WORKSHOPS UPHGCON 2026
20 Feb 2026 β€’ Friday

BHU NGS Pre-conference Workshop

Venue: MRU Lab, IMS BHU NGS Introduction, Workflow and Analysis
Pre-conference β€’ Full-day
  • 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

    Session 1: Understanding Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) – Concept, overview of platforms & applications

    LECTURE
    Speaker
    Dr. Spandan Chaudhary
    Chief Scientist & Head
    NGS Research, Unigenome - Unipath Labs
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

    Breakfast

    BREAKFAST
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

    Illumina Sequencing – Principle, sequencers & library prep. workflow (WGS, RNA-seq, targeted sequencing etc.)

    LECTURE
    Speaker
    Dr. Abhirup Chowdhury
    Field Application Scientist
  • 11:20 AM – 11:55 AM

    NGS Data Analysis Basics – File formats, software & tools

    SESSION
    Speaker
    Mr. Kamal Kumar Soni
    Bioinformatics Scientist
  • 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

    NGS Data Analysis – Workflow, QC metrics, alignment & secondary analysis

    HANDSON
    Speaker
    Mr. Kamal Kumar Soni
    Bioinformatics Scientist
  • 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

    Lunch

    LUNCH
  • 02:00 PM – 02:35 PM

    Session 2: Role of NGS in Clinical Settings – Haematological malignancies with case studies

    SESSION
    Speaker
    Dr. Neeraj Arora
    MD (Path)
    PDF Haematopath; Molecular Haematology Lab Director, Unigenome - Unipath Labs
  • 02:40 PM – 03:20 PM

    Role of NGS in Clinical Settings – Solid Tumors with case studies

    SESSION
    Speaker
    Dr. Neeraj Arora
    MD (Path)
    PDF Haematopath; Molecular Haematology Lab Director, Unigenome - Unipath Labs
  • 03:20 PM – 03:35 PM

    Tea Break

    TEA
  • 03:40 PM – 04:20 PM

    Exome Sequencing – Case studies

    LECTURE
    Speaker
    Dr. Neeraj Arora
    MD (Path)
    PDF Haematopath; Molecular Haematology Lab Director, Unigenome - Unipath Labs
  • 04:20 PM – 05:20 PM

    Session 3: Lab Tour & Demo of Illumina Miseq Instrument and its Applications

    HANDSON
    Speaker
    Dr. Abhirup Chowdhury
    Field Application Scientist