Last few tickets remaining for genomes symposium

There are still a (very) few free tickets available for our symposium ‘Next Generation Sequencing – The Role of New Sequence Technologies in Shaping the Future of Veterinary Science’.

Linked to our 2008 Golden Jubilee research grant - ‘Veterinary pathogen genomics - one genome for every 50 years of the RCVS Trust' - this one-day symposium will introduce key areas of the application of next generation genome sequencing in animals and pathogens, in both health and disease.

The symposium will also reveal the newest technologies developing in this field, and their potential applications.

“These technologies will undoubtedly help shape the future of veterinary science in areas from breeding to clinical diagnosis and treatment,” says Dr Alan Radford, recipient of the 2008 grant to research the genomics of 50 veterinary pathogens at the University of Liverpool, and joint host of the symposium.

These technologies will undoubtedly help shape the future of veterinary science in areas from breeding to clinical diagnosis and treatment.

“Soon, it will cost only around £1,000 to sequence mammalian genomes, and we will more quickly be able to discover new, potential pathogens, such as the Schmallenberg virus.

"By uncovering sequences from the rumen of cattle and sheep, we may even be able to help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

The symposium is aimed at policy makers and other key opinion leaders, clinicians and researchers in academia and industry, as well as those with an interest in genomes or general veterinary science.

The symposium will take place from 10.30am on Tuesday, 26 June, at Belgravia House, London.

For more information, or to register, please visit http://nextgenerationsequencing.eventbrite.co.uk.