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Knowledge Exchange on Nucleic Acid Extraction

The next Knowledge Exchange session I watched from the Nanopore Learning Lesson Library was “A primer on nucleic acid extraction.” Vania Costa spoke about protocols for extraction of DNA and RNA from samples and the available tested protocols. For DNA extraction, different kits produce different fragment sizes. Costa focuses on improving extraction for Nanopore sequencing. […]
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STRspy Improves Traditional Approaches

Rupesh Kesharwani from the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine presented at London Calling 2022 a session entitled “STRspy-ing hidden variation in forensic DNA profiles with the MinION.” Kesharwani is a senior scientific programmer and explained that short tandem repeats (STR) vary in number between individuals. They spoke about cases solved with […]
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