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Revolutionizing Infectious Disease with EIT and Oxford Nanopore

Emma Stanton from the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) in the UK presented at London Calling 2025 on “EIT Pathogena and Oxford Nanopore Technologies revolutionising infectious disease.” Stanton started as a medical doctor and spoke about interdisciplinary teams driving impacts for patient care. The Ellison Institute of Technology was envisioned by a co-founder of Oracle. […]
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Genomic Surveillance of H5N1 in Dairy Products

Tonight I watched another PAG Industry Workshop session by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. This one was titled “Pasteurized retail dairy enables genomic surveillance of H5N1 avian influenza in the United States.” Andrew Lail from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was the presenter. Lail explained that influenza is an RNA virus with 8 RNA segments. H5N1 influenza is […]
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Challenges in Clinical Sequencing Techniques

Tonight, I continued watching the Oxford Nanopore Technologies London Calling 2024 expert panel on “Building a rapid, targeted, and responsive infectious disease system.”Aaron Pomerantz, the Global Segment Marketing Associate Director at ONT, facilitated the session. All panelists were invited to the stage after doing brief introductions. Rahul Batra from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trus […]
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Empowering Global Surveillance: CDC’s Training Success

I continued watching the “Celebrating a decade of DNA discoveries: 10 years of the MinION in microbiology” ASM Microbe 2024 session. Matthew Keller, a Biologist with the Genomics & Diagnostics division at the Centers for Disease Control, was the last speaker. Keller’s team focuses on sequencing influenza viruses to monitor seasonal dynamics/surveillance. However, Keller noted […]
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Public Health Showcase 2024: One Health Genomics and Nanopore Sequencing

Tonight, I watched the London Calling 2024 Public Health Showcase. Associate Director of Global Segment Marketing Aaron Pomerantz helped moderate the session. Lara Urban from Helmholtz AI in Germany was the first speaker. Urban described the connections between One Health Genomics and Nanopore sequencing. One Health Policy was addressed with air microbiome to assess the […]
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Direct Amplification and Sequencing: Advancing Poliovirus Detection

Alex Shaw from the Imperial College London in the UK spoke at London Calling 2024 about “Early detection of poliovirus outbreaks in the DRC from 2021-2022.” They have been doing poliovirus sequencing training with partners for several years, focusing on direct sequencing methods with Nanopore: Direct molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing (DDNS). Shaw explained that […]
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Genomic Surveillance of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms with Long-Read Sequencing

Today was the first day of our IPERT Summer Workshops! I also started watching London Calling 2024 videos available on the YouTube channel. I began with the session titled “Genomic surveillance of multidrug-resistant organisms based on long-read sequencing.” Fabian Landman works at the Centre for Infectious Disease Control in The Netherlands and the Dutch National […]
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Healthcare Research Gaps and Innovations: London Calling 2024 Studio Interviews

Tonight, I watched another series of London Calling 2024 studio interviews. Zoe McDougall spoke to three researchers. Carika Weldon from CarGenetics in Bermuda explained the healthcare research gaps. Heather Carleton from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained how poop samples can be used to detect outbreaks… including the idea of mobile sampling with […]
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Portable Lab for Wastewater DNA Extraction

Tonight, I started watching sessions from London Calling 2024! Rea Kobialka from the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health in Germany presented a session entitled “Mobile lab for rapid detection of pathogens in wastewater in sub-Saharan Africa.” They emphasized the importance of surveillance. The research team developed a portable suitcase mobile lab. The […]
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Creating a Workflow for Pathogen Variant Detection with ONT

David Greig from Public Health England presented a session in London Calling 2019 with the title “Comparison of single nucleotide variants identified by Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies in the context of a potential outbreak of Shiga toxin producing.” They explained how they work on pathogen surveillance and focus on STEC: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. […]
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