2023 Practical applications of metagenomics towards typing

Location:

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT Utrecht
The venue is easy to reach via public transport.
When travelling by car, park your car at P+R Utrecht Science Park or at Parking Olympos.

This meeting has (unfortunately) no hybrid possibilities.


Agenda for the KNVM-DMG symposium Practical applications of metagenomics towards typing:

09.30h - 10.00h  Registration

10.00h - 10.30h  John Rossen (Isala Zwolle/UMC Groningen) – Precised metagenomics for diagnosing infectious diseases

10.30h - 11.00h  Marcio F. A. Leite (NIOO/UU) – You must choose, but choose wisely: Model-based approaches for microbial community analysis and data integration

11.00h - 11.30h  Ranko Gacesa (RUG/UMC Groningen) – "Normal" metagenome of northern Netherlands - lifeLines cohort.

11.30h - 12.00h  Coffee break

12.00h - 12.30h  Anne Kupczok (WUR) – High-resolution metagenomics uncovers strain relationships and gene content evolution in deep-sea mussel symbionts.

12.30h - 13.00h  Bas Oude Munnik (ErasmusMC) – Metagenomics approaches to measure and quantify the virome.

13.00h - 13.45h  Lunch break

13.45h - 14.00h Abstract Award ceremony

14.00h - 14.30h  Franciska de Vries (UvA IBED) – Using metagenomic sequencing to understand the consequences of extreme climatic events for soil functioning.

14.30h - 15.00h  Paul Stege (WUR-WBVR / UMC Utrecht) – Functional metagenomics and AMR enrichment strategies.

15.00h - 15.30h  Peter Schaap (WUR-SSB) – UNLOCK initiative & FAIR data infrastructure

15.30h - 16.00h  Tea break

16.00h - 16.30h  Wouter Lokhorst (WUR) – Meta-omics surveillance within OneHealth

16.30h - 17.00h  Tina Hauptfeld (UU) – Putting the RAT in integRATive profiling: a new way to estimate taxonomic composition of metagenomes

17.00h - 18.00h  Drinks