Cancer Nanopore Day, Sydney 2023
October 17 2023, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM AEDT
Sydney, Australia

Event overview

Hear about the latest technical updates for Oxford Nanopore Technologies as well as talks from local scientists about their latest work using nanopore technology.

There will also be an opportunity to submit questions throughout the talks, which will be answered in the Q&A sessions following each presentation.

Please note that this is an in-person event.

There is no delegate fee for this event, but registration is required. Your place at this event will be confirmed via email from events@nanoporetech.com.

Agenda

Agenda

Time

Agenda

Speaker

9:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:05

An introduction to Oxford Nanopore

Warren Bach Oxford Nanopore Technologies

10:05 - 10:30

Cancer whole genome analysis with Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

Nic Waddell QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

10:30 - 10:55

Investigating structural variations and complex cancer genomes using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

Marjan M. Naeini Garvan Institute of Medical Research

10:55 - 11:20

Unravelling rDNA Methylation Patterns and UBF Binding in Malignant Transformations

Zaka Wing-Sze Yuen The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University EMBL Australian Partner Laboratory Network at the Australian National University

11:20 - 11:45

Dissecting the impacts of gene fusion-mediated translational dysregulation in B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia to highlight novel therapeutic

Nickolay Shirokikh Australian National University

11:45 - 12:10

Long-read mobile DNA methylomes

Geoff Faulkner University of Queensland

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch Mixer

13:00 - 13:50

Single molecule cancer genomics from individual cell mutation detection and engineering to cell free tumor detection

Hanlee Ji Stanford University

13:50 - 14:15

Deciphering cancer through long read bulk and single cell transcriptomic analysis: opportunities and challenges

Nadia Davidson Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

14:15 - 14:40

The Benefits of Long Read Sequencing for Haematological Malignancy Assessment

Rodney Scott Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

14:40 - 15:10

Afternoon tea

15:10 - 15:35

Long-read single-cell RNA sequencing in clonal haematopoiesis

Owen Siggs Garvan Institute of Medical Research

15:35 - 15:55

Technical and Bioinformatics updates from Oxford Nanopore

Miles Benton Oxford Nanopore Technologies

15:55 - 16:00

Closing remarks

Warren Bach Oxford Nanopore Technologies

16:00 - 17:30

Social Mixer (with refreshments)

Speakers

picture of Nic Waddell

Cancer whole genome analysis with Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

Nic Waddell, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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Investigating structural variations and complex cancer genomes using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

Marjan M. Naeini, Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales

Dr Naeini completed a PhD in genetics and computational biology at Genome Institute of Singapore, AS...

picture of Zaka Wing-Sze Yuen

Unravelling rDNA Methylation Patterns and UBF Binding in Malignant Transformations

Zaka Wing-Sze Yuen, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University. EMBL Australian Partner Laboratory Network at the Australian National University

Zaka is a Postdoc in Prof. Eduardo Eyras’s lab at the Australian National University (ANU), working ...

picture of Nickolay Shirokikh

Dissecting the impacts of gene fusion-mediated translational dysregulation in B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia to highlight novel therapeutic

Nickolay Shirokikh, Australian National University

Dr Shirokikh is a group leader and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the John Curtin School of Med...

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Long-read mobile DNA methylomes

Geoff Faulkner, University of Queensland

Professor Geoff Faulkner is a computational biologist with interests in mobile DNA, cancer genomics ...

picture of Hanlee Ji

Single molecule cancer genomics from individual cell mutation detection and engineering to cell free tumor detection​​​​​​​

Hanlee Ji, Stanford University

Dr. Ji is a Physician Scientist and Professor at Stanford University. His clinical interests and pra...

picture of Nadia Davidson

Deciphering cancer through long read bulk and single cell transcriptomic analysis: opportunities and challenges​​​​​​​

Nadia Davidson, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute​​​​​​​

Dr. Nadia Davidson currently leads a bioinformatics research group at the Walter and Eliza Hall Inst...

picture of Rodney Scott

The Benefits of Long Read Sequencing for Haematological Malignancy Assessment

Rodney Scott , Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)​​​​​​​

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Long-read single-cell RNA sequencing in clonal haematopoiesis​​​​​​​

Owen Siggs , Garvan Institute of Medical Research​​​​​​​

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