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Characterization of Genetically-modified Microorganisms

Jolien E’aes from Sciensano in Belgium presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2021. The title of the presentation is “Characterization of genetically modified microorganisms is facilitated by long-read whole-genome sequencing.” I don’t think I have watched this session before! D’aes explained how Sciensano, the Belgian Institute for Public and Animal Health. They focus on food […]
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AMRs in Complex Environmental Matrices

Rob James from the University of Warwick in the UK presented a session titled “From amplicons to metagenomes: long-read sequencing the environment” at London Calling 2019. James spoke about complex environmental matrices such as soil, sediment, and excreta that are often impure and biologically and chemically contaminated. Different extraction methods are used depending on the […]
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A Nanopore-based Approach to Detect and Analyze Repeat Anomalies

Hagar Mor-Shaked from the Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, presented a lightning talk at London Calling 2023. The title of the session is “Pathological short tandem repeats analysis by long-read sequencing in affected individuals.” They were also an employee of the Geneyx company that did genomic analysis. Mor-Shaked spoke […]
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EPI2ME Analyses Anywhere

Matt Parker, the Associate Director for Clinical Bioinformatics at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, spoke at the Nanopore Community Meeting in Houston about updates to EPI2ME. The session started with a new video about EPI2ME, highlighting the intuitive interface, real-time data, and cloud or local analyses. Parker said you can take a MinION and laptop into the […]
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Streamlined Nanopore Sequencing

“Reveal more: bring streamlined nanopore sequencing into your lab” is the title of the Nanopore Community Meeting Houston session I watched tonight. Rachel Rubinstein, a Technical Product Manager, explained new developments to streamline nanopore sequencing. Rubinstein emphasized “end-to-end” processes. They began describing the range of the PromethION devices, from the P2 to the PromethION 48. […]
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Students Tell Us Which Technology Works for Them

Ann Devitt and Joanne Banks from Trinity College, Dublin, presented at the CAST UDL Symposium 2022 on their project on UDL in secondary education in Europe. The recorded session was entitled “What has technology ever done for us? Second-level student voices.” Their partners included schools in Spain, Belgium, Ireland, and Greece. All partner schools worked […]
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The Immersive Reality Classroom Learning Experience

“Traveling to Inexperienced Realms: Immersive Reality for Classroom Learning” is the title of the Lilly Conference session I watched tonight. Amy Kuntz, an Instructional Designer at Penn State, along with Eileen Grodziak, another instructional designer at Penn State, worked with Kate Morgan, the Director of Virtual Education at Penn State Lehigh Valley. They defined Immersive […]
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The HyFlex Experience at King’s College

I have watched a couple of sessions by different speakers on what their institutions did during the transition to remote online teaching. I find the variety of approaches and “lessons learned” fascinating. Tonight, I watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “Reflections on hybrid flexible learning” by Michael Detyna from King’s College London. Detyna talked about […]
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Blended is inseparable!

I am enjoying the Quality Matters (QM) webinars and information! The course design elements and helpful information is giving me many ideas for the BIT 295 course I am designing. Steven R. Crawford, Ed.D. presented a session earlier this month about the considerations for flipped and blended course design. Crawford had a wonderful slide with […]
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