The GenomePT Symposium 2026 is a one-day meeting dedicated to current developments in genomics and genome technologies, bringing together researchers, national infrastructure platforms, clinicians, industry representatives and technology developers working across sequencing, bioinformatics and genomic applications.

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The symposium will highlight advances in genome and transcriptome analysis, emerging omics methodologies, and the growing role of genomics in healthcare, biodiversity, environmental sciences and biotechnology. The meeting also aims to promote discussion on innovation, training, data analysis and the development of national genomics capacity and infrastructures in Portugal.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION

Conceição Egas

Gabriela Moura

Henriqueta Silva

Jorge Oliveira

Luís Vieira

Margarida Gama-Carvalho

Patricia Brito

Vitor Sousa​

 

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Margarida Gama-Carvalho

Vitor Sousa

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:                                                                                                                       

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  9h00 Registration

  9h30 Welcome

  9h45 GenomePT 2016-2026 : Building genomics capacity in Portugal​

Morning session: From Genomes to Precision Medicine

  Plenary Session - Genomic Medicine in Portugal

  10h00 i3S-HEALTH: Teaming to Drive the Future of Genomic Medicine. Cláudio Sunkel, I3S Director

  10h20 PT_MedGen: National Strategy for Genomic Medicine. Astrid Vicente, Coordinator, INSA-RJ 

  10h40 Round table: Building Genomic Medicine in Portugal: Strategies, Infrastructures and Implementation. 

  11h15 Coffee Break​​ and posters

  11h45 GenomePT Research Lecture: Jorge Oliveira, CGPP - IBMC 

  12h05 GenomePT Research Lecture: Carla Oliveira. I3S

  12h25 Selected Oral Presentations 1 

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  12h55  Lunch and Poster session

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Afternoon Session: From Discovery to Societal Impact​

  14h30 Plenary Session - European Genomics Infrastructures

  EASIGEN-DS Consortium – Design Study for a Research Infrastructure on Advanced Genomics
  Technologies. Ivo Gut, Director, Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG), Spain

  15h00 GenomePT Research Lecture: Paula Gonçalves, UCIBIO, FCT-Nova

  15h20 Technology Spotlight Session: Illumina/Quilaban

   (Short presentations by industry and technology partners on emerging sequencing platforms, workflows, and applications)

  16h00 Coffee Break and posters

  16h30 GenomePT Research Lecture

  Past Genomes, Future Conservation: Museomics to the rescue. Ricardo Lopes, Ce3C, FCUL

  16h50 Technology Spotlight Session: Element BioSciences/ILC

  17h05 Technology Spotlight Session: 10xGenomics/BonsaiLabs

  17h20 Selected Oral Presentations 2 

  18h00 Closing session

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🔗 Registration link

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Registration Fees:

Student: 20€ 

Academic: 50€

Company: 250€

Registration includes abstract submission, access to the abstract book, coffee breaks and lunch.

Abstract submission deadline: June 7​​

Abstract acceptance notification: June 12

Registration deadline: June 12

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Abstract Guidelines:

Abstracts must present work in the broad field of genome and transcriptome sequencing and analysis within the following themes:
• Human and Clinical Genomics
• Functional Genomics and Gene Regulation
• Biodiversity, Evolution and Environmental Genomics
• Pathogen and Public Health Genomics
• Technologies, Methods and Data Analysis in Genomics

 

Submissions for oral and poster presentations are accepted. All abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Commission. Selected abstracts will be invited for oral presentation; remaining accepted abstracts will be presented as posters.

Abstracts must be submitted using exclusively the online abstract submission form you will find on the website.  Abstract text  must not exceed 500 words, must be written in English and follow the instructions indicated on the abstract submission platform. 

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