Jennifer V Gerbracht et al. “CASC3 promotes transcriptome-wide activation of nonsense-mediated decay by the exon junction complex”, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 48, Issue 15, 04 September 2020, Pages 8626–8644, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa564 The NGS project funded in the 1st call and led by PI Niels Gehring published their first results on the role of CASC3 in post-transcriptional gene expression. Congratulations… Continue reading A new publication from the 1st DFG NGS call is out!
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The first publication from the 1st DFG NGS call is out!
Erger, F., Nörling, D., Borchert, D. et al. cfNOMe — A single assay for comprehensive epigenetic analyses of cell-free DNA. Genome Med 12, 54 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-020-00750-5 cfNOMe is a two-in-one method of measuring cell-free DNA cytosine methylation and nucleosome occupancy in a single assay using non-disruptive enzymatic cytosine conversion and a custom bioinformatics pipeline. This in-house… Continue reading The first publication from the 1st DFG NGS call is out!
The German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative
The NGS Competence Centers launched the German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative DeCOI in collaboration with many national research institutes to use Omics technologies to tackle the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more on DeCOI. Read the Uni Bonn press release (in German).
NGS-Call 3 submission deadline for full applications has been extended by the DFG
In view of the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on research activities, the DFG has extended the submission deadline for the full application for the NGS-Call 3 from 9 June 2020 to 9 September 2020. For more information see here
In view of the preventative measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19), we have decided to postpone the WGGC 2020 News & Views Meeting scheduled for April 01, 2020 to a later date this year.
We will inform you about the new date in due time. We thank you for your understanding.
WGGC2020 Cologne – Registration open now!
Join us in Cologne on April the 1st for the last of the three WGGC2020- News & Views Meetings! This event is a great opportunity to connect with the WGGC experts and to learn about the latest NGS developments that are available for your research! The program can be found here. Attendance is free of… Continue reading WGGC2020 Cologne – Registration open now!
WGGC2020 BONN
A successful start into 2020 with WGGC events in Bonn! On January 14th, more than 80 participants gathered for the WGGC2020 News&Views at the Biomedical Center BMZ in Bonn, located on top of the Venusberg, to share knowledge on the applications of NGS. After the welcome speech by Prof. Joachim L. Schultze, our Bonn site… Continue reading WGGC2020 BONN
JANUARY EVENTS
Registration to our January events is now open! Join us in Bonn on January 14th for the WGGC2020 News&Views meeting and attend the Webinar Workshop on the art of writing protocols. Join us in Düsseldorf on January 27th for the WGGC2020 News&Views meeting. And last but not least, Season’s Greetings from all of us at… Continue reading JANUARY EVENTS
WGGC2020 NEWS&VIEWS
In the first months of 2020 we will hold three “WGGC2020 News & Views” Meetings, one at each core site, to connect with the scientific community and share both the outcomes from the first year of funding and the plans for the next years. The appointments are as follow: January 14th, 2020 in Bonn, registration… Continue reading WGGC2020 NEWS&VIEWS
THIRD CALL
The 3rd DFG call for funding of sequencing costs is out! Important facts and dates: Only scientific projects with a medium to large sized demand (€100,000 to €1 million) of sequencing costs are funded through this call Applications within this call are regular individual research grants The submission of a letter of intent is a… Continue reading THIRD CALL