COVID

mRNA Vaccine Quality Control with Nanopore Sequencing

Helen Gunter from The BASE Facility of The University of Queensland in Australia presented at the ONT Biopharma Day. The session’s title was “Using nanopore sequencing for mRNA vaccine quality control: a journey from R&D to GMP.” They noted that since the COVID vaccines, there has been interest in synthetic mRNAs. Gunter spoke about the […]
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BioNTech’s mRNA Innovations: Fighting Diseases Effectively

Andreas Czech from BioNTech in Germany presented at the Biopharma Day in Boston on “The potential of therapeutic mRNA—and how to measure it.” They spoke about the vision of the BioNTech pharmaceutical company: to use the immune system’s power to fight cancer and other diseases. The company was founded in 2008 by three tumor immunologists. […]
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Nanopore Sequencing for mRNA Vaccine Quality Assurance

Helen Gunter from the BASE mRNA Facility at the University of Queensland in Australia spoke at London Calling 2024 on “Innovations in mRNA vaccine precision manufacturing.” BASE is the largest mRNA manufacturer in Australia, supplying commercial, government, and academic research labs. The plasmid is amplified, linearized, and used as a template to transcribe the mRNA. […]
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Detection and Sequencing of Coronaviruses in Wastewater

Samuel Fisch from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine presented at the nanopore Community Meeting 2022 a ten-minute session on “Monitoring the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants through community wastewater sequencing.” Fisch stated that he goal was to “perform genomic sequencing on wastewater samples to detect variant changes within the local environment.” Wastewater […]
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Survey of Faculty After the Transition to Remote Instruction

Drs. Diane Chapman, Katherine Stewart, and Courtney Thornton from NC State University described a large survey of the faculty there in April 2020. They presented the results and discussed implications in a recorded session for the 2020 Lily Conference. The survey had the goal of learning from instructors about their experience providing academic continuity to […]
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