Learn and Lunch: Increase Biological Insights with Full-length RNA Sequencing

The Network Biology Collaborative Centre (NBCC) at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and PacBio are hosting a Learn & Lunch mini-symposium to explore how full-length RNA sequencing can improve biological understanding at both the single-cell and spatial levels. EPIC member and director of operations at NBCC, Karen Colwill, will deliver the opening remarks.

Program agenda:

10:00 AM Opening remarks, Karen Colwill, EPIC member and NBCC director of operations, LTRI, Sinai Health

10:15 AM Advances in full-length RNA sequencing, Turner Duncan, senior sequencing specialist, PacBio

10:40 AM Single cell and spatial transcriptomics, Neil Winegarden, 10x Genomics

11:10 AM Investigating alternative splicing with PacBio revio HiFi reads, Andreea Obersterescu, bioinformatician, Wrana lab and NBCC, LTRI

11:45 AM Lunch

 

The event is free. Register here via the event page.

 

Date and time: June 17, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3, Rooms 201-203