Patrick G.S. Grady from the University of Connecticut presented at London Calling 2023 a session entitled: “Unraveling chromosomal evolution in marsupials: comparative genomics and methylomics with telomere-to-telomere precision.” Grady spoke about the use of marsupials as a model. They have pentapedal locomotion, unique reproduction, and dynamic forms of cancer. Their genome scan be studied with […]
Tonight I watched the London Calling 2023 session entitled “Fantastic methanotrophs and where to find them” by Kalinka Sand Knudsen from Aaborg University in Denmark. Knudsen spoke about how methane retains heat and reducing emissions is critical. Knudsen is interested in methane-consuming bacteria that can survive on elevated concentrations of methane and some can oxidize […]
The five minute London Calling 2023 session entitled “Targeted nanopore sequencing using hybridisation probes reveals immune escape polymorphisms in malaria vaccine candidates” was a talk by Alyssa Barry from Deakin University in Australia. They spoke about the global number of cases of malaria, deaths, and people at risk. Malaria vaccine is challenging because of the […]
Mariana Corrales Orozco from EAFIT University in Colombia spoke at London Calling 2023 about “Revolutionizing biodiversity research: Oxford Nanopore sequencing for the rapid and accurate identification of endangered species.” They started with heat maps depicting species diversity and the challenges of identifying new species. Typically, an expert taxonomist examines a sample. This approach requires sacrificing […]
Tonight I watched the London Calling 2023 product demo for “Analysing bacterial genomes – from species identification to AMR.” Stephen Rudd, Director of Bioinformatics Product at Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), shared their work on EPI2ME labs products. They have been developing EPI2ME Labs workflows for several years. These are pre-installed workflows that can help solve […]
The London Calling Metagenomics and isolate genome sequencing product demo was a fourteen-minute recording I watched tonight. The session was hosted by Rachel Rubinstein, a Technical Product Manager, Software, for Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). Rubinstein spoke about using ONT for bacterial and viral genome sequencing. The goal of the session was to share applications using […]
Tonight I watched the “Welcome back to London Calling 2023” session. Rosemary Sinclair Dokos, Senior VP of Product & Programme Management at Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) was the presenter and began day two of London Calling 2023 by talking about the journey of ONT. Sinclair Dokos found several parallels between the London Underground construction and […]
Dilrini De Silva is a Field Applications Scientist in Bioinformatics for the EMEAI Region with Oxford Nanopore Technologies. De Silva presented a Masterclass at London Calling 2023 entitled “How to take your data analysis further.” This Masterclass focused on typical downstream analysis for several applications including genome assembly, variants, methylation, transcriptomics, and metagenome analysis. De […]
Vania Costa, a Field Applications Scientist with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), led the Masterclass I watched tonight. This session was part of London Calling 2023 and entitled “How to extract high-quality DNA and RNA.” I have watched a couple of Masterclasses Costa has created. The objective of this session was for users to determine appropriate […]
Thomas Colette, a Tech Transfer Sequencing & Validation Scientist at Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), prested a Masterclass at London Calling 2023 about PromethION flow cell loading. Since we are going to start using the P2, I wanted to revisit this recording I had watched previously and take some notes. I now have a better idea […]











