UGOE, Germany Göttingen Genomics Laboratory (G2L): The G2L founded in 1998 by Prof. Gerhard Gottschalk and Prof. Hans-Joachim Fritz was the first laboratory in Germany dedicated to microbial genomics. It is one of three groups in the Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology headed by Prof. Rolf Daniel at Göttingen University. The laboratory applied since its founding high throughput sequencing techniques to achieve whole genome sequencing. Currently, UGOE uses HiSeq and MiSeq devices from Illumina for high-coverage genome sequencing and transcriptomics as well as Nanopore devices to achieve high-quality closed genomes

PD Dr.Heiko Liesegang

is a scientist in the department for Genomic and Applied Microbiology at the Georg-August-University Goettingen. He is working since 2001 in the Göttingen Genomics Laboratory (G2L) currently responsible for the bioinformatics of genome and transcriptome analysis. Within two decades of technological development covering three generations of sequencing technologies Sanger sequencing (first generation) 454, Illumina (second generation), Pacific Bioscience and Oxford Nanopore sequencing (third generation) he achieved a strong expertise on the advantages and pitfalls of sequence data generated by different methods. He is fascinated by the implications of NGS-technologies for the investigation of genomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics. The main scientific interests of Heiko Liesegang are the evolution of microbial species and its application in biotechnology. An important part is rational strain design based on genomics and transcriptomics of Bacilli from the species B. licheniformis, B. pumilus, and B. thuringiensis.

 Dr.Stefani  Diaz Valerio

She currently serves as a postdoctoral researcher at the Genomic and Applied Microbiology department within the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany. Her research focuses on optimizing bacteria from the Bacillus genus for biotechnological applications in a bio-economy context. With expertise in Next Generation Sequencing, comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics, she explores cutting-edge methodologies for sequence data analysis. Additionally, she is deeply passionate about scientific communication. Her academic journey began with a bachelor’s degree in Biology with a Biotechnology specialization from the National University of Costa Rica, supplemented by studies in Social Communication with a focus on audiovisual production. She pursued her master’s degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany, where she also completed her doctoral studies.

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