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SamnSero Workflow: Real-time Bacterial Genome Analysis

Tonight, I watched the London Calling EPI2ME product demo: “EPI2ME: democratising bioinformatics—from point-and-click analysis to custom integrations.” Natalia Garcia, a Bioinformatics Workflow Developer with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, explained how workflows use Nextflow and Docker containers. Seventeen workflows were available at the time of the recording during London Calling. Workflows can be run via the command […]
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The Versatile LSK

Continuing with the Nanopore Learning course on Human genome sequencing and analysis, tonight I watched the video with the title “Library preparation: Ligation sequencing kit.” Hazel Johnson, a member of the Technical Services Team with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, explained the basics of library preparation for Nanopore sequencing. They defined library preparation as “converting sample into […]
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An Overview of ONT Devices

Hazel Johnson, member of the Technical Services Team at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, presented the second video in the Nanopore Learning Human Genome Sequencing and Analysis course. They shared the range of products for sample preparation, instruments, and software offered by ONT. Johnson shared a graphic with the nanopore sequencing platforms. The Flongle is low cost […]
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Targeted Sequencing Session Takeaways

Tonight I watched the entire Targeted sequencing showcase from London Calling 2023. The first panelist was Lukas Wellguny, a Ph.D. student from EMBL-EBI in the UK. Their presentation title was “Dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing using Bayesian experimental design.” They take data from the sequencer and incorporate a model to derive uncertainty scores at […]
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High-throughput Contract Micro with ONT

Andrzej Benkowski from Eurofins USA presented at London Calling 2023 a five-minute session on the “Practical uses of nanopore long-read sequencing in a high-throughput contract food microbiology laboratory.” They are a high-throughput contract lab specializing in food and dietary supplement investigations using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) with the GridION. One client experienced an increase […]
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Developments in ONT from LC2023

Tonight I watched the “Welcome back to London Calling 2023” session. Rosemary Sinclair Dokos, Senior VP of Product & Programme Management at Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) was the presenter and began day two of London Calling 2023 by talking about the journey of ONT. Sinclair Dokos found several parallels between the London Underground construction and […]
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Surveillance Efforts in New Zealand

Joep de Ligt from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) in New Zealand presented at London Calling 2023 a session entitled “The value of real-time, long-read sequencing for public health.” They talked about how they developed technologies during the COVID pandemic. The ESR uses genomics for public health. de Ligt described how […]
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Capacity Building and Surveillance in Senegal

Abdou Padane from the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSSEF) in Senegal, spoke at the Nanopore Community MEeting 2021 about the “Molecular distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in Senegal.” Padane is a medical researcher, doctoral student, and manager for the BSL3 lab! They noted that Senegal is a West African country with free movement […]
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Rapid Dog Infection Diagnosis

Natalie Ring from The Roslin Institute in the UK presented at London Calling 2022 on “DoGsTAils: developing nanopore-based diagnostic approaches for the effective antimicrobial stewardship of canine infections.” Ring spoke about skin and urinary tract infections in dogs and how they can be antibiotic resistant. It also often takes two days to obtain results. Thus, […]
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