Conference Brochure - 2014 NextGen Genomics & Bioinformatics

SciGenom Conferences
(an education arm of SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF))
2014 NextGen Genomics & Bioinformatics
Technologies (NGBT) Conference
17th -19th November 2014, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
Hosted by: SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF), National Institute of Mental Health and
Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) & Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB)
Pre-Conference NGS Bioinformatics Workshop
15th-16th November 2014, Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, India
Hosted by: SciGenom Research Foundation(SGRF) and Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB), Bangalore
SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro
Sciences (NIMHANS) & The Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) are pleased to host the 2014
NextGen Genomics & Bioinformatics Technologies (NGBT) conference in Bangalore,
India. The NGBT conference will cover the recent advances in next generation sequencing
(NGS) technologies, bioinformatics for NGS and translational applications of NGS in
various areas of lifesciences including human health and medicine.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dr. Partha P Majumder, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, India
Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Stephan C Schuster, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Andrew Peterson, Sr. Director, Genentech Inc., USA
Dr. Ramprasad VL, COO, Medgenome Inc., Bangalore, India
Dr. K Thangaraj, Group Leader, Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology (CCMB), India
Dr. IC Verma, Director, Sir Gangaram Hospital, India
Dr. V Mohan, President & Director, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, India
Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Dev Sidhu, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Hubert Serve, Universitären Centrum fur Tumorerkrankungen (UCT), Goethe University, Germany
Dr. Ugur Sahin, TRON, Mainz, Germany
Dr. Volker Doetsch, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Anguraj Sadanandam, ICR, UK
Dr. Daniel Abankwa, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland
Dr. Swarkar Sharma, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, J & K, India
Dr. Mitali Mukerji, IGIB, New Delhi, India
Dr. Ramesh Hariharan, Strand, Bangalore, India
Dr. Jeff Wall, UCSF, USA
Dr. Achuthsankar S Nair, University of Kerala, India
Dr. Amit Dutt, ACTREC, India
Dr. Mallika Singh, Patronus Therapeutics, USA
Dr. Nallasivam Palanisamy, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA
Dr. Arnab Pain, Associate Professor, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sriharsa Pradan, Division Head, New England BioLabs, USA
Dr. Kini Manjunatha, Professor, NUS, Singapore
Dr. Jay Fox, Professor, Uni of Virginia Health Sci. Center, USA
Dr. Zora Modrusan, Sr Scientist, Genentech Inc., USA
Dr. Eric Stawiski, Sr Scientist, Genentech Inc., USA
Dr. Arjula Reddy, Founder Vice Chancellor of Yogi Vemana University, India
Dr. Harsha Gowda, Sr Scientist, IOB, Bangalore
Dr. Ravi Gupta, Sr Scientist, SciGenom Labs, USA
Dr. William LaRochelle, Director, Roche, USA
Dr. Bengt Hallberg, Professor, Gothe Uni., Germany.
Dr. G Kumaramanickavel, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore
Dr. Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee, Faculty, NCB, Bangalore, India
Dr. Yougesh Shouche, Principal Investigator, NCCS, Pune, India
Dr. Hemant Purohit, Chief Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur, India
Dr. Santhosh, Sr. Scientist, Seed Works, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Ramesh K Agarwal, Deputy Director, CCMB, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Rohini Sreevathsa, Senior Scientist, NRCPB, Delhi, India
Dr. Arun Zachariah, Sr. Scientist, Kerala Forestry Dept, India
Dr. R. K. Vijh, Principal Scientist, NBAGR, Karnal, India
Dr. Sachinandan De, Principal Scientist, NDRI, Karnal, India
Dr. T.R. Sharma, Project Director, NRCPB, Delhi, India
Dr. Mukesh Jain, Staff Scientist, NIPGR, Delhi, India
Dr. T. Mohapatra, Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi, India
Dr. Raman Babu, Senior Staff, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Sabhyata Bhatia, Staff Scientist, NIPGR, Delhi, India
SciGenom Research Foundation
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Registration Starts
April 1st, 2014
Abstract Deadline
October 31st, 2014
Late-Breaking Abstract Deadline
November 10th, 2014
Early Registration Deadline
October 20th, 2014
Conference Hosts
Conference Venue
National Institute of Mental
Health and Neurosciences
www.nimhans.kar.nic.in
Multiple Sponsorship Opportunities
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