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Metagenomics Explained: From DNA Reads to MAGs

Tonight I continued watching the ISME19 Workshop by KBase: “From Reads to Function, Day 1.” Kelly Wrighton presented on “Metagenomics 101: From Reads to Bins.” Wrighton is at Colorado State. Wrighton co-runs the Microbial Ecosystems Lab. They defined microbiome as “the study of microorganisms, their genomes, and their surrounding chemical and other environmental conditions.” I appreciate how this […]
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Highlights from ENIGMA Workshop on Isolate Sequencing

Tonight I watched Lauren Lui from Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory present a “Long Read Isolate Sequencing and Assembly Workshop.” This session was recorded April 2, 2024 and was part of the ENIGMA program. Lui provided an overview of the apps they use: Filtlong, Unicycler, Polypolish, and Flye. The team was motivated by evolving long-read technologies […]
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Masterclass on Nanopore Sequencing: Expert Planning Tips

Tonight I watched an updated session entitled “How to get started with nanopore sequencing and plan your experiment.” The speaker was Akelia Wauchope-Odumbo, Associate Director of Technical Applications – Americas with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). Wauchope-Odumbo started this new masterclass series. The theme is “from sample to answer” covering preparation, sequencing, and analysis. The masterclass […]
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Optimizing Cell & Gene Therapies with Multi-Omic Sequencing

Heather Stark, the Global Segment Manager at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, introduced the webinar “Enhancing Cell and Gene Therapy Success with Multi-Omic Sequencing: The Oxford Nanopore Advantage.” Start covers biopharma and explained how nanopore sequencing works. They explained that there are several end-to-end workflows for synthetic biology, including plasmid, AAV, amplicon, and mRNA IVT sequencing. Clark […]
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Rapid Viral Genome Sequencing: Highlights from a Recent Webinar

I watched the webinar tonight facilitated by Anna Maria Niewiadomska, Global Market Segment Manager in Public Health at Oxford Nanopore Technologies. They first spoke about using ONT for microbiology and infectious disease work. The turnaround time with the rapid library prep was one feature that Niewiadomska highlighted, as well as the real-time analysis and read-length […]
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Transforming Cancer Care with Nanopore Sequencing

I continued watching the “Nanopore Sequencing Ultra Rich Data for Cancer Research” webinar. It featured Sayonika Mohanta, the Market Segment Manager for Methylation with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). Mathilde Fiser from the Curie Institute presentation had the title “Transforming Cancer Care: Redefining Cancer Characterization and Predisposition Insights through Nanopore Sequencing.” Fiser explained that the identification of germline alterations […]
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Exploring Clinical WGS on PromethION by Genomics England

Tonight, I continued watching the ONT webinar I started watching last night. The title of the session I watched was “Towards clinical WGS on the PromethION” by Greg Elgar, Director of Sequencing R&D at Genomics England. Elgar started by saying that they have three benchtop PromethIONs. Elgar described the timeline of Genomics England (GEL): they […]
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Exploring Nanopore Sequencing for Human Genomes

Tonight, I started watching the Oxford Nanopore Technologies webinar on September 11, 2024. The title was “Unlocking comprehensive genomes for large-scale projects.” Dr. Karen Stewart moderated the event. Cora Vacher, Associate Director of Segment Marketing – Human Genetics with ONT, began by introducing “the era of complete genomes.” They spoke about the importance of Nanopore ultra-long reads […]
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FDA’s Precision Genomics: Modernizing Food Safety Techniques

The Precision Genomics session at the Nanopore Community Meeting in Boston included a session by Julie Haendiges from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They explained that they are tasked with safeguarding more than $1.5 trillion worth of food, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. Haendiges spoke about how they are modernizing and optimizing methods. They explained […]
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Enhancing Virus Detection with NGS: Lessons from Industry Leaders

The Biopharma Day, part of the Nanopore Community Meeting 2024 in Boston, included a session on “Implementation of sequencing in a regulated environment.” David VanHoute is from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. VanHoute is in the manufacturing site of Regeneron and working on validating and implementing NGS assays. They are “in the business of hunting for viruses” and […]
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