Within the current funding initiative on next generation sequencing (NGS) of the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the DFG invites, in its fifth round, proposals for projects in which sequencing will be carried out at DFG-funded competence centres for next generation sequencing at the universities of Bonn/Cologne/Düsseldorf, Dresden, Kiel, and Tübingen.… Continue reading The 5th call of DFG for sequencing costs in projects is open!
Category: NGS-CN
Cancellation of the 3rd NGS-CN workshop
Unfortunately, due to the current pandemic situation, we decided to cancel the 3rd NGS-CN workshop at the Dresden Concept Genome Center. We will inform you about the possible new dates. Stay healthy!
[CANCELED] 3rd NGS-CN Workshop
Update 17.11.2021 Due to the current pandemic situation the NGS-CN Workshop in Dresden is canceled. It is planned to postpone the meeting. We will inform you soon about possible new dates. Registration is open for the 3rd NGS-CN public workshop (online)! Register for free at this link.
2021 NGS Summer School
The Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network is organizing the summer school titled “Understanding Next Generation Sequencing from molecule to output data” from September 13-15th, 2021, tailored for MSc and PhD students with planned or ongoing NGS-related projects. The summer school will cover different aspects of Next Generation Sequencing including lectures on experimental design and statistical… Continue reading 2021 NGS Summer School
Fourth NGS DFG call
The 4th 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 Fourth NGS DFG call
The NGS webinar series
The SIG1/2 “Public outreach and teaching” is happy to announce the launch of the NGS webinar series! Starting on January 7th 2021, we will regularly meet on the first Thursday of the month for a short lunch time webinar on different NGS applications. Speakers from the NGS-CN as well as invited speakers will cover a… Continue reading The NGS webinar series
The DFG extended the NGS-CN
We are delighted to announce that the DFG decided to further support NGS research in Germany and the NGS-CN is extended for two additional years. We will keep providing NGS services and expertise until the end of 2023, and there will be additional DFG sequencing calls. Stay tuned for more information on the new calls!
POTSDAM WORKSHOP
On the 27th of September 2019, the SIGs of the WGGC met in Potsdam, Germany, to discuss their activities of 2019 and their plans for 2020. The WGGC SIGs workshop took place after the workshop of the Central Coordination Unit of the NGS Competence Centers, where representatives from all the four national Competence Centers (Dresden,… Continue reading POTSDAM WORKSHOP