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C O N F E R E N C E B R O C H U R E

10TH INTERNATIONAL

NEXTGEN GENOMICS,BIOLOGY,BIOINFORMATICS AND TECHNOLOGIES

CONFERENCE27th - 30th Sep, 2020, Kolkata, INDIA

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF) is pleased to announce the NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference. It will be held from 27th – 30th Sep, 2020 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This is the tenth edition of the international conference (NGBT) hosted by SGRF Conferences, the educational outreach arm of SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF), along with national and international educational institutes with a primary goal to promote and support Science and Scientific research in India and South Asia.The 2020 NGBT conference is jointly hosted in collaboration with Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (IILDS), South Dumdum, India.

The  2020 NGBT  conference will showcase speakers from multiple areas of biology and biology-enabling technologies. It will be a broad meeting covering advances in genomics technologies for basic and translational science. Talks will cover many areas of biology including human genetics, drug discovery, clinical medicine, biomarkers, diagnostics, animal, plant and agricultural sciences. It will also cover basic sciences, cellular signalling, cancer biology, conservation sciences and plant biology. We expect over 1000 delegates to participate. The conference, as in the past, is designed to provide a forum for scientists and students to share their work, build new connections and explore collaborations.

COMMITTEE

CHAIRDr. Sekar Seshagiri, President, SGRF, India | CEO & CSO, ModMab Therapeutics, USA

CO-CHAIRSDr. Partha P Majumder, Distinguished Professor, NIBMG, Kalyani, India

Dr. Vishva Dixit, Vice President and Sta� Scientist, Genentech, USA

Dr. Krishnaraj Rajalingam, Heisenberg Professor in Cell biology, Johannes Gutenberg Uni. Mainz, Germany

Dr. Sachdev Sidhu, Professor, Uni. of Toronto, Canada

Dr. KK Narayanan, Founder, Metahelix Life Sciences, Bangalore, India

ORGANIZING COMMITTEEDr. Analabha Basu, Asso. Professor, NIBMG, Kalyani, India

Dr. George Thomas, COO, AgriGenome, Kochi, India

Dr. Ramchand CN, CEO & President, Saksin Labs, Chennai, India

Dr. Sameer Phalke, Senior Scientist, MedGenome, Bangalore, India

Dr. Abhijit Chowdhury, Centre Leader. Birbhum HDSS, India | Founder, IILDS, South Dumdum, India

Dr. Amitabha Chaudhuri, Vice President, R & D, MedGenome, USA

Mr. Paul George, Sr. Director, MedGenome, Bangalore, India

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Students

Postdocs

Principal Investigators/Scientists

Industry Scientists

Science Administrators

Science Writers/Journalists

IP Lawyers

People wanting to learn about cutting edge areas of biology

VALUE

Platform to learn about cutting edge developments in genomics, biology,

bioinformatics, drug development, plant and animal sciences

Networking with the scientists of global repute

Meet several national and international genomics, biology and technology companies

Meet leaders from drug industry

Project collaboration opportunities

Opportunity for Students/Postdoc to win the Travel and Meeting Awards to support their

participation at the meeting

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25 speakers150 participants

2011 Trivandrum

30 speakers200 participants

60 speakers600 participants

40 speakers300 participants

2015 Hyderabad

80 speakers700 participants

100 speakers800 participants

100 speakers900 participants

2018 Jaipur

120 speakers900 participants

2019 Mumbai

100 speakers800 participants

2013 Delhi

2014 Bangalore

2012 Chennai

2016 Cochin

2017 Bhubaneswar

PAST MEETINGS

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INVITED SPEAKERS

Vinodh PillaiChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

John KuriyanBerkeley Univ., USA

Ajay ChawlaUCSF, USA

Andreas StrasserWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Ursula WeissNature, UK

Myles AxtonGenetics & Genomics Next, USA

Vishva DixitGenentech, USA

Rafi AhmedEmory Univ., USA

Nina BhardwajIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Raj ChopraThe Institute of Cancer Research, UK

Arun ShuklaIIT-K, India

Jon PinesInstitute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, UK

Wanjin HONGInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology(IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore

Kartik SunagarIISc, India

Volker DotschUniversity of Frankfurt, Germany

Feng ShaoNational Institute of BiologicalSciences, China

Ivan DikicGoethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Rajeev VarshneyICRISAT, India

Thijn BrummelkampNetherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands

Nipam PatelMarine Biological Laboratory, USA

Tushar DesaiStanford University, USA

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INVITED SPEAKERS

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2019 NGBT SPONSORS

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER & POSTER PRIZE SPONSORS

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MODE OF PAYMENT:Completed form and payment to be sent as Demand Draft (DD) / Cashier’s cheque drawn in favour of "SciGenom Research Foundation" payable at Cochin to the address below.

2020 NGBT:SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF) #55, First Floor, 1st Kamaraj Avenue,Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar,Chennai - 600020, INDIA

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation requests can be made by sending an email to ngbt2020@sgrf.org Refund is applicable as shown below: Till July 10th, 2020 - 80% refund Till September 1st, 2020 - 50% refund From September 1st, 2020 onwards - No refund

Please note refunds will be issued after the conclusion of the meeting and will make every effort to get you refunded by October 30th, 2020.

All registrants are requested to submit their payment details (in https://www.sgrfconferences.org/register)if paid via offline methods. In absence of the same, registration cannot be confirmed.

