08:00 | Registration |
09:00 | Inauguration |
09:00 | Welcome and Introduction to SELECTBIO Sanjay Bajaj, Managing Director, Select Biosciences India Pvt Ltd, India
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09:05 | | Conference Chair Inaugural Address-Chairperson B R Das, Advisor & Mentor- R&D, CoE, Molecular Pathology, SRL Limited, India
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09:15 | Speakers' Introduction & Memento Presentation |
| Session I: Oncology |
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09:25 | Translating Cancer Genomics to Medicine Amit Dutt, Principal Investigator, Scientist F, Tata Memorial Centre, India
In his presentation speaker will discuss about transformation which took place in the field of cancer diagnostics with the advent of Next Generation Sequening. |
09:50 | Precision Medicine - Has it Impacted Indian Patients Outcome? Kumar Prabhash, Professor, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
In this presentation speaker will discuss about methodologies developed for targeted cancer therapies with the help of NGS. |
10:15 | Profiling in Oncology using Solid Tumor Testing and Liquid Biopsy Urvashi Bahadur, Vice President-Clinical Diagnostics & Sr. Director-Medical Genetics & Genomics, Strand Life Sciences, India
Role and advantage of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for tumor profiling through liquid Biopsies for greater sensitivity over any other conventional sequencing methods will be highlight of this presentation. |
10:40 | Coffee Break and Networking Session(Group Photo) |
11:10 | Molecular Spectrum of BRCA Gene Mutation in Indian Scenario Firoz Ahmad, Research Scientist and Senior Manager-R&D, SRL Diagnostics, India
This presentation highlights how Next generation sequencing (NGS) based testing increase the sensitivity of mutation detection, and help in identifying patients with high risk of developing cancer? |
11:35 | Identification of Non-canonical (India-specific) Genetic Alterations in Colorectal Cancer using Next Generation Sequencing Murali Bashyam, Head, Molecular Oncology Lab, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, India
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12:00 | Panel Discussion: NGS in Oncology - A Promising yet Challenging Technology
Moderator - Kumar Prabhash
Panelists - BR Das, Amit Dutt, Murali Dharan Bashyam, Urvashi Bhahadur |
12:45 | Lunch Break and Networking Session |
| Session 2-Genetic Disorders & Reproductive Medicine |
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13:35 | Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Janneke Weiss, Head NGS Facility, VU University Medical Center, Netherlands
In this presentation the speaker intends to give a comprehensive overview about NIPT analysis, related bioinformatics tools developed and role of NGS for diagnosis. |
14:10 | Biomarker Discovery via NGS-based Transcriptomics: A Case Study Kshitish Acharya, Faculty Scientist, Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology, India
This talk will laid emphasis on NGS and parallel bio-ITapproaches as well their potential to generate more data to identify key transcripts associated with genetic diseases. |
14:35 | Applications of NGS in Inherited Ocular Diseases Subhabrata Chakrabarti, Associate Director, Research, L V Prasad Eye Institute, India
This presentation provides some novel molecular mechanisms in glaucoma (a leading cause of irreversible blindness)discovered using NGS techniques in an attempt towards translational research from bench to bedside to community |
15:00 | Panel Discussion: Exploring New Genetic Etiologies through NGS
Moderator - Sucheta Bhatt Panelists - Janneke Weiss, Kshitish Acharya, Subhabrata Chakrabarti, Pramila Tata |
15:45 | Coffee Break and Networking Session |
| Session 3-NGS Technical session |
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16:00 | NGS and Metagenomics: QC and Other Analysis Considerations Pramila Tata, Deputy Research Director, Syngene , India
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16:25 | Expanding the Frontiers of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Sucheta Bhatt, Director of Genetics, Illumina Inc., United States of America
The presentation will give an insight into, methodology, clinical indications, test performances, and clinical utility aspects of the expanded NIPT platforms. |
16:50 | High Sensitivity Variant Detection with SureSelectXT HS Library Prep optimized for FFPE Anuj Gupta, Senior Scientist, Agilent Technologies, India
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17:05 | Closing Ceremony |