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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 – 17:00 hrs GMT | Agenda (subject to change) | |
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09:00 – 09:40 hrs | Registration and coffee | |
09:40 – 09:45 hrs | Welcome to the Crick from the Advanced Sequencing Facility | Daniel Snell, The Francis Crick Institute |
09:45 – 10:00 hrs | Introduction to Oxford Nanopore and updates | Richard Compton, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
10:00 – 10:25 hrs | The potential clinical utility of amplicon and targeted nanopore sequencing for rare disease diagnosis | Gavin Arno, University College London |
10:25 – 10:50 hrs | Long read transcriptome sequencing reveals isoform diversity across human neurodevelopment and aging | Rosie Bamford, University of Exeter |
10:50 – 11:20 hrs | Coffee break | |
11:20 – 11:45 hrs | Empowering NHS rapid diagnostic testing with long read DNA sequencing | Emma Baple and Andrew Parrish, Exeter Genomics Laboratory, South West NHS Genomic Laboratory Hub |
11:45 – 12:10 hrs | Initial use of the PromethION for the analysis of long-read human genomes | Chris Watson, Leeds University |
12:10 – 12:45 hrs | Nanopore at the Crick plus Q&A | |
Transcriptional dynamics unveiled by single molecule estimates of mRNA age | James Bayne, The Francis Crick Institute | |
Integrating sequencing capabilities within the Covid Surveillance Unit at the Crick using ONT | Guilia Dowigier, The Francis Crick Institute | |
The evolution of the sex chromosomes in livebearer fish | Diego Safian, The Francis Crick Institute | |
Tracking chromatin assembly by nanopore sequencing | Fernando Rodrigo Rosas Bringas, The Francis Crick Institute | |
12:45 – 14:00 hrs | Lunch | |
14:00 – 14:25 hrs | Oxford Nanopore Technologies cancer workflow, from sample to answer | Phillipp Rescheneder, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
14:25 – 14:50 hrs | Application of Nanopore sequencing for liquid biopsy analysis in children with cancer | Carolin Sauer, EMBL-EBI |
14:50 – 15:20 hrs | Coffee break | |
15:20 – 15:50 hrs | Harnessing long-read sequencing to untangle the complexities of lung cancer evolution | Nicky McGranahan, University College London |
15:50 – 16:20 hrs | Improving diagnostic yields for rare disease patients | Matt Brown, Genomics England |
16:20 – 16:30 hrs | Closing remarks | Rachel Hipkin, Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
16:30 – 17:30 hrs | Networking |