From sample to insight: exploring human genomics with PromethION end-to-end sequencing solutions

Biography

Rachel is a Technical Product Manager with a background in molecular and microbiology. At Oxford Nanopore Technologies, she works with the MinKNOW and EPI2ME teams to help incorporate customer feedback and make the software more powerful and user friendly. She is passionate about improving user experience, robustness, and stability of the MinKNOW and EPI2ME software. In her free time, you can catch her running, swimming, or cycling around the Boston, MA, area.

Biography

Dr. Carika Weldon, PhD, MRSB, FIBMS, is a Bermudian biochemist and Founder & CEO of CariGenetics, the world’s first Caribbean-based genomics company. Prior to this she was a Lecturer at De Montfort University and founded the Bermuda Principles Foundation. Dr. Weldon worked as the Oxford Nanopore Project Manager at the Oxford Genomics Centre at the University of Oxford, UK. In April 2020, called by the Bermuda Government, she was appointed as the Science Advisor to the Premier and Laboratory Director of the government’s COVID-19 lab, which she created. Dr. Weldon was granted a Queen’s Certificate & Badge of Honour for this work.