Month: June 2025

London Calling 2025 ONT Application Updates

Sissel Juul, Vice President of Applications with Oxford Nanopore Technology and Sean McKenzie, Associate Director of Genomics Applications, provided the London Calling 2025 applications update. Juul explained that the applications team is global. Haplotype-resolved genetic variation detection and interpretation has been updated to use assembly approaches. However, assembly can be very challenging, especially with two […]
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Case Studies on 16S rRNA Sequencing in Clinical Diagnostics

Dr. Anna Smielewska, a consultant virologist in the UK, spoke at ESCMID Global about 16S rRNA sequencing in healthcare settings. The title of the session was “Implementing portable, real-time 16S rRNA sequencing in the healthcare sector enhances antimicrobial stewardship.” Smielewska works with the Liverpool University Hospitals, several hospitals with a broad range of cases. The […]
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