Conference on Next Generation Sequencing: Challenges and Opportunities. Barcelona

NGS2009 Conference on Next Generation Sequencing: Challenges and Opportunities
Barcelona (Spain),
1-3rd October 2009

So far, most DNA sequences have been obtained with Sanger capillary technology. However, next generation sequencers (NGS) or ultrasequencers are revolutionizing genetics and hence biology since 2005. It is not just a dramatic increase in sequencing speed; it means a change in paradigm that obliges researchers and institutions alike. It is also a tremendous and passionate technological race worth millions.

This conference will focus on the computational and statistical challenges that pose NGS data. These aspects are often neglected, yet are important to successful research. While wet lab prices are steadily decreasing, bioinformatics and statistical analyses have become a serious bottleneck for traditional molecular laboratories.

We have broadly organized the conference around two focal points: technology and applications. The first part will embrace bioinformatics, statistical and computational problems. The second will raise some of the most emblematic areas where NGS has exerted a dramatic influence.

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150 years of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: a South American celebration. Uruguay

Dear Colleague,
“150 years of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: a South American celebration” will gather internationally renowned evolutionary scientists in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on September 2-6, 2009.
The meeting is the single Latin American scale of the Darwin200 Symposia, organized by The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), and will include keynote lectures, several symposia and poster sessions.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
* Giorgio Bernardi
* Daniel Dennett
* Douglas Futuyma
* Takashi Gojobori
* Eviatar Nevo
* Francisco Salzano
* Emile Zuckerkandl

Symposia to be held:
(chairs * and preliminary list of invited speakers)

• - Evolutionary Genomics and Molecular Evolution: Fernando Álvarez*, Hugo Naya*,Giorgio Bernardi, Gastón Gonnet, Olivier Gascuel and Pablo Goloboff
• - Evolutionary Physiology: Francisco Bozinovic*, Ernesto Gianoli, Carlos Navas, Pablo Sabat, Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto and Enrique Caviedes- Vidal
• - Viral Evolution: Juan Cristina*, Raul Andino and Eckard Wimmer
• - Paleontology and Evolution: Richard Fariña*, Sergio Martínez*, Sergio Vizcaíno and Laura del Río
• - Human Evolution: Monica Sans*, Francisco Salzano and Héctor Puccarelli
• - Darwinism and Society: Alción Cheroni* and Daniel Dennett

Abstract & Scholarship deadline: June 30th, 2009

A 150 Km horse back ride, following part of Darwin's path in Maldonado, will take place the two days before the meeting.
For more information on Abstract submission, Fellowships for Students, Registration and Housing, please visit our web site www.darwin200.edu.uy

You can also contact us by e-mail: darwin200@fcien.edu.uy

Fernando Alvarez
On behalf of the Organizing Committee

I Reunión de Biología Evolutiva del Cono Sur. Argentina

I Reunión de Biología Evolutiva del Cono Sur
A 150 años de la publicación de “El Origen de las Especies” de Charles Darwin

23-25 de Noviembre de 2009
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Organizan:
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires
Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano –
Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación

Contacto
E-mail: 150.darwin.sur@ege.fcen.uba.ar
Página Web: www. ege.fcen.uba.ar/darwin150