{"id":7488,"date":"2016-02-03T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2019-03-08T03:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:27:36","slug":"your-agbt-2016-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/behindthebench\/your-agbt-2016-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Your AGBT 2016 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7492\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"agbt 2\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-1250x1250.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/agbt-2-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new year, a new venue: AGBT 2016 in Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n<p>We are kicking off AGBT 2016 week in Orlando, Florida. While the genomics world\u2019s favorite Marco Island resort gets a facelift, Orlando\u2019s JW Marriott in Grande Lakes will be hosting the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agbt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting<\/a> this week. Here\u2019s where and what we\u2019re cooking:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>S is for Science in Ion Suite Amarante #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come visit us in our suite where you\u2019ll hear from customers advancing their science using the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/life-science\/sequencing\/next-generation-sequencing\/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-workflow\/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-run-sequence\/ion-s5-ngs-targeted-sequencing.html?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ion S5\u2122 systems<\/a>, from our scientists presenting posters on the latest R&amp;D innovations, and see software demos while grabbing a snack with us (Snacks and beverages will be provided during Posters, Suite Talks, and Software Demos).<\/p>\n<p><strong>S is for Suite Talks <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, February 11th<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">5:15 p.m. <em>Getting the most from your liquid biopsy samples: CTCs and cell-free DNA from blood.<\/em> Presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynvenio.com\/team-and-board\/2015\/4\/29\/paul-w-dempsey-phd-cso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul W. Dempsey, PhD<\/a>, Cynvenio<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">6:15 p.m. <em>High throughput comprehensive sequencing using Ion AmpliSeq Custom Mendelian and Oncomine Panels on the Ion S5 XL System.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountsinai.org\/profiles\/robert-sebra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert P. Sebra, PhD<\/a>, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 12th<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">5:15 p.m. <em>Time matters: the role of whole genome sequencing in high-resolution bacterial strain typing for foodborne disease research analysis. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ehs.research.uiowa.edu\/institutional-biosafety-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy E. DesJardin<\/a>, PhD, State Hygienic Laboratory, University of Iowa<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">6:15 p.m. <em>A core lab\u2019s perspective: experiences of human and microbial sequencing on the Ion S5 XL System.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/katalog.uu.se\/profile\/?id=N3-1440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Ameur<\/a>, PhD, Uppsala Genome Centre, Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>S is for Scientific Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also be featuring our scientists presenting posters on the latest R&amp;D innovations in Ion Suite Amarante #1. Be sure to come between 5 p.m and 7 p.m. to talk with the scientists themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Preparing libraries directly from blood, saliva, buccal swabs and FFPE sections on the Ion Chef System.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Localized gene expression changes by AmpliSeq transcriptome sequencing from Arcturus\u2122 laser capture microdissected formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) Alzheimer\u2019s and normal brain sections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Speeding up the Ion S5 XL system: sequencing in an hour enables sample to answer in an 8 hour workday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Simple, rapid, low input library preparation using MuA transposons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>600 base reads on the Ion S5\u2122 System enables accurate HLA typing of 96 samples on one Ion 530 chip.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Detection of somatic mutations at 0.5% frequency from cfDNA and CTC DNA using a multiplex next-generation sequencing assay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>S is for Sponsor Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 13th<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">9:40 a.m &#8211; 10:00am: Simon Cawley will close it up with our Bronze sponsor workshop talk, talking about all our leading innovations in targeted sequencing on Saturday in the Mediterranean Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that AGBT 2016 proves to be a great and productive meeting for you, and we hope to see you in Orlando! And just in case you can\u2019t make it this year, we\u2019ll be providing live coverage on the Ion Torrent channels, so be sure to follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iontorrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Behind the Bench<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A new year, a new venue: AGBT 2016 in Orlando, Florida We are kicking off AGBT 2016 week in Orlando, Florida. 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