The Novogene Sequencing Symposium
Welcome to the 2024 Novogene Sequencing Symposium. This is our first customer symposium to be held in our new lab at the IZB in Munich.
The day will bring together experts from across the sequencing world with the simple goal of invigorating your research and providing insight into the future direction of the sequencing industry .
With speakers from industry and academia this will be a rare opportunity to hear not only how NGS is unlocking scientific projects, but also how the technology that enables it is developing and transforming our understanding of the world around us.
This event is invite only. If you are interested in attending, please contact your Account Manager or info@novogene-europe.com. Places are very limited so be quick!
Wednesday 22nd May 2024, 9:00 - 15:30 CET | IZB, Martinsried, Munich, Germany
Confirmed Speakers
Dr Christian Voolstra
Professor of Genetics Adaptation in Aquatic Systems, University of Konstanz, Germany
Title: A global view of the biocomplexity underlying coral holobiont diversity and climate change resilience
Speaker bio: Dr. Voolstra has published over 350 peer-reviewed research papers and is the current president of the International Coral Reef Society (CRS) and the head of the Sequencing Analysis Core Facility at the University of Konstanz. Dr. Voolstra received his PhD at the Institute for Genetics in Cologne, Germany, was a Postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Merced, before joining KAUST’s Red Sea Research Center in Saudi Arabia as faculty, where he served as the Associate Director from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, Dr. Voolstra moved to the University of Konstanz, Germany where he is Professor (Chair) of Genetics of Adaptation in Aquatic Systems.
Neil Ward
Vice President and General Manager (EMEA), PacBio
Title: Long-read sequencing, the next era of genomics
Speaker bio: Neil Ward is PacBio’s VP and General Manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Neil is a veteran of the genomics industry and joined PacBio in 2021 from Illumina where he was senior sales director for Northern Europe. Prior to his 13 years at Illumina, he held bioinformatics and sales roles at Agilent Technologies, Silicon Genetics, Oxford Biomedica, and UCB Celltech.
Dr Oliver Goldenberg
Commercial Lead (Germany), Illumina
Speaker bio: Oliver Goldenberg started his life sciences journey by specializing in the engineering of molecular technologies for analyzing microbial signatures in immunocompromised patients. With stints at Transgenomic and Illumina, Mr. Goldenberg has honed his skills across various domains including Market Development, Field Applications, Regional Marketing, and Sales. At Illumina, Mr. Goldenberg has been in commercial leadership positions since 2018. As of 2023, he is leading the Commercial organization in Germany and supervising operations at Illumina's German headquarters in Berlin. Furthermore, he plays a significant role in shaping the direction of life science research as a respected board member of the Life Science Research branch at VDGH.
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