Over the last 17 years, the International Conference on Genomics (ICG) has been the meeting point for leaders in the emerging field of Genomics to meet and share their experience, knowledge, insights, and questions, to advance understanding and craft collaborations. An integral component of the International Conference on Genomics, ICG-17, Riga will bring together in Riga Latvia, high level scientists, practitioners and institutional executives from Europe and Africa and an international team of expert speakers under the theme OMICS FOR ALL to explore the leading edge in scientific areas. ICG-17, Riga will be a European branch event alongside the Annual International Conference of Genomics hosted in China, which will take place in the same week. In addition participants will be given an information rich tour of the new MGI facilities in Riga and the opportunity to meet the leaders of BGI/MGI Europe and Africa. The event will be both onsite and streamed for remote viewing.
Established in 1201, Riga is the capital city of Latvia and the largest and liveliest of the Baltic capitals. The city has developed as a center for trade, transit and industrial center, and has been famed for its beautiful Art Nouveau architecture. In the historical and geographical center of the Latvian capital, the Old Town in Riga is a popular entertainment district featuring cobble-stone streets, Medieval-era buildings and an abundance of architectural gems becoming a worldwide cultural landmark. Boasting of one of the highest concentration's of Art Nouveau structures in the world, rich history, buildings built in various architectural styles, modern art centers and experimental restaurants there are many reasons why Riga is a place that is well worth visiting.
The ICG-17, Riga event will be hosted at the Park Inn by Radisson Riga Valdemara conference venue in Riga Old Town. The venue spans 305 square meters and offers additional breakaway meeting rooms, onsite hotel accommodation and restaurant for added comfort and flexibility during the conference. Located on the west bank of the Daugava River, close to the city center and many top attractions, the venue is only a 12-minute drive from Riga International Airport (RIX) and is 2 public transport stops from the UNESCO Heritage-listed Old Town, providing an opportunity to discover Riga's cultural attractions from a convenient city center base. The venue provides comfort in one of their 178 rooms to admire panoramic views of the Daugava River, Old Town, and city parks and on-site Bocca Buona restaurant which is ideal to indulge in flavorful, freshly-made specialties.
The nerve center of MGI’s dedicated Europe & Africa R&D and customers service operations, MGI Latvia was inaugurated in November 2019, and today with a staff of over 60 scientific, technical and support professionals, acts as a dynamic hub for research and development, production, logistics and training to support MGI’s customers and scientific collaborator in Europe and Africa. MGI Latvia Sequencing Centre is an 8,000 sq meter technical facility and lab housing a comprehensive training and customer support center that ensure rapid response to the needs of Europe and Africa. In 2021, MGI Latvia was awarded the coveted ISO 13485 Standard and will soon inaugurate a sequencing kit manufacturing plant.
· Global success stories and major projects and collaborations: how can research add value to the community;· Riga facility onsite visit.
Understanding the complexity of genes functions requires spatially resolved gene expression profiling with single-cell resolution. Single-cell and Stereomics are new eras for genome research, that represent a major advance toward the systematic understanding of tissue complexity. In this session, we will discuss with leading scientists the advantages of stereomics and single-cell research and talk about their results and progress in single-cell analysis and stereomics. The agenda will include items about single-cell full-length RNA research using Oxford Nanopore devises and C4, Smart-seq automation and others.