Agenda
Monday, 14th September 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 13:00–13:30 | Registration, Lunch & Networking |
| 13:30–14:30 | Keynotes Samra Turajlić, CRUK Manchester |
| 14:30–16:00 | Evolving Technologies 1 Laura Ingram, Illumina Neil Ward, PacBio Matthew Gow, Element |
| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30–18:15 | Single Cell Genomics Johan Henriksson, Umeå University Andrew Beggs, University of Birmingham |
| 18:15–19:30 | Drinks Reception and Posters |
Tuesday, 15th September 2026
| Time | Parallel A | Parallel B |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15–09:15 | Genomics Community UK Networking Breakfast | |
| 08:30–09:20 | Tea & Coffee | |
| 09:20–11:00 | Plant and Animal Genomics Alexander Sang-Jae Suh, Max Planck Institute Vicky Hunt, University of Bath |
Computational Biology and AI John Lees, EMBL-EBI Sarah Ennis, Southampton |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30–13:00 | Spatial Genomics Paul Kaye, University of York Aimee Parker, Quadram Institute |
Microbial Genomics Sophie Nixon, University of Manchester Philip Ashton, University of Oxford |
| 13:00–14:00 | Photo, Lunch and Poster Session II | |
| 14:00–15:30 | Microbial Communities & The Microbiome Josh Quick, University of Birmingham |
Cancer & Ageing Prof Joao Pedro Magalhaes, University of Birmingham Dr Richard Mair, University of Cambridge |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00–17:30 | Evolutionary (Microbial) Genomics | Human & Clinical Genomics Bill Newman, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine Saskia Sanderson, Kings College London |
Conference Dinner, Living Worlds Gallery, Manchester Museum
Wednesday, 16th September 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30–09:15 | Coffee & Pastries |
| 09:15–11:00 | Evolving Technologies 2 |
| Sarah Pollack, Ultima | |
| Bernd Timmerman, Roche | |
| Lakmal Jayasinghe, ONT | |
| Raquel Fraccari, DNAe | |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | Keynotes |
| Bjarni Halldorsson, deCODE | |
| 12:15 | Lunch & end |