Genomics Core Leuven and Millenium Institute Chile iHEALTH invite you to a half-day introductory workshop on the fundamental concepts for understanding and analyzing genomics data.

This workshop is designed for students, researchers, and anyone curious who wants to gain the foundational knowledge needed to embark on their first sequencing project.

What You’ll Learn

Get a comprehensive overview of the genomic sequencing workflow, covering:

• The latest sequencing technologies
• Practical considerations for library preparation protocols (WGS, RNA-Seq, Targeted, and Single-Cell)
• An introduction to sequencing data analysis
• Long-read De Novo Assembly considerations

The session will conclude with an “Ask the Team” Q&A, where you can get answers to your most pressing questions about sequencing.

Workshop Details

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2025

Format: Hybrid

• ONLINE (Available in Belgium, Chile, and worldwide)
• IN-PERSON (Room details will be provided to Chilean registrants)

Time:

• Chile: 09:00 – 13:00 (CLT)
• Belgium: 13:00 – 17:00 (CET)

Preliminary Program (All times CET – Belgium Time)

 

Registration & Important Notes

Cost: The event is free of charge.

Registration is required to receive the access link (online)

Register here, or with the following QR code

• Presentation slides will be made available online after the event.
• Please note that the presentations will not be recorded, and a certificate of attendance will not be issued.

 

As members of the EASIGEN-DS consortium, we are pleased to invite you to a full-day hybrid advanced course focused on long-read sequencing and medical genomics taking place on Thursday 2 October 2025 at KU Leuven and online via Zoom.

This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest developments in long-read sequencing technologies and their applications in clinical and research settings. Experts from the EASIGEN-DS Consortium, including KU Leuven, NGI, CRG, MDC, CNAG and Charité, as well as invited speakers from other leading institutions, will contribute to the program structure around three thematic blocks: technologies and data analysis; applications in medical genomics; and “ask the experts”, a dedicated session for addressing participant questions on key topics.

This course is available both online and in person. On-site participants will enjoy direct interaction with expert speakers as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day. All attendees will have the chance to submit questions to the speakers in advance. These will be addressed during the closing Q&A session, providing deeper insights into the discussed topics.

Additional info and registration

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Enora Geslain, who has joined our research bioinformatics team as a permanent member! Enora brings valuable expertise in analyzing sequencing data, particularly from non-model organisms. Beyond her current specialization, Enora will also be a key contributor to research projects utilizing long-read sequencing data and single-cell analysis. This shared position with the Biology department will significantly enhance our capacity to bridge the gap in analyzing non-model organisms with cutting-edge sequencing capabilities.

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Pacbio’s Revio long-read sequencer in our facility. This device replaces the Sequel II system previously available.

With a high-density SMRT Cell, up to 4 SMRT Cells per run, and 24-hour run times, the Revio system with SPRQ chemistry delivers up to 480 Gb2,5 of HiFi reads per day, equivalent to 2,500 human whole genomes per year. The cost has come down dramatically, making the Revio for some applications now cheaper than conventional short-read sequencing, but with much more information.

To request the Revio service, please contact us at info@genomicscore.be

Long-read sequencing has been named method of the year by Nature magazine. From the pangenome effort to the telomere-to-telomere human reference genome, long-read sequencing is playing a central role on deepening our understanding of the genome, transcriptome and epigenome of multiple species. In this symposium we delve into this technology and provide an overview of how long-read sequencing works, how its raw data is analyzed and subsequently interpreted, and present a number of showcase studies. The event is open to researchers and practitioners in the areas of healthcare, biomedical sciences, biology, data science and computational genomics.

October 3rd, 2024

Room HERGE, Campus Gasthuisberg, UZ Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Final Program

Symposium is full: regular registration is closed

Registration is required for all participants:

• Participation is free for Flemish PhD students and post doctoral researchers
• Other participants: 50€

info@genomicscore.be

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We have two options to manage your NGS data produced in our facility:

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