Oxford Nanopore at ASM Microbe 2025
19 - 23 June 2025 PDT
Los Angeles, California, United States

Oxford Nanopore at ASM Microbe 2025

Oxford Nanopore will be at Booth 915 in the exhibit hall at the ASM Microbe meeting in June, hosted in Los Angeles. We will also host an Evening speaking event on Friday, June 20th. Details and registration to come.

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Industry Event

From cultures to communities: Exploring microbes with Oxford Nanopore sequencing​

Location: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE - Platinum Ballrooms A, B, & C

Date: Friday, June 20th

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PST

Join our evening event to network with nanopore sequencing users and hear from researchers utilizing Oxford Nanopore Technologies! The event will start with a networking reception, followed by presentations and Q&A.

This session examines the diverse applications of Oxford Nanopore sequencing across the microbial research spectrum; from individual bacterial isolates to complex microbial communities. Speakers will showcase how real-time, long-read sequencing is transforming clinical microbiology, utilizing automated workflows for rapid pathogen identification and surveillance. The session will also explore human microbiome studies, metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) as well as the cutting-edge bioinformatic tools and software for microbiome analysis. Whether you're working with cultures in the lab or diverse communities in the gut, this session offers a comprehensive look at how Oxford Nanopore is advancing microbial genomics.​

Please note, space is limited for the event so do register ahead of time.

Agenda

Los Angeles, California

6:30 – 8:30 pm PST

Talk title

Speaker

6:30 pm - 7:10 pm

Drinks reception

7:10 pm - 7:30 pm

Oxford Nanopore introduction

Anna Niewiadomska & Christine He, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

7:30 pm - 7:50 pm

Clinical use of WGS: Cost-effective in-house approach

Jose Alexander, AdventHealth Orlando

7:50 pm - 8:10 pm

Minimizer-space ONT read error correction enables efficient construction of hundreds of high-quality metagenome assembled genomes from challenging and complex sample types

Robert James, Quadram Institute Bioscience

8:10 pm - 8:30 pm

Discovering broader host ranges and an IS-bound prophage class through long-read metagenomics

Angela Hickey, Stanford University

Event speakers

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies introduction

Anna Niewiadomska, Market Segment Manager - Public Health, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Minimizer-space ONT read error correction enables efficient construction of hundreds of high-quality metagenome assembled genomes from challenging and complex sample types

Robert James, Research Scientist, Quadram Institute Bioscience

Rob is a research scientist at the Quadram Institute of Bioscience, and a visiting scientist at the ...

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies introduction

Christine He, Genomic Applications Bioinformatician, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Discovering broader host ranges and an IS-bound prophage class through long-read metagenomics

Angela Hickey, Graduate Student, Stanford University

Angela Hickey is a current 4th year PhD student in Genetics at Stanford University doing my thesis r...

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Clinical use of WGS: Cost-effective in-house approach

Jose Alexander, Director - Clinical Microbiologist, AdventHealth Orlando

Board certified physician as a Medical and Public Health Microbiologist by the ABMM and fellow of th...

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On-booth activities

Booth 915

Friday, June 20th

Saturday, June 21st

Sunday, June 22nd

11:00 am — Flow cell loading/initiating a sequencing run

Austin Compton & Nicholas Scales, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

11:00 am — From sample to species: Metagenomics with Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Christine He & Candace Williams, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

11:00 am — ElysION: bring automated, sample-to-answer microbial sequencing into your lab

Steph Wilbraham, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

1:00 pm — ElysION: bring automated, sample-to-answer microbial sequencing into your lab

Steph Wilbraham, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

1:00 pm — Flow cell loading/initiating a sequencing run

Austin Compton & Nicholas Scales, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

1:00 pm — From sample to species: Metagenomics with Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Christine He & Candace Williams, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

3:30 pm — From sample to species: Metagenomics with Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Christine He & Candace Williams, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

4:15 pm – ElysION: bring automated, sample-to-answer microbial sequencing into your lab

Steph Wilbraham, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

3:30 pm — Flow cell loading/initiating a sequencing run

Austin Compton & Nicholas Scales, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Demo descriptions

Flow cell loading/initiating a sequencing run

Learn about Nanopore sequencing technologies, including flow cell architecture. Discover how to load a flow cell and start a sequencing run using Oxford Nanopore technology. After the demonstration, you can ask questions, e.g., about sample handling and reviewing a run report.

ElysION: bring automated, sample-to-answer microbial sequencing into your lab

Effortlessly go from sample to ultra-rich microbial sequencing data with fully automated, hands-off workflows on ElysION. From respiratory metagenomics to microbial isolate sequencing, ElysION accelerates every step — extraction, sequencing, and analysis — in a single, intuitive solution. Join our demo and discover how to perform streamlined microbial genomics research in your lab with ElysION.

From sample to species: Metagenomics with Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Metagenomic sequencing offers powerful insights into the composition, ecology, and evolution of microbial communities. Contiguous assemblies and high-quality genome recovery are made possible by Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ ability to generate accurate reads of any length, combined with cutting-edge, community-developed bioinformatics tools. This demo will guide you through the full metagenomics workflow, from DNA extraction and sequencing to assembly-based analysis of complex microbiomes.