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Enhanced Clinical Data Analysis with Integrated EPI2ME and MinKNOW

Tonight, I watched the London Calling 2024 session about EPI2ME workflows. The title was “Product demo: Integrated EPI2ME: streamlined analysis for clinical and biopharma applications.” Matt Parker from ONT is a clinical scientist. They spoke about AmPORE-TB, human variation workflows, and mRNA vaccine quality control. The tuberculosis workflow aims to rapidly identify antimicrobial resistance in […]
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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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Astrobiology and Culture-based Science

Rebecca D. Prescott from the University of Edinburgh in the UK presented at London Calling 2019. The title of the session was ‘O na Hoku no na Kiu o ka Lani: Bridging genomics research and culture-based science education through astrobiology in Hawai’i.” Prescott started by mentioning that they represent a large team supported by numerous […]
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Clinicians and Bioinformaticians Using Nanopore for Diagnostics

Tonight I watched the London Calling 2023 panel “The future of clinical genomics.” Four panelists were asked several questions. The first was about the role of bioinformaticians in clinical work. One panelist spoke about how clinicians work on the automation and presenting the data. The exchange with bioinformaticians has helped the clinicians make the most […]
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Rapid Biodiversity Assessments thorough mtDNA Sequencing

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 […]
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Surveillance Efforts in New Zealand

Joep de Ligt from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) in New Zealand presented at London Calling 2023 a session entitled “The value of real-time, long-read sequencing for public health.” They talked about how they developed technologies during the COVID pandemic. The ESR uses genomics for public health. de Ligt described how […]
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Multiple Sequencing Approaches for HPV Analyses

Nicole Rossi & Michael Dean presented at Nanopore Community Meeting 2021 on: “Resolution of complex human papillomavirus and human sequences.” Rossi and Dean are from the National Cancer Institute. Rossi spoke about the impact of human papilloma virus (HPV). Cervical cancer causes numerous deaths. The HPV genome has two oncogenes and promotes genome instability. HPV […]
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Undergraduate Research with the CREWS Project

Megan Radosevich from Carroll College presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2021 on “Analyzing regional and seasonal microbial community variation from a contaminated Montanana river.” Their project is called CREWS: Consortium for Research on Environmental Water Systems that is funded by the Montana NSF EPSCoR Partnership with several colleges and universities in Montana. A central […]
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Creating Field Laboratories for Conservation Efforts

Tonight I watched a five-minute Oxford Nanopore Technologies London Calling 2022 session by Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa and titled “Genomics in the jungle: a field laboratory success story.” Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa is at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and is a field scientist working on conservation. They spoke about the need to assess populations pre […]
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