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Confirmed
Speakers & preliminary Talk Titles
Symposium Talk and
Poster sessions:
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| Main
Topic: Molecular
diagnostics |
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Russ Higuchi
Ph.D., Cepheid Fellow R&D, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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Keynote
presentation:
Near-Oncology Patient (and Near-Oncology Health
Care
Provider) Molecular Testing on the GeneXpert
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Hendrik Dietz
Prof. of Biomolecular Nanotechnology, Physik Department & Walter
Schottky Institute, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Shape,
sequence,
function - synthetic biology with DNA
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Steve
Lefever
Center for Medical Genetics Ghent,
Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium
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Cost-effective
and
robust genotyping using double-mismatch allele-specific quantitative PCR
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Olfert Landt
CEO, TIB-Molbiol, Berlin, Germany
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Going to
the
limits of Multiplex Real-time PCR
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Lars Ullerich
R&D, GNA Biosolutions GmbH, Planegg / Martinsried, Germany
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An integrated
molecular
assay with laser-heated nanoparticles, performed in 20 minutes
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Mikael
Kubista
Prof. of Biotechnology, BTU, Czech Academy of
Sciences & TATAA Biocenter, Sweden
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High
throughput mRNA and protein expression profiling by qPCR
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Ralf Mauritz
R&D, Roche
Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald, Penzberg, Germany
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The new
LightCycler 96
System: It is so easy to be a LabHero
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| Main
Topic: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
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Alexander Schramm
Senior Scientist, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Kinderklinik,
Onkologisches Labor, Essen, Germany
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RNA-Seq:
opportunities,
limitations and applications in cancer research
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Vladimir Benes
Head of GeneCore, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
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Advances in NGS library preparartion |
Bram De
Wilde
Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
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NXTVAT:
cloud
software
for NGS data-analysis
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Michael W. Pfaffl
Prof. of Molecular Physiology, Chair of
Physiology, TUM Weihenstephan, Germany
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Functional
small-RNAs in
blood and milk
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Ralph Vogelsang
Pacific Biosciences, Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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Sequencing the
“Unsequenceable”
Single-Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT™) DNA Sequencing: Technology Overview
and Recent Applications
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Götz Frommer
R
& D, Agilent
Technologies, Böblingen, Germany
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New developments
in NGS
target enrichment
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Richard Fekete
R
& D, Life Technologies,
Foster City, CA, USA
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Advancements in
Ion
Torrent RNA Sequencing: Less AND More
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Svilen Tzonev
Head of Computational Biology, Digital Biology Center, Bio-Rad
Laboratories, CA, USA
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Droplet Digital
PCR and
Next Gen Sequencing: Digital Biology in High Definition
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Oldroyd, Nicola
R&D, Illumina, United Kingdom
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The Potential for
Next Generation Sequencing in Forensics
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Erik Söderbäck
R&D,
Qiagen, Hilden, Germany
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Transforming NGS in
Clinical Research and Healthcare - The New Scalable GeneReader Sample
to Result Workflow
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Eric van
der Walt
PhD, Senior
Scientist, Kapa
Biosystems, Black River Business Park, Cape Town, South
Africa
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Engineered
Enzymes and Optimized Workflows for Next Generation Sequencing
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| Main
Topic: Transcriptional
Biomarkers |
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Stephen
A
Bustin
Professor of Allied Health and Medicine, Postgraduate Medical
Institute, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, Anglia
Ruskin University, UK
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Expression
analysis tissue culture cells grown in long-term (up to 1 year)
organotypic culture
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Dave Ruff
R&D,
Life Technologies,
Foster City, CA, USA
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Ion AmpliSeq
Technology: A tool for biomarker discovery and beyond
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Stefan Bauersachs
PhD, LMU, Munich, Germany
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Transcriptional
Profiling To Address Molecular Determinants Of Endometrial Receptivity
– Lessons From Studies In Livestock Species
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Michael
