Month: April 2023

Full-length Human mtDNA Sequencing with Cas9 Enrichment and ONT

Ibo Gut from CNAG-CRG in Spain presented at London Calling 2022 a session entitled “Novel method for multiplexed, full-length single-molecule sequencing of human mitochondrial DNA using Cas9-mediated enrichment.” I don’t know much about Cas9-mediated enrichment and have been curious. Gut spoke about mitochondrial DNA and how the human mitochondrial (mtDNA) is circular, 16.6 kb, has […]
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Structural Variant Detection and Nanopore

“Comprehensive structural variant detection: from population to mosaic level” was the intriguing title for the session Fritz Sedlazeck from Baylor College of Medicine presented at London Calling 2022. Sedlazeck spoke about challenges of determining structure variants and their importance for learning about evolution, genomic disorders, their impact on regulation, and their impact on phenotypes. Sedlazeck […]
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CRISPR/Cas9 Targeted Enrichment and Whole Genome Sequencing for Personalized Medicine

Anna Dolnik from the Charite University Medicine Berlin in Germany presented at London Calling 2022 “Combined CRISPR/Cas9 targeted enrichment and whole-genome sequencing allows real-time stratification of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).” AML patient stratification, Dolnik explained, relies on identification of copy number and fusion transcripts. Dolnik mentioned they had presented on ONT-based AML systems before at […]
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Real-time RNA Analysis with RISER

Adaptive sampling and real-time in silico enrichment have come up frequently in the last couple of months. I still haven’t used this feature and want to learn more. Tonight I watched the London Calling 2022 session by Alex Sneddon from the Australian National University entitled “RISER: real-time in silico enrichment of RNA species from nanopore […]
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The Challenge of Sequencing the Abeoforma Genome

Victoria Shabardina from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC) in Spain presented at London Calling 2022 on “Enigmatic genome of Abeoforma whisleri helps our understanding of the origin of animals.” This eleven-minute session has an intriguing title: what is A. whisleri? They spoke about the origin of multicellularity and the closest unicellular relatives. The organisms […]
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Basecamp Research and Responsible Exploration

Continuing with London Calling 2022 videos, tonight I watched the session with Glen Gowers & Bupe Mwambingu from Basecamp Research. They spoke about “Responsible Exploration of our planet’s biodiversity towards discovery-enabled biodesign.” This was a showcase presentation with a few slides and and questions from the audience. Gowers is the cofounder of Basecamp Research. Mwambingu […]
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Metagenomic Analysis of Water from Brazilian Reservoirs and Ponds

I am still thinking about the Nanopore talk I watched yesterday. I now want to try using Flongle flow cells again! Tonight, I watched Douglas Mendel from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil present at London Calling 2022. The session was only six minutes long and had the intriguing title: “Comparative metagenomics of natural and […]
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Bacterial Race Typing with the Flongle

I was excited to come across an Oxford Nanopore Technologies YouTube video from London Calling 2022 that included the use of the Flongle! Abigail Stack from Bayer Crop Sciences spoke about “The POREtal to advancing plant diagnostics: Flongle for tomato bacterial race typing and beyond.” Stack started by explaining their role as a plant pathologist […]
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