Tonight, I watched another London Calling 2024 studio interview. Zoe McDougall previously interviewed two of the three guests. Ronja Friedhoff is a master’s student at the Technische Universitat Braunschweig in Germany. They explained the benefits of networking opportunities at London Calling 2024: Friedhoff learned about new research areas and met new people. Ivo Gut from the Centro Nacional de Analisis Genomico in Spain said he learned about telomeres and why this area of research is so fascinating. Belen de la Morena from the University of Murcia and CIBERER in Spain spoke about the opportunities for RNA sequencing transcriptomics and epi transcriptomics. New isoforms can be discovered to learn about their functions and implications. Friedhoff enjoyed the talks about labs in the rainforest and containers in Rwanda. Gut said to Friedhoff: you need a well-funded environment and support. de la Morena encouraged Friedhoff to continue with passion and fascination. de la Morena is interested in improvements in chemistry. Gut wants single-cell multi-omic approaches in one assay. Gut wants new advances and techniques. Friedhoff spoke about seeing the TurBOT and how automation will change how discoveries are made with Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
