Sunday 4 November 2018
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPSTime TBC

Species Identification in Metagenomic Data Sets: From the Clinic to the Ocean

Time TBC

Galaxy Australia – The Free Genetics and Genomics Analysis Platform

1400 - 1800

Conference Registration OpenOPENING ORATION (Chair: Vikki Marshall)
1700 - 1800

Guest Speaker - Kevin White

1800 - 2000

Welcome Reception & Trade Exhibition – Stamford Grand
Monday 5 November 20180730 - 1730

Registration Desk Open0800 - 1800

Trade Exhibition Open0845 - 0900

Official Welcome and Conference Opening

SESSION 1: Ancient DNA & Forensics (Chairs: Laura Weyrich & TBD)
0900 - 0945

Keynote Speaker - Ludovic Orlando
Tracking Six Millenia of Horse Selection, Admixture and Management with Complete Genome Time-Series

0945 - 1010

Invited Speaker - Sallyann Harbison
Challenges and opportunities in transforming Forensic DNA genotyping to massively parallel sequencing
technology

1010 – 1035

Invited Speaker - Jeremy Austin
Using hybridisation enrichment and next generation sequencing for identification of highly degraded humanremains.

1035 - 1105

Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition

1105 – 1130

Invited Speaker - Michael KnappNew technologies for an old problem - the role of ancient DNA and functional genomics in bird conservation

1130 - 1150

Invited abstract - Vanessa Hayes
Analysis of 1025 L0-mitogenomes suggest a geographical divide shaped early human dispersals within SouthernAfrica

1150 - 1200

Lightning Poster Session 1

1200 - 1300

Lunch & Trade Exhibition

SESSION 2: Bioinformatics (Chairs: Andreas Schreiber & Kat Pillman)
1300 - 1345
1345 - 1410
1410 - 1430
1430 - 1450
1450 - 1510

Keynote Speaker - Taru Tukiainen
Genomic approaches to decipher the extent and impacts of X chromosome inactivation
Invited Speaker - Nicole Cloonan
TBAInvited Abstract - Harriet Dashnow
STRetch: detecting and discovering pathogenic short tandem repeat expansions
Invited Abstract - Hyun Jae Lee
Integrated pathogen load and dual transcriptome analysis of systemic host-pathogen interactions in severe
malaria
Invited Abstract - Hardip PatelNational Centre for Indigenous Genomics
1510 - 1530

Invited Abstract - Natalie Twine
Big Data Technologies Enables Distant Relationship and Disease Variant Discovery in ALS

1530 - 1630

Poster Session 1 & Afternoon Refreshments

SESSION 3: New Technologies Part 1 (Chairs: Mark Van der Hoek & Vikki Marshall)
1630 – 1700

BGI sponsored Keynote - Radoje Drmanac
DNA Nanoballs and Single-Tube LFR: Affordable "Perfect" Genome Sequencing

1700 - 1720

Invited Abstract - Quentin Gouil
Reconstructing haplotyped methylomes with long-read sequencing for fine dissection of imprinting in mice1800 - 2000

Invited Abstract - Martin Smith
Massively multiplexed targeted long-read single cell sequencing for deep phenotyping of tumour and immune
cell repertoire
Invited Abstract - Eva Chan
Cool things that can be done with Optical Mapping
Student Night

1800 - 2100

VIP Function

1720 - 1740
1740 - 1800

Tuesday 6 November 20180730 - 1800

Registration Desk Open0800 - 1800

Trade Exhibition Open0850 - 0900

Welcome to Day Two

SESSION 4: New Technologies Part 2 (Chairs: Mark Van der Hoek & Vikki Marshall)
0900 - 0945

Keynote Speaker - Marlon Stoeckius
CITE-seq: Highly multiplexed simultaneous measurement of epitopes and transcriptomes in single cells

0945 - 1010

Invited Speaker - Ryan Lister
Dissecting plant development at single cell resolution

