Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics - ENGoGS26

We are thrilled to announce that registration is open for the 2026 Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics Symposium (ENGoGS). This event is designed for early career researchers engaged in any aspect of genomics or genetics research.

ENGoGS26 will take place on 11th November at the Playfair Library, Old College. It will bring together those working in human, animal, plant, microbe, and ecosystem genetics and genomics to foster cross-disciplinary connections and collaboration.

Registration now open (closes 26th October)

Keynote presentations

Dr Andrew Free (Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology)

"Exploring and Exploiting Small Worlds Through Microbial (Meta)Genomics"

Dr Alex Martin-Geary (Institute of Genetics and Cancer)

"A splice of life - navigating a non-canonical career path”

Careers Panel Discussion

Details to follow

Programme

Ulduz Sobhiafshar (Roslin Institute)

"A single-nucleus atlas of Atlantic salmon skeletal muscle maps myogenic cell states and post-duplication divergence"

Robert Mason (Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences)

"Exploring novel approaches to map cell-type specific gene expression in mutants unsuited for single cell RNA-seq"

Soumya Sharma (Roslin Institute)

"Transcriptomic profiling of bovine NK cells using single-cell RNA sequencing"

Oscar Jackson (Institute of Genetics and Cancer)

"Experimental modelling and multi-omic analysis of responses to targeted therapy in BRAF-mutant melanoma"

Kallen Sullivan (Roslin Institute)

"The Heart of the Response: Transcriptomics of Bonamia ostreae Infection Ex Vivo"

Krisztian Nemeth (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)

"Population Genomics of East African Pencil Cedar (Juniperus procera) Across Kenya: Implications for Conservation and Restoration of a Productive Woody Species"

Carolina Mayes (Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society)

"Genomic devolution: Negotiating the future of genomics in Scotland" 

Kitty Sherwood (Institute of Genetics and Cancer)

"Structural complexity drives the evolution of malignant pleural mesothelioma"

Rhod Evans (Roslin Institute)

"Ponytails Project: Rapid Metagenomic Sequencing of Equine Infections"

Martina Schito (Institute for Regeneration and Repair)

"C19ORF84 connects CAMK2G to piRNA-directed DNA methylation in the male germline"

Drew Larson (Roslin Institute)

"The return to disomic inheritance occurred highly asynchronously in salmonids following their most recent whole genome duplication"

James Hayes (Institute of Genetics and Cancer)

"The time dependence of persistent DNA damage-induced mutagenesis"