Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Taurus I + II
12:00 - 12:30
From data to diagnosis: variant assessment made efficient
- Susanna Zucca, PhD and CSO of enGenome
Room: Taurus I + II
12:30 - 13:00
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Room: Venus 1 + 2
12:00 - 13:00
Harnessing the world’s first open genomic community to power WGS reporting for rare diseases with Franklin by QIAGEN
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Thursday, 5 March 2026
Taurus I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Advancing in Genome Analysis: Redefining Library Preparation and Secondary Analysis
- Sven Schaffer, Sr Director, Medical Affairs
- Dr. Konrad Scheffler, Associate Principal Bioinformatics Scientist
- Prof. Dr. med. Malte Spielmann, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Room: Mars I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Genetics meets bones: new possibilities and insights relevant to patient care
- “Pitfalls of genetic diagnostics in disorders of bone mineralization, particularly XLH” – Prof. Dr. Carsten Bergmann (Mainz)
- „When genes weaken bones – Clinical experience with XLH” Prof. Dr. Roland Kocijan (Wien)
Room: Hörsaal TUM
12:45 - 13:45
Closing the Gaps: ONT Long-Read Sequencing for Accurate, Strain-Level Bacterial Metagenomics and Beyond
- Dr. Waldemar Seel, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH
Overview of technologies available for pharmacogenetic testing
- Dr. Per Hoffmann, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH
The power of positive: Leveraging TAPS+ methylation analysis to unlock simultaneous genomic and epigenomic profiling
- Rajat Roy, PhD (Senior Applications Scientist – EMEA), Watchmaker Genomics
Room: Orion I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Driving clinical insights with HiFi genomics: From innovation to integration
- Dr Sukhvinder Nicklen - Market Development Lead, EMEA, PacBio
- Professor Alexander Hoischen - Professor, Redboud University Medical Center
Room: Audimax
12:45 - 13:45
Expanding possibilities in NGS with Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) and KAPA HyperExome automated on AVENIO Edge
• Automation of the KAPA HyperExome V2 Workflow on the AVENIO Edge System
– Christian Betz (Bioscientia)
• Introducing Sequencing By Expansion (SBX)
– Bernd Timmermann (Roche Diagnostics)


