From cultures to communities: exploring microbes with Oxford Nanopore sequencing​
June 26 2025, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM BST

Join our webinar where we examine the diverse applications of Oxford Nanopore sequencing across the microbial research spectrum; from individual bacterial isolates to complex microbial communities. The speakers will showcase how real-time, long-read sequencing is transforming clinical microbiology, utilising 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.​

The webinar will be broadcast at 4:30 pm (BST) / 11:30 am (EDT) / 08:30 am (PDT).

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Webinar agenda

Webinar agenda

Estimated webinar timings

Talk title

Speaker

4:30 pm (BST) / 11:30 am (EDT)

Welcome and introduction

Anna Niewiadomska, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

4:35 pm (BST) / 11:35 am (EDT)

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

Jose Alexander, AdventHealth Orlando

4:50 pm (BST) / 11:50 am (EDT)

Oxford Nanopore sequencing enables strain-level metagenomics and reveals the structure and function of a mature compost microbiome

Christine He, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

5:05 pm (BST) / 12:05 pm (EDT)

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

Angela Hickey, Stanford University

5:20 pm (BST) / 12:20 pm (EDT)

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

5:35 pm (BST) / 2:35pm (EDT)

Live Q & A with our speakers

Meet the speakers

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies introduction

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

With over 15 years in the field of microbiology, Anna Maria Niewiadomska combines a deep knowledge o...

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

Jose Alexander, Director - Clinical Microbiologist, AdventHealth Orlando

Jose Alexander, is a board-certified physician as a Medical and Public Health Microbiologist by the ...

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies introduction

Christine He, Genomic Applications Bioinformatician, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Christine has extensive work experience in the field of bioinformatics and genomics. Christine is cu...

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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 her thesis ...

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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 ...