Program

Tuesday, April 28

17:00/18:30 – OFFICIAL OPENING OF GENOMICS WEEK

 

Speakers:

NUPEM Board of Directors

Organizing Committee

Representative of FAPERJ

Representative of the Municipality of Macaé

 

Keynote Lecture:

Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos (LNCC)

Topic: The Genomics Revolution in Health and Brazilian Science

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 – MORNING

Genomics in Health and Disease

 

09:00–09:50 – Nayara Tessarollo (INCA-RJ)

Single-cell applications in the diagnosis of genetic diseases

 

09:50–10:40 – Natan Monsores de Sá (Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília)

National Policy for Rare Diseases

10:40–10:50 – Flash Talks (1 minute – 1 slide)

10:50–11:10 – Coffee Break

 

11:10–12:00 – Natana Chaves Rabelo (IFF, Fiocruz)

Challenges and advances in genomic diagnosis of rare diseases: experience from a Rare Disease Reference Service

 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 – AFTERNOON

Genomics in Biodiversity and Agriculture

 

14:00–14:50 – Thiago Venancio (UENF)

Comparative genomics for identifying and prioritizing bacterial isolates for agriculture

14:50–15:40 – Carol Carvalho (ITV)

Genomics applied to the conservation of rare and endemic species from the Amazonian Canga

15:40–16:00 – Coffee Break

16:00–16:10 – Flash Talks (1 minute – 1 slide)

16:10–16:50 – Thiago Mafra (INMA)

Genomics of stingless bees

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 – MORNING

New Technologies in Genome Sequencing

 

09:10–10:00 – Bernardo Carvalho (UFRJ)

Sequencing bias of PacBio and Nanopore technologies impairs the assembly of multiple genes on the Drosophila Y chromosome

10:00–10:40 – Débora Leite (UTFPR)

NGS and coral symbionts

10:40–11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00–11:50 – Mariana Telles (PUC-Goiás)

Strategies to strengthen genomics in Brazil: collaborative networks and structuring projects

11:50–12:00 – Closing Remarks

 

PARALLEL HANDS-ON COURSES – LIMITED ENROLLMENT

Course 1 – Nanopore Metagenomics (16S / Environmental and Soil Samples)

Coordination:

Prof. Amana Guedes Garrido (Museu Nacional/UFRJ)

Bruno Rodrigues (NUPEM/UFRJ)

Allan Pozzobon (EcoDNS & NUPEM/UFRJ)

Lupis Ribeiro (NUPEM/UFRJ)

Arieli Portugal (NUPEM/UFRJ)

 

Content:

DNA extraction and preparation from environmental samples;

16S rRNA amplification and Nanopore library preparation;

Basecalling, taxonomic analysis, and data visualization.

 

Course 2 – Exome Sequencing and Rare Disease Diagnosis (Illumina)

Coordination: To be announced

 

Content:

Clinical exome sequencing: theory and practice;

Library preparation and bioinformatic analysis;

Clinical interpretation and genotype–phenotype correlation.