Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) & Clinical Applications Congress: USA

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) & Clinical Applications Congress: USA is organized by Global Engage and would be held during Jul 25 - 26, 2017 at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

The course will provide a broad overview of Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) technologies as an enabling technology for new product development in diagnostics and the life sciences. Emphasis is put on the complete development process for commercial microfluidics-enabled products, covering aspects of development strategies, manufacturing technologies, application cases, markets as well as aspects of commercialisation and latest trends in the academic world. Recent product examples will be presented as well as lessons learned during all stages of the development and commercialization process of LOC-enabled devices.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the role of microfluidics technology in the development of new products.
• Learn about development and modularisation strategies in product development.
• Understand different microfabrication methods for low and high volume production.
• Understand economic aspects in the development and manufacturing of Lab-on-a-chip devices and systems.
• Learn about examples of successful and unsuccessful microfluidic product introductions.
• Understand the current state of the markets and obstacles in the commercialization process.
• Get an overview on current trends in LOC research.


Day 1: Strategy, Technology and Analysis Methods
• Nanopore sequencing
• Library preparation
• DNA amplification
• Drop-seq
• ChIP-seq
• Whole genome sequencing
• Targeted resequencing
• Exome sequencing
• De novo genome assembly
• Single-cell genomics

Day 2 : Clinical Applications of NGS
• Personalized medicine
• Clinical diagnostics
• Targeted therapy
• Genetic screening
• Genotyping
• Biomarker discovery
• Gene expression profiling