Rhodes
R&D,
Nanostring Technologies, UK
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Single-Cell Digital Gene Expression On Up To 800 Unique Transcripts
Using Optically-Barcoded Single-Nucleic Acid Counting: Comparison With
Microfluidic qPCR And RNA-seq (Whole Transcriptome)
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High throughput
analysis &
Optimization in qPCR
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Jan Hellemans
Biogazelle, Technologiepark 3, B-9052
Zwijnaarde,
Belgium
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Unique benefits
of qPCR
demonstrated by the first qPCR transcriptome wide expression profiling
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Patricia de Winter
PhD, University College London, London, UK
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Rapid qPCR using
a
novel Taq mutant
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Dave
Schuster
R & D, Quanta BioSciences, Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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Overcoming PCR inhibition:
Next
Generation qPCR and RT-qPCR ToughMix® Reagents for High Sensitivity
Quantification and Accurate Genotyping from Crude Samples
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Rainer Schubbert
Head of Operations Applied Genetics,
Eurofins Medigenomix, Ebersberg, Germany
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Twisted
Intercalating Nucleic Acid (TINA) a novel groupof molecules with
improved performance
in PCR and qPCR applications
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Gothami Padmabandu
R&D,
Illumina, San Diego, USA
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A Nû Solution
for Real-Time Quantitative PCR
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Ossian Saris
R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Finland
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Factors influencing
the transfer of multiplex assays between qPCR instruments |
Celeste Glazer
R&D,
Labcyte, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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Automated PCR Setup for High Throughput
Analysis Enabled by the Labcyte Echo® 525 Liquid Handler and
Access™ Workstation
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Stefaan Derevaux
WaferGen
Biosystems Europe, L-1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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The WaferGen’s
SmartChip System: “Cycling in the world of high- throughput qPCR and
target enrichment“
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| Systems
Biology |
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Massimo Bionaz
Assistant Professor, Dairy Management, Animal and Rangeland Sciences,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
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Keynote
presentation:
Systems Physiology in Cattle: Transcriptome Dynamics
and
Beyond
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Robert
Loewe
CEO, GeneWake GmbH, Neuried,Germany
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A system
biology
approach utilizing in situ PCR, qPCR and NGS - a Toolbox to decipher
cancer
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| Single-Cell
Diagnostics |
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Ken Livak
Fluidigm, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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Keynote
presentation:
A Microfluidic
Device
that Isolates Single Cells then Processes RNA for qPCR or Sequencing
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Anders Ståhlberg
Senior Scientist, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, University of Gothenburg,
Sweden
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Cell Transitions at Single-Cell Level |
Christian Korfhage
R&D,
Qiagen, Hilden, Germany
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Genome Analysis Of
Individual Cells
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Marshall Levesque
Bioengineering at University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Visualizing gene
expression at the single cell, single chromosome, single RNA, and
single base level
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| MIQE
& QM
strategies in qPCR |
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Stephen
A
Bustin
Professor of Allied Health and Medicine, Postgraduate Medical
Institute, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, Anglia
Ruskin University, UK
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Keynote
presentation:
MIQE - its
impact
four years after publication
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Matjaž Hren
BioSistemika
Ltd, Tehnološki park 24, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Management and
Automation of qPCR Diagnostic Workflows
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Afif Michel Abdel Nour
Associate Professor, Special Infectious Agents Unit – Biosafety Level
3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Applying The MIQE
guidelines to clinical and pre-clinical trials
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Gregory Shipley
Shipley Consulting LLC, Houston, Texas, USA
former Director of the Quantitative Genomics Core Laboratory at
UTHSC-Houston
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Applying the MIQE
Guidelines to Screens Utilizing qPCR Focused Arrays
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Jan M Ruijter
Department of Anatomy, Embryology
and
Physiology, Academic Medical Center,
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The use and usefulness of amplification curve analysis in quantitative
PCR
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Kristina
Lind
Senior Sceintist, TATAA Biocenter Sweden,
Göteborg, Sweden
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Quality control in Quantitative PCR
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Andreas Untergasser