1010 - 1040

Morning Refreshments & Trade Exhibition

SESSION 5: Cancer (Chairs: Deb White & TBD)
1040 - 1125

Keynote Speaker - Kevin White
From Petabytes to Molecular Insights: Building a System for Precision Medicine

1125 – 1145

Invited Abstract - Sujanna Mandal
The super enhancer-driven long noncoding RNA lncNB promotes neuroblastoma tumorigenesis

1145 - 1205

Invited Abstract - Katherine Pillman
MicroRNAs regulate large-scale alternative splicing in cancer by controlling the RNA-binding protein
Quaking1205 – 1215

Lightning Poster Session 21215 - 1315

Lunch & Trade Exhibition

1315 – 1340

Invited Speaker - Nic Waddell
TBA

1340 - 1400
1400 - 1420
1420 - 1520

Invited Abstract - Sunny Wu
Landscape of the breast cancer tumour microenvironment using single-cell RNA sequencing
Invited Abstract - Richard Tothill
Going nuclear: Using single-nuclei RNA-sequencing for analysis of rare tumours
Poster Session 2 & Afternoon Refreshments & Screening of Melbourne Cup

SESSION 6: Neurogenetics (Chairs: Mark Corbett & Sam Buckberry)
1520 - 1605

Keynote Speaker - TBD

1730 - 1815

Invited Speaker - Naomi Wray
Genetics of Common Disease: Progress and Next Steps
Invited Abstract - Peter Hickey
Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in samples from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx)
project
Invited Abstract - Irina Voineagu
The Landscape of Circular RNA Expression in the Human Brain
Invited abstract - Anushree Balachandran
Uncovering novel aspects of human neural crest biology using multiomic approaches
AGTA Annual General Meeting1830 - 2330

Conference Dinner

1605 - 1630
1630 - 1650

1650- 1710
1710 - 1730

Wednesday 7 November 20180730 - 1730

Registration Desk Open0800 - 1300

Trade Exhibition Open0855 - 0900

Welcome to Day Three

SESSION 7: Plants (Chairs: Matthew Gilliham & Rakesh David)
0900 - 0945
0945 - 1010
1010 - 1030
1030 - 1100
1100 - 1125
1125 - 1145

1145 - 1205
1205 - 1305

Keynote Speaker - Jim Haseloff
TBA
Invited Speaker - Jacqueline BatleyInvestigating the Role of Structural Variation in Brassica Disease Resistance
Invited Abstract - Agnieszka Golicz
Roles of long non-coding RNAs in Plant Sexual Reproduction
Morning Refreshments & Trade Exhibition
Invited Speaker - Rachel Burton
Genome Sequencing, Assembly and Annotation of the Industrially Useful Plant Plantago ovata
Invited Abstract - Michael Roach
Population sequencing reveals clonal diversity and ancestral inbreeding in the grapevine cultivar
Chardonnay
Invited Abstract – Yayu WangFunctional Structure and Association of Root Microbiome with Foxtail Millet Yield Unravelled by UltraDeep Metagenomic Sequencing
Lunch & Trade Exhibition

SESSION 8: Metagenomics (Chairs: Renee Smith & Anthony Borneman)1305 – 1350
1350 – 1415
1415 – 1440
1440 – 1500
1500-1520
1520 – 1545
1545 – 1615

Keynote Speaker - Elizabeth Dinsdale
Mosaic of microbes: Investigating the involvement of marine microbiomes in the life and death of kelp
forests
Invited Speaker - James Paterson
A TCE contaminated aquifer reveals a Piggyback-the-Persistent viral strategy
Invited Speaker - Michael McDonald
Tracking evolution in experimental populations of microbes using time-resolved whole genome
sequencing
Invited Abstract - Alicia Byrne
A genomic autopsy of perinatal death
Invited Abstract - Samuel Forster
Genome based metagenomic analysis using an extensive human gastrointestinal culture collection
Invited Speaker - Gene Tyson
Expanding our view of microbial communities in thawing permafrost
Awarding of Prizes, 2019 Conference Launch and Conference Close

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