Why not end the day with The Turtle Project! Tonight I watched a session from the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) channel titled “The Turtle Project: Conservation epigenomics of endangered sea turtles with temperature-dependent sex determination.” Eugenie ‘Charley’ Yen from the Queen Mary University of London was the presenter. They started with a slide animation of […]
The Org. One program is fascinating. I would love to be involved. Tonight, I watched the London Calling 2024 session titled “Org.one to 10.” Kara Dicks, Program Manager at Conservation Genomics with Org.one, spoke about the biodiversity crisis. The Org.one program supports local sequencing. The program has supported over ninety projects. Participants receive kits and […]
Gabrielle Hartley from the University of Connecticut presented at London Calling 2023 a lightning talk. The session’s title is “Telomere-to-telomere nanopore-based genome assembly reveals genomic and epigenetic features of karyotype radiation.” Hartley is a graduate student and is studying the evolution of gibbons. They noted that, unlike other apes, gibbons “have highly rearranged karyotypes concomitant […]
Tonight I watched the entire London Calling 2023 Showcase Stage on Conservation. The first speaker was Luca Pandolfini from the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy who presented on “From genome assembly to epigenome characterisation: a nanopore journey in the footsteps of an endangered tortoise.” I remember this session! They worked on Pyxis arachnoides, a […]
Ettore Fedele from the University of Leicester in the UK presented at London Calling 2022 on “Genomic tools for gorilla population dynamics and conservation.” Fedele spoke about using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing to support conservation of gorillas and began by emphasizing the importance of gorillas and major threats they encounter. Monitoring species to combat […]
Tonight I watched the London Calling 2022 session by Zane Libke from the Sumak Kawsay in situ Genomics lab and National Institute of Biodiversity in Ecuador. I am interested in using the Flongle flow cells for smaller course projects and was excited to learn about current uses. Libke has been visiting the Amazons and learning […]
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 […]