer, KWS, Research Scientist Maize & Oilseed Crops: How Long read technology will impact breeding in the coming years
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Winner of the free-of-charge sequenced & assembled plant genome: What I want to achieve by getting genome insights generated by Nanopore long read sequencing at KeyGene
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Edwin van der Vossen, KeyGene: Breakthrough innovation in crop sequencing, assembly & data interrogation: enabling genome insight and genomic breeding
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17:00 Off line only: 
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Visit to KeyGene's research greenhouse and NGS laboratory
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CropPedia demonstration by Rudi van Bavel
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Catch up and discuss with KeyGene scientists and other participants
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