Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network | NGS-CN

In October we had the pleasure of hosting Anna Esteve Codina from CNAG. She introduced us to the added value of using RNA-seq, long-read genome and methylomes for rare diasease diagnosis.
If you missed his talk then, you now have the chance to catch up on our Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

As the year draws to a close, join our final webinar on December 11th to explore the European Reference Genome Atlas with Camila Mazzoni.

When? 11.12.2025 at 11 CET
Where? Zoom, register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

Missed the Spatial Transcriptomics Summer School? No worries! We've uploaded more talks. Today, Nicolas Casadei, head of the NGS Core facility at the University of Tübingen, dives into the unique insights of spatial transcriptomics. Watch now and learn!

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In our webinar in August, Dr. Francy Johanna Pérez LLanos presented the genomic investigation of a TB outbreak within an indigenous community in the Colombian Amazon.
The talk is now available on:

www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

Come and join our next webinar in November!

This time Kenneth Peuker from the Universität Greifswald will talk about host factors in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer metastasis.

When? 27.11.2025 at 11 CET
Where? Zoom, register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

In July Anna-Lena Börsch from the Universitätsklinikum Münster introduced us to Polyneuropathies and how she is using a multi-omics approach in understanding them.
If you missed his talk then, you now have the chance to catch up and listen to this talk on our Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

In our next webinar, we welcome Anna Esteve-Codina from CNAG with a talk about the added value of using RNA-seq and long-read genome and methylomes for rare diasease diagnosis.

Come along and learn with us!

16 October | Thursday, 11:00 CEST

Register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

If you missed the Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics - don't worry! We now uploaded another of the talks. Joana Pimenta Bernardes, a bioinformatician at the University of Kiel, is introducing us to the use of Single-cell and Spatial RNASeq for personalized medicine.
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If you missed the Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics - don't worry!
Today’s lecturer, Fabian Rost, postdoc at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, is giving a general overview over the analysis of spatial data. Check out his talk on our Youtube Channel!
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If you missed the Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics - don't worry! We now uploaded another of the talks.

Today’s lecturer, Julieta Aprea, a project manager at the DcGC, is giving us a overview of the spatial transcriptomic technologies available today.
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If you missed the Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics - don't worry! We just uploaded another talk to Youtube!

Today’s lecturer, Shobhit Agrawal, is introducing us to his work on a human cell atlas and the integration of data from several centers and studies.

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If you missed the Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics - don't worry! We now uploaded another of the talks - this is your chance to catch up and learn from our experts!

Today’s lecturer, Katrin Sameith-Lauber, is introducing us to the analysis of scRNA sequencing data. www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

Explain Podcast: Listen to the special episode about immunology!

Tune in now:
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Join our August webinar with Johanna Perez Llanos on resolving a nearly clonal TB outbreak in a remote indigenous community in the Colombian Amazon. Learn with us on 21 August, Thursday at 11:00 CEST.
Register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

In May @German Demidov, PhD introduced us to the Solve-Rare Diseases Consortium and solving complex rare disease cases during his webinar talk.

If you missed his talk then, you now have the chance to catch up and listen to this talk on our Youtube Channel!

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Here comes another talk of our Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics. This is your chance to learn from our experts!

Andreas Petzold, a bioinformatician at the DcGC, is giving us an introduction into data analysis for specifically Single Cell data.

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We are happy to announce that the first lecture of the NGS-CN Summer School 2025 is now available on YouTube!
Here, Maximilian Krause from the DcGC introduces sequencing technologies!

And...subscribe to our NGS-CN YouTube Channel to stay tuned for the upcoming content!

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🎉 What a week! The 5th NGS-CN Summer School organized by @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social and @ngscn-de.bsky.social brought 200+ researchers together to dive into Spatial Transcriptomics
Talks, hands-on training & insights into gene expression tech.

Read more ➡️ tud.link/1turh3

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We are excited to announce our next webinar in July with Anna-Lena Börsch from the Uniklinikum Münster. She will introduce us to her field of research: Polyneuropathies and how she uses multi-omics to understand them!

17 July | Thursday, 11:00 CEST
Register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

In our webinar in April, Maryia Karpiyevich from SPT Labtech and researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, told us about Efficient Long-Read Genome Library Prep- crucial for large-scale genomics projects.
Now available on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

Join our next NGS webinar | 05.06 at 11:00 CEST.

Luigi Colin will introduce us to reef ecosystems. To understand the impact of climate change, they tried to identify thermally tolerant coral populations and chart their molecular response patterns.

Register here: rwth.zoom-x.de/j/6847583275...

What's up? We're in a full "NGS-CN Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics" mode, yuhuuu!

In our March webinar, Joana P. Bernardes introduced us precision medicine. Her research focuses on chronic inflammatory diseases, aiming to understand why these conditions impact individuals differently and to develop effective treatments.
The talk is now avaiable on YT: www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN

Join our bioinformaticians online to get support with your NGS data questions, including long-read data, WGS, WES, RNA-seq, and single-cell sequencing. Learn and find suitable analysis workflows for your project. Apply by scanning the QR code or through this link: buff.ly/wkWg8pt

In the last Summer School on Sequencing Technologies and Bioinformatics, Joseph Chao-Chung Kuo from WGGC Aachen, introduced us to basic coding concepts in Python. If you it , take this chance to learn from our experts. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more updates!
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Last year, we featured zoologist Miquel Vila-Farré in our NGS Webinar Series, where he discussed planarian regeneration from the Order Tricladida. Using the MPI's wild planarian collection, Miquel investigates their regenerative abilities. If you missed it, watch it here: www.youtube.com/@NGS-CN/

Registrations are still open for the hybrid module of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN) Summer School in May!

Check out the post below ⤵️ and get ready to learn some #SpatialTranscriptomics!

🧬 & 🖥️ Reminder Call for Abstracts: German Conference on #Bioinformatics - #GCB2025
submit here: gcb2025.de/Call+for+Abs...
🌟 Keynote Speakers: Anne-Christin Hauschild (Justus-Liebig University Gießen), Inken Wohlers (Research Center Borstel), Jan Korbel (EMBL Heidelberg)
#computationalbiology

TOMORROW: Come along to our next webinar on 03.04. at 11:00 CET!

We are joined by Maryia Karpiyevich, PhD from sptlabtech.bsky.social and researchers from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, who will tell us about Efficient Long-Read Genome Library Prep.

Register here:
rwth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Next episode: Explain Podcast!

Spinnin' bases on wafers to do...mostly NATURAL SBS...we explore Ultima Genomics technology | non-coding RNA | bioinformatics tools like Snakemake, Cromwell, and Nextflow. Join the conversation on your favorite platform: buff.ly/IulW2AA | Spotify buff.ly/QXFhEko