Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future Meeting

“Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future” (SFAF) is an annual meeting dedicated to bringing together experts in the field of genomic sequencing, finishing and analysis - including representatives from the industries that serve this specialized scientific community.  The meeting focuses on laboratory methods and computational tools used to help sequence, assemble, and finish genomes, including new sequencing technologies, which promise high-throughput results by sequencing more base-pairs per run at longer read-lengths. In the past, companies have presented different techniques they have developed to achieve maximum balance for researchers.

Areas of emphasis at the annual Meeting include:

Genome Sequencing:

• New sequencing technologies (454, illumina, SOLiD, Ion Torrent, MiSeq, PacBio, etc.)
• Draft sequencing strategies (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, metagenomics, single cell, etc.)
• De novo sequencing, re-sequencing, Human seq., RNA seq., metagenomics, etc.

Genome Assembly:

• Whole genome assemblers and integration of next generation data
• De novo assemblers for short reads, hybrid assemblers h
• Recalling and calibrating genome assemblies
• Single cell and metagenomic assemblies

Genome Finishing:

• Finishing systems and pipelines (automated, manual, etc.)
• Next generation finishing tools and technologies
• Human Genomics and genome improvement
• Quality standards for new technologies and mixed data sets
• Single cell / cell sorting and metagenomic finishing

Genome Analysis:

• Genome annotation and pathway identification tools and pipelines
• Comparative genomics, re-sequencing, SNPs, structural variation
• Large scale data management, cloud computing
• Metagenomic analysis

The Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future meeting is sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.

No registration fee is required. Participants need to cover travel costs, hotel and dinner charges. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided.