The London Calling 2024 virtual platform is no longer available! So, tonight, I started watching the available YouTube playlists. The first consists of studio interviews. I watched the “LC24 Studio: Understanding Structural Variation, Population Genomics” session. Zoe McDougall interviewed presenters. Belen de la Morena from the University of Murcia in Spain spoke about their interest in advances in neuroscience. Mo Li from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia mentioned they teach a nanopore sequencing course and wanted to learn more about the history and evolution of the technology. Ivo Gut from the Centro Nacional de Analisis Genomico in Spain was excited to learn about Nanopore updates and fragmentomics. Gut was involved in a European genomics project and discussed applying nanopore technologies in population and healthcare genomics. They also explained that predictive genomics will require policies. Li noted that Saudi Arabia can use long-read sequencing to resolve complex genomic variants at the population level. de la Morena works on clotting diseases and is interested in applying structural variation knowledge obtained from long-read sequencing. The repetitive sequences of retrotransposons can now be resolved, and de la Morena’s team is interested in studying the impacts of retrotransposon insertions and deletions. Gut mentioned he is a universalist and wanted to learn from colleagues at London Calling 2024, including things not described in manuscripts and publications. Li wanted to obtain feedback from clinicians. de la Morena explained that the networking opportunities at London Calling 2024 help with troubleshooting and future collaborations, including detecting RNA modifications. This sentiment resonated with me since I learned a lot at the ENCOUR.