Wire Transfer Account Number:Account Number: 50200002134823 Account Name: Scigenom Research Foundation Bank Name: HDFC Bank Ltd Branch: Kakkanad, Cochin - 682037 Swift Code: HDFCINBBXXX | IFSC Code: HDFC0000684

Commercial/CorporateRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

Academic/GovernmentRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

StudentRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

Accompanying Person (Spouse/kin)Entry to conference, lunch and refreshment except conference material and entry to presentations.

Delegate - National (Indian)

Delegate - International(Foreign)

Early Regular Spot

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Commercial/CorporateRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

Academic/GovernmentRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

StudentRegistration includes entry to conference, conference material, lunch and refreshments as outlined in the program

Accompanying Person (Spouse/kin)Entry to conference, lunch and refreshment except conference material and entry to presentations.

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REGISTRATION FEE Early bird Registration ends on June 15th, 2020

Abstract submission open

Abstract covering various scientific areas as detailed below can be submitted. All abstracts submitted before July 1st, 2020 deadline will be considered for poster presentation automatically.

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Abstract submission should be made online through the online meeting registration portal. When you register, you will have an option to submit the abstract either at the time of registration or until the end of the registration deadline using your registration credentials.

Please download and use the template for your abstract – abstract should be no more than 200 words – please use Arial font size 12.

Only registrants who have paid their registration fee in full will be able to attend the meeting and present their abstracts.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee and be selected for a presentation based on the quality of the abstract. The abstract content and editing is the responsibility of the author. However, the organizers may edit the abstracts for language and formatting. All selected abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.

You will be notified of the abstract acceptance no later than 15 days before the start of the meeting. The poster presentations will happen on 28th and 29th Sep in the evening. We will notify your presentation session a week before the start of the meeting.

Abstract submission is optional, and not required for registration and participation at the meeting. The cost of registering for the meeting is the same, whether or not you submit an abstract.

A small number of abstracts may be selected for oral presentation.

Students submitting abstracts will have an option to request to be considered for the student meeting scholarships and travel awards (www.sgrf.org/scholarships) online when they register and submit the abstract. You can register and submit your abstract using the 'pay-later' option. PLEASE NOTE: for consideration for the student meeting scholarships and travel awards, you must submit your abstract online through the meeting registration portal by July 1st, 2020 11:30pm IST. For student who may not have appropriate internet access and cannot submit abstract online, please contact the organizers well before the deadline so we can try to help.

We expect to have several poster awards. Students presenting posters at the meeting will also have an opportunity to pitch their work on an onstage 90 sec (3 slides) presentation before poster judges.

Guidelines / Instructions

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Please submit your abstract in the rich text format (rtf). Use Arial font for your abstract and whenever possible, try to use the Symbol font in your RTF file for your Greek and Scientific symbols (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.). Name of the author presenting the abstract should be in bold. Please use the template

> Indicate the corresponding author by * .

> Provide email ID only for the corresponding author.

> Do not give references, keywords or acknowledgment in the abstracts.

> Title should be bold and followed by one return.

> Author list and institutions should be followed by one return.

> Presenting author name should be in bold.

> Abstract should be no more than 200 words on a single page.

> Please use font size: 12; font: Arial.

> English is the official language of the meeting.

> Use standard abbreviations in your abstract as needed.

> Document must fit 8 1/2" x 11" letter format.

> Please use the rtf template provided to type in your abstract.

> Provide any grant acknowledgments for your research at the end of your abstract as needed.

Copy Number VariationCRISPR/CAS9Drug DiscoveryExome-SeqFunctional GenomicsGenome SequencingGenomics TechnologiesHigh Throughput ScreeningHuman GenomicsLIMSMedical GenomicsMetabolomicsMetagenomicsMethyl-SeqMicrobial GenomicsMouse ModelsNon-Invasive Testing

Onco GenomicsOther GenomicsOthersPhage DisplayPharmacogenomicsPlant GenomicsProtein EngineeringProtein StructureRNA-Seq Sequencing TechnologiesSignal TransductionsiRNA/shRNASNP AnalysisSynthetic BiologySystems BiologyTranscriptomicsVenomicsWhole Genome Sequencing

Animal GenomicsAntibody EngineeringBig DataBiochemistryBioinformatics AlgorithmBioinformatics AnalysisBioinformatics SoftwareBiomarkersCancer GenomicsCancer ImmunologyCell Free DNACellular SignalingChip-SeqCirculating DNAClinical GenomicsComputational BiologyConservation Genomics

Abstract Categories

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Guidelines / Instructions

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Founded as an East India Company trading post under the colonial rule, it was India's first capital of the British Raj from 1773–1911 and the Port of Kolkata is the oldest operating port in India. Bengal known for its intellects, leaders and delicious desserts was once known to be the intellectual capital of India. The city’s original name was Kalikshetra, meaning “Ground of (the goddess) Kali, and is widely regarded as the "cultural capital” and is known for its magnificent colonial architecture, art, music and festivals. Kolkata is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational hub in the East-ern part of India and have immensely contributed to Spirituality, Literature, Art, Music, Science and what not and has been home to many nobel laureates.

City of Joy

Conference coordinators

ngbt2020@sgrf.org

Ms. Kamalika Das |Mr. Srijith V.M | +91 - 9497118365

+91 - 8374274074

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