2021 Novogene European NGS Forum

2021 Novogene European NGS Forum

Thank you for being part of the 2021 Novogene Europe NGS Forum. We had a great time putting the event together and we
really hope you found the presentations insightful and interesting. We have made the six keynote presentations available
below along with a PDF of the slide decks.

Day 1: Plant and Animal Research. Wednesday 20th October

1. The dynamics of hybridisation between an avian island endemic and a recent
   coloniser
2. Dr. Sonya Clegg
3. University of Oxford
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1. Applying Personalized Genomics to Ash Trees
2. Prof. Richard Buggs
3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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1. The Genomics of Feralisation and the regulation of iridescent structural colour
   variation in the chicken
2. Prof. Dominic Wright
3. Linköping University
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Day 2: Human Research. Thursday 21st October

1. Expression of pro-apoptotic NOXA/PMAIP1 drives synthetic lethality upon RUNX1
   inhibition in pancreatic cancer
2. Dr. Matthias Wirth
3. Charité Universitat Berlin
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1. Gut microbiome and its interplay with environment and health – lessons from the
   Dutch Microbiome Project
2. Prof. Alexandra Zhernakova
3. University Medical Center Groningen
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1. Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in lung fibrosis: a core determinant of
   epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk
2. Dr. Yihua Wang
3. University of Southampton
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Speakers

Dr. Sonya Clegg
Associate Professor of Evolutionary
Ecology
University of Oxford, Department of Zoology

Prof. Richard Buggs
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics,
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary University of London and Senior Research Leader, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew

Dr. Matthias Wirth
Teamleader and Principal Investigator,
Division of Hematology and Oncology at Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF)
Charitie Berlin

Prof. Alexandra Zhernakova
Full Professor of the Human Genome and
Exposome,University Medical Center Groningenanklin

Dr. Yihua Wang
Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences,
Principal InvestigatorUniversity of Southampton

Prof. Dominic Wright
Professor of the Department of Physics,
Chemistry and Biology (IFM)