Genome Science UK


Newcastle, 9th - 11th July 2025

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Programme

Wednesday 9th July 2025

Start (GMT) Finish (GMT) Presenter Presentation Details
12:00 13:30 - Registration, Lunch and Networking
13:30 14:30 Keynotes Chair: Nick Loman, University of Birmingham
13:30 14:00 Beth Shapiro  
14:00 14:30 Matthew Cobb University of Manchester
14:30 16:00 Evolving Technologies 1 Chair: Michael Quail, Wellcome Sanger Institute
14:30 14:50 Jason Betley Illumina
14:50 15:10 Rachel Piddock Element Biosciences
15:10 15:10 Dan Fordham Oxford Nanopore Technologies
15:30 15:50 Neil Ward PacBio
16:00 16:30 - Coffee Break
16:30 18:00 Evolving Technologies 2 Chair: Michael Quail, Wellcome Sanger Institute
    10X Genomics Nicola Cahill
    Ultima tbc
    Single Technologies Johan Stroemqvist
    Roche Bernd Timmermann
18:00 19:30 - Drinks Reception and Poster Session 1
    - Close end of day 1

Thursday 10th July 2025

Start (GMT) Finish (GMT) Presenter Presentation Details
08:30 09:30 - Coffee and Pastries

Parallel Session A - LT2

Start (GMT) Finish (GMT) Presenter Presentation Details
09:30 11:00 Plant and Animal Genomics Chair: Al Darby, University of Liverpool
9:30 9:55 Mara Lawniczak  
9:55 10:20 Antony Hall Earlham Institute
11:00 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 13:05 Spatial Genomics Chair: Iain Macaulay, Earlham Institute
11:30 11:55 Christobal Uauy John Innes Centre
11:55 12:20 Mathieu Bourdenx University College London
13:05 14:00 - Photo, Lunch and Poster Session II
14:00 15:30 Epigenetics/Human & Clinical Genomics Chair: Ania Piskorz, CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
14:00 14:25 Sarah McClelland Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London
14:25 14:20 Raheleh Rahbari Wellcome Sanger Institute
15:30 16:00 - Coffee Break
16:00 17:30 Computational Biology Chair: Sion Bayliss, University of Bristol
16:00 16:25 Zamin Iqbal University of Bath
16:25 16:50 Nicole Wheeler University of Birmingham

Parallel Session B - LT3

Start (GMT) Finish (GMT) Presenter Presentation Details
09:30 11:05 Evolutionary Genomics Chair: Matt Loose, University of Nottingham
    Ian Henderson University of Cambridge
11:00 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 13:00 Microbial Genomics Chair: Lauren Cowley, University of Bath
    Josie Bryant Wellcome Sanger Institute
    Elita Jauneikaite Imperial College London
13:00 14:00 - Lunch and Poster Session II
14:00 15:35 Microbial Communities & Microbiome Chair: Nick Loman, University of Birmingham
15:35 16:00 - Coffee Break
16:00 17:35 Human & Clinical Genomics Chair: Jonathan Coxhead, Newcastle University
    Andrew Parrish Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust - Exeter Genomics Laboratory
    Genomics England Generations Study
    - Close end of day 2

Conference Dinner

Genome Science Conference Dinner The Magpie Suite, St James’ Park - Newcastle United Football Club

Friday 11th July 2025

Start (GMT) Finish (GMT) Presenter Presentation Details
08:30 09:30 - Coffee and Pastries
09:30 11:05 New Methods in Genomics Co-chairs: Victoria Wright, Iain Macaulay
    Yujia Qing University of Oxford
11:00 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 12:30 Keynotes Chair: Michael Quail, Wellcome Sanger Institute
12:30 THE END - Lunch and Leaving
    - Close end of day 3