June Forum: Darren Platt Presents: Next Generation Genome Assembly Algorithms
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Saturday Jun 12, 4:00 PM
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Byers Hall Room 212
- 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA Enter through Genentech Hall and sign in with the Security guard who will direct you to the meeting room.
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28 attendees
- 3 former members
A Principal Scientist at Amyris Biotechnologies, Darren Platt has had a pivotal role in many Bay Area bioinformatics organizations. He was Senior Director of Research at 23andMe a leader in direct to consumer genetic testing. He was head of Bioinformatics at the Joint Genome Institute where his novel DNA assembly algorithms enabled work on the Neanderthal genome, among others. Darren was a founding member of the Bioinformatics group at Exelixis which pioneered the gene discovery and analysis software industry.
He is also an author of the Forge DNA assembly algorithm which combines Sanger and "next generation" sequence data to assemble genomes de novo.
Dr. Platt will present an overview of "next generation" assembly algorithms featuring his work on Forge.
Directions:
Enter the main entrance of Genentech Hall. The door will be locked but there is a call button to a security guy just inside that can buzz people in to sign in with him. This door is the black arrow on the north side of Genentech Hall in this map The black arrow pointing to the entrance directly into Byers Hall at the corner of 16th and 4th Streets is no longer a public entrance. We will be in Byers Hall Room 212.
Agenda:
4:00-4:15 - Networking
4:15-4:45 - Dr. Platt presents "Next Generation Sequencing Algorithms"
4:45-5:15 - Break/Discussion
5:15-6:00 - Lightning talks
We will have lightning talks at this forum, so please bring a brief (10 minute) presentation on a topic that you want to share with the group. We should have time for as many as 4 talks, so let Doug know if you are planning on presenting one. Lightning talk slots will be given on a first requested basis. Powerpoint slides on a thumb drive to accompany your talk are optional.
Blogging is allowed at this event. Please see the BayBIFX blog policy for more details.
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Hope to see you all there!
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