Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future Meeting

“Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future” (SFAF) is an annual meeting dedicated to bringing together experts in the field of genomic sequencng, finishing and analysis - including representatives from the industries that serve this specialized scientific community.  The meeting focuses on laboratory methods and computational tools used to help sequence, assemble, and finish genomes, including new sequencing technologies, which promise high-throughput results by sequencing more base-pairs per run at longer read-lengths. In the past, companies have presented different techniques they have developed to achieve maximum balance for researchers.

2009 Meeting

Please join us May 27-29, 2009 for the 4^th annual Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future meeting at the La Fonda Hotel in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico. View the 2009 Meeting invitation here.

Areas of emphasis will include:

Keynote speakers

• Eric Green, Scientific Director of NHGRI, Chief of the Genome Technology Branch, & Director of the NISC
• Evan Eichler, Professor of Genome Sciences, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
• Owen White, Professor, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland

Genome Sequencing:

• New sequencing technologies (454, Solexa, SOLiD, Pacific Biosciences, etc.)
• Draft sequencing strategies (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, metagenomics, etc.)
• De novo sequencing, re-sequencing, RNA sequencing, metagenomics, etc.

Genome Assembly:

• Whole genome assemblers and integration of next generation data
• De novo assemblers for short reads
• New basecallers and standardization of qualities
• Metagenomic assemblies

Genome Finishing:

• Finishing systems and pipelines (automated, manual, etc.)
• Next generation finishing tools and technologies
• Quality standards for new technologies and mixed data sets
• Metagenomic finishing

Genome Analysis:

• Genome annotation tools and pipelines
• Genomic pathway identification tools and pipelines
• Comparative genomics, re-sequencing, SNPs, structural variation
• Metagenomic analysis

2009 Meeting

• 2009 Meeting Guide new!
• Schedule (pdf) new!

The Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future meeting is sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.

No registration fee is required.