Reflections

Zootails and Optimized Extraction and Sequencing of Vet Samples

This is the second time I watch Natalie Ring present at London Calling 2023. In this eleven minute recording, Ring spoke about the Zootails project. Ring is from The Roslin Institute in the UK, and the session was entitled “Zootails: implementing nanopore sequencing for veterinary diagnostics.” The goal is to develop rapid and affordable culture-free […]
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Reovirus Contamination Detection in BioPharmaceuticals

Hans-Peter Fasching a Study Director from ViruSure in Austria presented at London Calling 2023 an eight-minute session entitled “Identification of viral contamination of biopharmaceutical product using nanopore sequencing.” They mentioned that ViruSure offers a variety of biosafety tests to the biopharmaceutical industry including qPCR, virus clearance, genetic stability, and many more. Fasching presented a case […]
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Porcine Respiratory Disease Diagnostics

Nick Vereecke from PathoSense BV in Belgium presented at London Calling 2023 on “Coninfection in endemic influenza A virus-infected herds using nanopore metagenomic sequencing of tracheobronchial swabs.” Vereecke spoke about the complexity of porcine respiratory diseases: there is a mix of coronaviruses and bacteria. For some of the microbes involved, there are no lab culture […]
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Adaptive Sampling for In-depth Amniotic Infection Analyses

One of the London Calling 2023 Showcase Stage sessions was on Targeted Sequencing. Tonight, i watched the four-minute recording entitled “Rapid identification of bacterial invasion: full-length 16S or adaptive sampling?” The title intrigued me! I am waiting for the release of the updated 16S amplicon kit. There were several panelists and Thidathip Wongsurawat from the […]
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High-throughput Contract Micro with ONT

Andrzej Benkowski from Eurofins USA presented at London Calling 2023 a five-minute session on the “Practical uses of nanopore long-read sequencing in a high-throughput contract food microbiology laboratory.” They are a high-throughput contract lab specializing in food and dietary supplement investigations using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) with the GridION. One client experienced an increase […]
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Copper Butterflies Genomes and ORG.one

Tonight I watched Dan Fordham, Director of Strategic Product Management EMEA at Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) speak at London Calling 2023 about. Fordham is the lead for the Org.one project in which ONT tries to address the global biodiversity crisis. ORG.one offers free consumables and kits to users sequencing critically endangered organisms. One of the […]
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Squiggle Analysis for Living and Dead Microorganisms

Tonight, I watched Harika Urel from the Helmholtz AI Institute and Technical University of Munich present a five-minute talk at London Calling 2023. The intriguing title of the recording is “Squiggle analysis for metagenomics viability inference.” Urel is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Lara Urban’s lab. I have watched several talks by Urban in the […]
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Genome Assemblies for Chromosomal Evolution Analyses of Marsupials

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 […]
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A Unique Approach to Find Fantastic Methanotrophs

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 […]
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