The “Nanopore Sequencing Ultra Rich Data for Cancer Research” webinar featured Sayonika Mohanta, the Market Segment Manager for Methylation with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). Mohanta began by emphasizing that cancer research requires multimodal approaches. The example they presented was the use of WGS of cell-free or circulating tumor DNA combined with proteomics and methylation. They […]
Tonight, I continued watching a session from the London Calling 2024 Clinical & Biopharma Day. The expert panel’s title was “Precision oncology: driving better outcomes for patients, health systems, and populations.” Olivier Lucas, the Director of Oncology with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), moderated the discussion. The audience asked the panelists questions about sensitivity and risk determination. William Stanford from […]
Tonight, I started watching a new session from the London Calling 2024 Clinical & Biopharma Day. The expert panel’s title was “Precision oncology: driving better outcomes for patients, health systems, and populations.” Olivier Lucas, the Director of Oncology with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), moderated the discussion. Four speakers began the session with brief introductions. William […]
Tonight, I continued watching the London Calling 2024 Clinical & Biopharma Day on Friday, May 24, 2024. I continued watching the expert panel on “Rare diseases reimagined: genomics in early detection and precision therapies,” which I started watching last night. Nabihah Sachedina, the VP of Health Programs with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) moderated the session. Paul Arvidson from Genomics […]
London Calling 2024 had a Clinical & Biopharma Day on Friday, May 24, 2024. There was an expert panel on “Rare diseases reimagined: genomics in early detection and precision therapies” that I started watching tonight. Nabihah Sachedina, the VP of Health Programs with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) moderated the session. Five speakers were part of […]
It was nice to have a break and good food for Thanksgiving! Tonight, I watched the ORG.one session from the Nanopore Community Meeting 2024 in Boston. The session’s title was “ORG.one—enabling endangered species to bounce back,” which I enjoyed. Dan Fordham, the Director of Strategic Management with ONT and EMEA, was the facilitator of the showcase. The Org.one […]
Tonight, I watched the question and answer session of the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) webinar on “Unlocking comprehensive genome analyses for large-scale projects.” The panelists were asked about the role of methylation in large-scale genome sequencing projects. They spoke about investigating methylation in rare diseases, which is emerging as an area of interest. Another question […]
Brynja Sigurpalsdottir, a Research Associate at deCODE genetics in Iceland, spoke as part of the Oxford Nanopore Technologies webinar. The title of the session was “Large-scale methylation studies using nanopore sequencing.” deCODE is a subsidiary of Amgen. Sigurpalsdottir spoke about 5-mCpG methylation calling for ONT data. Initially, Nanopolish was one of the first algorithms trained […]
Tonight, I continued watching the ONT webinar I started watching last night. The title of the session I watched was “Towards clinical WGS on the PromethION” by Greg Elgar, Director of Sequencing R&D at Genomics England. Elgar started by saying that they have three benchtop PromethIONs. Elgar described the timeline of Genomics England (GEL): they […]
Tonight, I started watching the Oxford Nanopore Technologies webinar on September 11, 2024. The title was “Unlocking comprehensive genomes for large-scale projects.” Dr. Karen Stewart moderated the event. Cora Vacher, Associate Director of Segment Marketing – Human Genetics with ONT, began by introducing “the era of complete genomes.” They spoke about the importance of Nanopore ultra-long reads […]