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Workshop
Accelerating plant and animal genomic breakthroughs: A history of progress, a future of promise

Monday, January 15, 2024
4 PM–6 PM in Palm 5–6

Join us for an Illumina-sponsored workshop at PAG 2024 on Monday, January 15 from 4 – 6 PM (PT). You can also visit us at Illumina booth 211 throughout the conference.

In this workshop, we will hear from researchers and entrepreneurs reaching new heights in genomic research of both plants and animals, celebrate as we announce the Agricultural Greater Good Initiative award grantee, and learn about the product innovations from Illumina that support these advances and initiatives, including updates to Illumina sequencing and array platforms, library prep, and data analysis tools.

Speakers and agenda
André Eggen

4 PM–4:20 PM
Accelerating plant and animal genomic breakthroughs
André Eggen
Regional Segment Marketing Mgr, Agrigenomics
Illumina

Hasan Alhaddad

4:20 PM–4:35 PM
Getting over the hump: GWAS of show-camel phenotypes using Illumina’s dromedary Whole Genome SNP array
Hasan Alhaddad, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics, Department of Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology Program, College of Science
Kuwait University

Charles Johnson

4:35 PM–4:50 PM
Breathing Fire into Agrigenomics with the Illumina DRAGEN
Charles Johnson, PhD
Director Genomics and Bioinformatics Service
Texas A&M AgriLife

Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative logo

4:50 PM–5:15 PM
Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative winner announcement and award ceremony

 

5:15 PM–6 PM
Refreshments

Date & Time
Jan 12, 2024 – Jan 17, 2024
Location
Town & Country Resort and Conference Center
San Diego, California
United States
Topic
Agrigenomics
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