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The Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network and the SIG1 are happy to announce our Autumn School on NGS, with registration opening now! Join us on September 22-23 ONLINE for talks from experts on various aspects of NGS technology (open to everyone, registration mandatory here). Furthermore, a hands-on training focused on NGS for Microbiome research will take ...

Our partner site DZNE (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) in Bonn is hosting a Nature Conference on AI, Neuroscience and Hardware: From Neural to Artificial Systems and Back Again. Check the program and register on the conference site to learn about the fascinating ways the brain, artificial intelligence and hardware can ...

This workshop is aimed at researchers from all areas of the life sciences who are interested in NGS technologies and data analysis. Young scientists are particularly welcome. The workshop includes an open Q&A session with the experts of the NGS-CN. The agenda is attached to this mail. Please use following link for registration:https://tu-dresden.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50ud-GhpzkjH9PhAOtKOM6rR1ogvrfAe2Lv For more information on ...

25-26 of April 2022, Seminaris Hotel in Bad Honnef : A symposium addressing the future significance of NGS-based omics technologies. Please see here for more info & registration https://decoi.eu/decoi-presents-genomics-beyond-covid-19-in-germany/

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. ...

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!

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.

The WGGC Bonn is looking for a Scientific Officer to replace Dr. Succurro during her maternity leave. The position (100% TV-L 13) would start on December 1st 2021 or the earliest possible date afterwards. Check the details and requirements here.

The WGGC core facility in Düsseldorf, the Genomics and Transcriptomics Lab, has currently an opening for a *Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) as NGS Sequencing Expert*. See the details in the job description here.

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 analysis, ...

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 requirement for a later ...

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 ...

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!

The one-day virtual workshop will provide an overview of the latest updates and developments in the field of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as presented by the NGS Competence Network (NGS-CN) sites. This is a good workshop for scientists on the step of “How to get started” and “who to contact” for sequencing projects. Go to the ...

Bonn, December 17–18 2020 **Please note the update: the meeting will be online only** Topic: Genomics for Health Dear Members and Friends of the AGD, This year everything is different because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It has also affected our plans for the annual meeting 2020, which will be held at a different place at a different time. It ...

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 to all ...

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 developed ...

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).

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

We will inform you about the new date in due time. We thank you for your understanding.

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 charge, registration is ...

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 ...

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 the WGGC!

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 is ...

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 requirement for a later ...

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, ...