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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 2d

✨ Last Thursday the Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics took place!

👥Over 200 participants joined online, and nearly 100 attended in person at KU Leuven

A huge thanks to our speakers, participants, and organisers for making this day possible! 👏

Check our highlights!⬇️📸

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 5d

✨Yesterday we held the Advanced Course on Long-Read Sequencing & Medical Genomics!

👥 Over 200 joined online, and nearly 100 attended in person at KU Leuven
🗣️ Pedro M. Rodríguez Cruz, our Clinical Genomics Specialist, shared insights into African neuromuscular disorders

@easigen-eu.bsky.social

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Tomorrow is the day!

Get ready for an exciting day as we kick off the 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬🧬

📍 On-site attendance: 8:30 - 18:00 (CET)

💻 Online attendance: 8:50 – 18:00 (CET)

Thank you to all participants, we look forward to welcoming you! ✨

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫!

Only 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 until the Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics takes place - 📅Thursday 2 October

This is your last opportunity to secure a spot!

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 ➡️ lnkd.in/d4u7HJbh

EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 13d

#SCSO2025 wrap 💡

#EASIGEN-DS is proud have been part of Single Cell and Spatial Omics 2025 conference in Leuven, Belgium🚀

Huge thanks to @asudy.bsky.social, from @bihatcharite.bsky.social for showcasing EASIGEN-DS during his talk👏

✨ Take a look at some of our highlights below! 📸

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 15d

#GeneForum wrap 💡

#EASIGEN-DS is proud have been part of Gene Forum 2025 in Tartu, Estonia🚀

Huge thanks to @tuulireis.bsky.social, Kadri Raav and @ktambets.bsky.social from Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu for showcasing EASIGEN-DS👏

✨ Take a look at some of our highlights below! 📸

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 15d

🚀Ready to dive into the future of genomics?
Join the @easigen-eu.bsky.social Advanced Course on Long-Read Sequencing & Medical Genomics!

This training is part of the EU-funded project, coordinated by CNAG

📅2 October
📍@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social & online

📝 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Only two weeks left!

The 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 is almost here ⏳

💡 Don’t miss the chance to learn directly from researchers who use #LRS daily in their labs and discover the tricks that make experiments work! 🧬

📅 2 October
📍 Leuven
💻 Zoom

📝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 ➡️ easigen.eu/events/easig...

EASIGEN-DS Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics | EASIGEN

The EASIGEN-DS Consortium is pleased to invite you to a full-day hybrid advanced course focused on long-read sequencing and medical genomics taking place on Thursday 2 October 2025 at KU Leuven and on...

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 21d

✈️ These days we’ve travelled to Brussels to attend the European Research & Innovation Days, and present the @easigen-eu.bsky.social project, coordinated by CNAG

🧬 We’re Designing a Study for a Research Infrastructure on Advanced Genomics Technologies
🔗 More information: easigen.eu

#RiDaysEU #CNAG

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 22d

🚀 #EASIGEN-DS is heading to #EUdays

📅16-17 Brussels

💡 Research infrastructures are shaping Europe’s future—don’t miss the session on their role in powering startups and scaleups

🚨 Spot @cnag-eu.bsky.social and @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social on site!

#Genomics #RI #HorizonEU #SciencePolicy

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 29d

🧬 From high-level keynotes to technical talks, policy debates, and interactive roundtables, the agenda also included a presentation to #EASIGEN, contributing to the broader conversation on the importance of #collaboration as key for the future of Europe 🤝

#Genomics #DataGovernance #RIs #HorizonEU

EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 29d

This event brought together leading experts, clinicians, researchers, patient representatives and policymakers (including DG CONNECT from the @ec.europa.eu), to discuss the present and future of genome sequencing infrastructure and data governance in Belgium and across Europe🌐

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 #EASIGEN-DS at the Genomic data governance conference in Brussels

Last week, EASIGEN-DS members from @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social played a key role in organising a two-day Genomic data governance for precision medicine conference in collaboration with @sciensano.be

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don’t miss the @easigen-eu.bsky.social Advanced Course on Long-Read Sequencing & Medical Genomics!

Discover cutting-edge long-read sequencing technologies and how they’re reshaping medical research and healthcare
📅2 October
📍@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social & online

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚀 #EASIGEN-DS is heading to #SCSO2025

📅 9–12 Sept in KULeuven

💡Discover more about cutting-edge methodologies shaping omics research

🚨 Don't miss @asudy.bsky.social's talk (PhD student @bihatcharite.bsky.social) on how transcriptomics reveals long-term microglial activation in post-COVID

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 Places presencials gairebé esgotades! No et quedis sense: inscriu-te ara i assegura’t la teva!

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Parc Científic de Barcelona @www.pcb.ub.edu · Sep 2

#PCBCommunity |📢 Ens fem ressò del Curs avançat sobre Long-Read Sequencing i Genòmica Mèdica organitzat pel projecte europeu @easigen-eu.bsky.social dirigit a investigadors interessats en l’aplicació clínica de les tecnologies long-read.🧬

📅 2/10/25
📍 KU Leuven
💻 Zoom
➕ Inscripcions 👉 tuit.cat/4s9of

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Sep 2

📍Join us in person or online via Zoom
📅 2 October
📝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭, only few spots left for onsite attendance! ➡️ easigen.eu/events/easig...

#EASIGEN-DS #MedicalGenomics #LongReadSequencing #ResearchInfrastrcture #HorizonEU

EASIGEN-DS Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics | EASIGEN

The EASIGEN-DS Consortium is pleased to invite you to a full-day hybrid advanced course focused on long-read sequencing and medical genomics taking place on Thursday 2 October 2025 at KU Leuven and…

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 The countdown begins - just 30 days to go!

The 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 is almost here⏳

Don't miss this course organised by EASIGEN-DS and @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social as part of the Flemish inter-university course for the Support of Young Researchers

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚀 #EASIGEN-DS is heading to #GeneForum2025

📅 9–10 Sept in Tartu, Estonia

💡Featuring a dynamic program: medical genetics, microbiome, ageing and more

🚨 Catch the poster by @tuulireis.bsky.social, Kadri Raav and Kristiina Tambets (#UniversityofTartu) and learn more about the EASIGEN-DS project!

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · Aug 26

📝Join the @easigen-eu.bsky.social Advanced Course on Long-Read Sequencing & Medical Genomics!

🧬A one-day course exploring long-read sequencing technologies and their transformative applications in health

📅 2 October
📍 KU Leuven and online
✅ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Registration: Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics

📍 Location: O&N4 Auditorium 04.330, ON4 Herestraat 49 , 3000 Leuven. See O&N4 location here . 📅 Date: 2 October 2025 🕣 Time: 8:30–18:00 (CET) This intensive, one-day course provides an in-depth explo...

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢 Check out the full agenda ➡️ easigen.eu/events/easig...

📢 Register now!➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Aug 20

💡 This event brings together leading experts from top institutions featuring:
🔹Expert lectures and flash talks on long-read technologies and clinical genomics
🔹Two tematic blocks: Technologies & data analysis and Applications in medical genomics
🔹In-person networking opportunities with experts

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚀 Ready to dive into the world of medical genomics and long-read sequencing?

Join us on October 2, 2025 for the Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social‬ or online via Zoom

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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · Aug 13

💡 Did you know? The BIOETHICS team contributes to key European and national projects that shape the future of genomics. They are also part of #FrBioNet, which seeks to boost the global impact of French research.

🔔 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦!

#EASIGEN #Bioethics #UT #HorizonEU