KNVM

Standardization of metagenomics is (not) required!

Location: Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht

The venue is easy to reach via public transport.
When travelling by car, park your car at P+R Utrecht Science Park or at Parking Olympos.

This meeting has (unfortunately) no hybrid possibilities.

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Registration costs: EUR 60,=

Please register by clicking the green button on the left of the screen or via this link. Deadline for registration is Wednesday January 31st 9:00 am.

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This meeting is co-organized by the KNVM Divisions Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics and the NVMM Special Interest Group Bioinformatics.

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09.30 - 10.00	Registration (Plaza area)
09:50 - 10:00	Welcome and opening Ferry Hagen Westerdijk institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Chair 1 Alex Bossers (KNVM-DMG), IRAS-UU / WBVR-WUR, NL
10.00 - 10.30	Genetic monitoring of biodiversity with Nanopore sequencing Arjen Speksnijder Leiden Centre for Applied Bioscience, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, The Netherlands Research Group Understanding Evolution, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands
10.30 - 11.00	Metagenomics Standardization Challenges in Diverse Ecosystems (the not part) Chrats Melkonian Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Utrecht University (UU), The Netherlands Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break (Plaza area)
Chair 2 Ellen Carbo (NVMM-SIG/BIMM), Amsterdam UMC, NL
11.30 - 12.00	Metagenomics for food safety and quality - Lessons learned and challenges ahead Sigrid de Keersmaecker SCIENSANO Belgian Institute for Health, Belgium
12.00 - 12.30	Exploring novel approaches for the detection and genome reconstruction of RNA viruses Anne Kupczok PSG Bioinformatics group, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands
12.30 - 13.00	Metagenomic sequencing in clinical virology: bioinformatics and reporting to the clinic Igor Sidorov Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands
13.00 - 13.45	Lunch break (Plaza area)
13.45 - 14.00	KNVM-MG Abstract Award ceremony Ferry Hagen, Chair KNVM-Division Microbial Genomics
Chair 3 Eiko Kuramae (KNVM-DMG), NIOO / UU, NL
14.00 - 14.30	Global survey of the disease-associated gut bacterium Ruminococcus gnavus reveals genomic links to geography and disease Sam Nooij, Experimental Bacteriology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands
14.30 - 15.00	Comparative Microbial Genomics Analysis between Feral and Domesticated Ponies Aldert Zomer Clinical Infectiology, Utrecht University (UU), The Netherlands
15.00 - 15.30	What's there to standardize for bioinformatics pipelines for metagenomics? Anita Schürch Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU), The Netherlands
15.30 - 16.00	Tea break (Plaza area)
Chair 4 Tom Ederveen (KNVM-DBI), RadboudUMC, NL
16.00 - 16.30	Large-scale computational analyses of gut microbial CAZyme repertoires enabled by Cayman Quinten Ducarmon Structural and computational biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands
16.30 - 17.00	New discoveries thanks to standardization Bas E. Dutilh Viral Ecology and Omics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
17.00 - 18.00	Drinks (Plaza area)