Metagenomics

Fungal-Bacterial Interaction Screens and Plant Pathogens

Manuel Anguita Maeso, a Ph.D. student at the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at the CSIC in Spain, spoke at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2021. The session’s title was “Unravelling the whole genome of olive antagonist xylem-inhabitant bacteria to fight vascular plant pathogens in olive trees.” I had watched this session previously and wanted to learn […]
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Sequencing in Extreme Environments

Arwyn Edwards from Aberystwyth University in the UK presented at London Calling 2019 on “MinION sequencing from the extreme to the everyday.” The acknowledged the support to perform sequencing in extreme environments. Edwards began with sequencing in subzero environments to provide insights into climate change. Edwards spoke about the carbon footprint of fieldwork and how […]
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Assembling Microbial Genomes from the Rumen

Amanda Warr from The Roslin Institute in the UK presented at London Calling 2019, “Going full circle: assembly of high-quality, single-contig microbial genomes from the rumen microbiome using long-read sequencing.” I had not watched this session before! They spoke about the rumen: a specialized stomach with a complex microbial environment. They are interested in the […]
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Spider Silk and Arachnid Genomes

Sarah Stellwagen from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, spoke at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2019 on arachnids! The title of the session is “Advances in arachnid genomics using Oxford Nanopore’s MinION.” They study spider silk genetics and also harvestmen. Stellwagen explained that there are several different types of silk to make egg sacs, joints, […]
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Improving the Rediscovery of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

Allison Guitor spoke at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2019 on “Harnessing long-read sequencing for antibiotic discovery.” Guitor is from McMaster University in Canada. They noted that antibiotic resistance is on the rise, and there are multidrug-resistant infections. One of the challenges is that bacteria have membranes and mechanisms to remove antibiotics. Guitor shared a timeline […]
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Digesting and Sequencing Stromatolites

I spent the day at ECU at the QM Summit! It was a lot of fun! Tonight, I watched Nicole Wagner from Georgetown University present on “Evolutionary history of conical stromatolites.” This is the last video of the metagenomics playlist! Conical stromatolites can be used to study their formation and used to learn about microbial […]
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Student Sampling of Contaminated Water Systems

Megan Radosevich from Carroll College presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2021 about “Analyzing regional and seasonal microbial community variation from a contaminated Montana river.” Radosevich did work over the summer and during a course in Montana. The project is part of the Consortium for Research on Environmental Water Systems (CREWS). One of the main […]
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Disturbance of Microbial Communities in Permafrost

The amazing Devin Drown from the University of Alaska Fairbanks presented at London Calling on “Evaluating the effects of the changing permafrost ecosystem through the lens of genomics.” Drown spoke about the rapid changes in permafrost, including nutrient and microbial community disturbances. The study investigated how permafrost-induced disturbances affect the active layer soil microbial communities. […]
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Sampling the James River

Bonnie Brown from the Virginia Commonwealth University presented at London Calling on “An Epidemiological River Metagenome Based on MinION.” James River is a major river that has impacts on the environment. Brown is a conservation biologist curious about the fluctuations in the river’s biodiversity. They began performing whole genome sequencing and identified several epidemiologically relevant […]
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