Genome Science 2026
Have you submitted your abstract for Genome Science 2026 at the University of Manchester, 14-16th September?
Abstract submission deadline is end of the day tomorrow (Friday 24th July).
Early bird registrations close on 10th August 2026 - you can submit your abstract before you complete registration. Abstract decisions for presentations and posters will be made before this date.
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Join us for Genome Science 2026 at the University of Manchester, 14th - 16th September 2026.
For over 15 years, Genome Science has brought together the UK sequencing and genomics community, showcasing the latest sequencing technologies and the most interesting applications of sequencing across the full range of biology and clinical applications.
This year we feature keynotes from: Chris Ponting (Edinburgh), Samra Turajlić (Manchester), Dario Bressan (Cambridge) and Bjarni Halldorsson (deCODE).
We will have technology talks from: Illumina, Pacific Biosciences, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Element Biosciences, Roche, Ultima Genomics, DNAe and more.
Invited speakers include (full agenda here):
Bill Newman, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine
Saskia Sanderson, King’s College London
Johan Henriksson, Umeå University
Andrew Beggs, University of Birmingham
Paul Kaye, University of York
Aimee Parker, Quadram Institute
Joao Pedro Magalhaes, University of Birmingham
Richard Mair, CRUK Cambridge Institute
John Lees, EMBL-EBI
Sarah Ennis, University of Southampton
Alexander Sang-Jae Suh, Max Planck Institute
Vicky Hunt, University of Bath
Sophie Nixon, University of Manchester
Philip Ashton, University of Oxford
We look forward to seeing you in Manchester!
With kind regards,
The Genome Science 2026 Committee
Jon Coxhead (Newcastle), Nick Loman (Birmingham), Matt Loose (Nottingham), Wolfgang Breitwiser (Manchester), Sion Bayliss (Bristol), Lauren Cowley (Bath), Al Darby (Liverpool), Sally James (York), Sophie Nixon (Manchester), Ania Piskorz (CRUK Cambridge), Mike Quail (Sanger)
