Event overview
Hear about the latest technical updates from Oxford Nanopore 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. Lunch will be provided. Your place at this event will be confirmed via email from events@nanoporetech.com.
Agenda
09:00 – 16:50 hrs CET | Agenda (subject to change) | |
|---|---|---|
09:00 – 09:30 hrs | Registration and coffee | |
09:30 – 09:45 hrs | Welcome | Daniel Mathow, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
09:45 – 10:15 hrs | Introduction to Oxford Nanopore and updates | Graham Hall, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
10:15 – 10:40 hrs | Nanopore sequencing for public health: unleashing the potential for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and bacterial genomics | Dr. Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo and Dr. Martin Hölzer, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) |
10:40– 11:15 hrs | Coffee break | |
11:15 –11:40 hrs | Plasmid-EZ: Long-Read Nanopore Sequencing for Complete Plasmid Verification and Rapid Results | Marie-Theres Gansauge, Azenta Life Sciences |
11:40 – 12:05 hrs | An Oxford Nanopore workflow for characterization of recombinant arenavirus vectors and monitoring of virus quasispecies | Sarah Szaffich, Hookipa Pharma |
12:05 – 12:30 hrs | Oxford Nanopore bioinformatics update | Stephen Rudd, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
12:30 – 14:00 hrs | Lunch | |
14:00 – 14:25 hrs | Use of long-read sequencing in repeat expansion disorders: X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism | Joshua Lass, Institut für Neurogenetik, Universitätsklinkum Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck |
14:25 – 14:50 hrs | Nanopore sequencing enables detection of enhancer hijacking with allele-specific methylation | Etienne Sollier, DKFZ |
14:50 – 15:15hrs | Zero to One - Nanopore Sequencing of Cell-Free DNA and Single Cells | Alex Vogel, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
15:15 – 15:45 hrs | Coffee break | |
15:45 – 16:10 hrs | Real-time brain cancer classification with nanopore sequencing | Helene Kretzmer and Mara Steiger, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics |
16:10 –16:35 hrs | Rare Disease Diagnostics in Complex Genomic Regions with Long Leads | Stephan Ossowski, University of Tübingen |
16:35 – 16:50 | Closing remarks | Tonya McSherry, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |