Welcome to the Norwegian Biodiversity and Genomics Conference 2024 website. Here you can view a detailed program, abstracts and info regarding the conference that took place 11th and 12th of April at Forskningsparken, Oslo.
The Earth BioGenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor) held its annual conference from April 11. to 12., 2024. The conference was open to all, and we encouraged anyone interested in genomics and biodiversity research to participate. Thank you to all 100 participants from 24 institutes and 12 different nations for being a part of this years EBP-Nor conference!
The three days (8 to 10 April) before the conference, 30 participants had the the opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills through engaging workshops led by our EBP-Nor members. The workshops focused on genome assembly, validation and curation, genome annotation, and comparative genomics. You can view the workshop program at out GitHub site.
The conference itself focused on scientific discussion and innovation. We had invited four keynote speakers to share their research with us: Aiofe McLysaght (Trinity College Dublin), Alexander Suh (Leibniz Institute for the Analyses of Biodiversity Change), Lene Lange (Company founder and owner of LL-Bioeconomy) and Olga Vinnere Petterson (Uppsala University). In addition, 21 conference participants shared their work on biodiversity and/or genomics through contributed talks.
Workshop: 08.04 - 10.04 2024 Blindern, University of Oslo
Conference: 11.04 - 12.04 2024 Forskningsparken 21, Venue Forum , Oslo
Keynote speakers
Professor Aiofe McLysaght
Molecular Evolution Lab, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Patterns and consequences of genome duplication in animals
Professor Alexander Suh
Head of Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Head of Section Molecular Biodiversity, Leibniz Institute for the Analyses of Biodiversity Change
A bird's-eye view on why we need to sequence germline genomes
Dr. Lene Lange
Company founder and owner of LL-Bioeconomy
From genome sequence to Biology and Applied-relevance
Dr. Olga Vinnere Petterson
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Facilities: Uppsala Genome Center, Uppsala University
Democratisation of Genomics and Hidden Figures of Reference Genome Sequencing Projects
Presentations from the conference
Would you like to take a closer look at the presentations given at this year's conference? Several participants have chosen to share their presentations on our website so that everyone can have a look and see them.
De novo assembly of the crucian carp genome for the study of anoxia tolerance
Gene loss in the chemical defensome of Cetaccea and other marine mammals
KAGE 2: Fast and accurate genotyping of structural variation using pangenomes
From genome sequence to Biology and Applied relevance
Democratisation of genomics and hidden figures of reference genome sequence projects
High quality petrel reference genome from the snow petrel, Padodroma nivea
ELIXIR3: Empowering Biodiveristy Research through Collaboration and Innovation
Ervik Marine Research: Marine bioscience laboratories with an excellent access to the oceans
Support
This conference is funded by UiO:Life Science and the Research Council of Norway projects Earth BioGenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor). The workshop(s) is funded by Norbis.
