Metagenomics Symposium
23 November 2016
DST Auditorium, CSIR Main Campus
Draft programme
| Time | Presentation | Resource | |
| 8:30-9:00 | - | Registration and coffee/tea | |
| 9:00-9:05 | - | Welcome | Dr John Becker, ACGT |
| 9:05-9:15 | - | Metagenomics and the Bioeconomy | Dr Konanani Rashamuse, BioInnovations, Department of Science and Technology |
| 9:15-10:10 | - | Keynote: New enzymes from extremophilic biodiversity hotspots |
Prof Peter Golyshin, Bangor University, Wales, UK |
| 10:10-10:40 | - | CSIR Metagenomics activities | Dr Tsepo Tsekoa, CSIR Biosciences |
| 10:40-11:00 | - | Tea | |
| 11:00-11:30 | - | Metagenomics of extreme environments |
Dr Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, UP |
| 11:30-12:00 | - | Next-generation metagenomics: unlocking the full potential |
Prof Marla Trindade, Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape |
| 12:00-12:30 | - | Metagenomics of mixed culture bioprocesses |
Dr Robert Huddy, CeBER, University of Cape Town |
| 12:30-13:30 | - | Design of barcode sequences for identification of species of interest in metagenomic samples |
Prof Oleg Reva, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, UP |
| 13:30-14:00 | - | NGS in meta-agriculture | Dr Tomasz Sanko, North-West University, School of Biological Sciences, |
| 14:00-14:40 | - | Lunch | |
| 14:40-15:30 | - | Facilitated discussion: Collaborative opportunities and potential funding sources |
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Kindly register at your earliest convenience, but no later than 20 November 2016