University Heidelberg, ZMBH, Michelstadt, Germany
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Four Years of RDML
qPCR Data Format – Achievements and Opportunities
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| non-coding
RNAs -
microRNA, siRNA and long non-coding RNAs |
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Jo Vandesompele
Prof. at the Center for Medical Genetics
Ghent,
Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium
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Keynote lecture:
Evaluation
of quantitative microRNA gene expression platforms in the microRNA
Quality Control (miRQC) study
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Mirco Castoldi
Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Infectiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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High throughput
analysis of Asthma-associated circulating microRNAs
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Joerg Hackermueller
Young Investigators Group Bioinformatics and Transcriptomics ,
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
RNomics group, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology,
Leipzig, Germany
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Non-coding
RNAs
in tumor and inflammatory diseases
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Pieter Mestdagh
Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium
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High-throughput
lncRNA expression profiling identifies candidate cancer lncRNAs
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Angel Rubio
Group of Bioinformatics, CEIT and TECNUN,
University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain
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Integration
of
disparate sources of information to predict miRNA-mRNA interactions
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Swanhild Meyer
Physiology Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München,
Freising, Germany
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How to narrow
down the
complexity of possible miRNA and mRNA interactions in cellular
differentiation?
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Ditte Andreasen
Scientific
Manager - qPCR Development, Exiqon, Denmark
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Generating Robust
Results From qPCR Analysis Of MicroRNAs In Biofluids
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Jonathan Michael Shaffer,
R&D,
Qiagen,
United States of America
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An Optimized miRNA
Profiling System for Limiting Samples
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| Digital
PCR
& Nano-fluidics |
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Jim Huggett
Science Leader Nucleic Acid Metrology, LGC
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Keynote
presentation:
An
introduction to digital PCR
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Ariane De Ganck
Biogazelle, Technologiepark 3, B-9052
Zwijnaarde,
Belgium
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Use of digital
PCR for
improved copy number quantification
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David Keys
R
& D, Life Technologies, Foster City, CA, USA
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Performance of a
next
generation fixed microwell platform for digital PCR
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Jennifer Meadows
Dept Medical Biochemistry & Microbiology (IMBIM), Uppsala
University, Sweden
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Enhanced Resolution
of Copy Number Variants in Domestic Animal Species
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Adam
Corner
Field Application Scientist - Europe, RainDance
Technologies, Lexington, MA, USA
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RainDrop Digital
PCR: Single Molecule Counting With A Droplet Digital PCR Platform
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BioStatistics
&
BioInformatics
qPCR & NGS data analysis |
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John Quackenbush
Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of
Biostatistics
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Keynote presentation:
The road to personalized medicine is paved
with
data and information
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Rolf Knobel
R&D,
Roche Diagnostics International, Rotkreuz, Switzerland
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A Kinetic PCR
model
function and its application on the Light Cycler 96
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| Lunch
Time Seminars |
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Barbara D'haene
Biogazelle, Technologiepark 3,
B-9052
Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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qBASEplus
- data analysis lunch time seminar
qbasePLUS speeds up the analysis of your qPCR data and improves the
accuracy of your results
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Mikael
Kubista
& Amin Forootan
MultiD & TATAA Biocenter Sweden,
Göteborg,
Sweden
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GenEx
- data analysis lunch time seminar
GenEx - the ultimate tool for qPCR data analysis
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David Keys
R
& D, Life Technologies, Foster City, CA, USA |
digital
PCR lunch time seminar
Digital
PCR Workshop with the QuantStudio 3D
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Christian Zinser
Head of Consulting, Genomatix Software GmbH, Munich, Germany
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NGS
data analysis lunch time seminar
Start making sense - NGS data analysis with Genomatix
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Please
direct your enquiry to our
scientific organisation team, headed by Michael W.
Pfaffl qPCR-NGS-2013@wzw.tum.de
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