Oxford Nanopore at ESCMID Global 2026
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Oxford Nanopore will be at the ESCMID Global Meeting in April, 2026, hosted in Munich. We will also host a Sundowner Symposium on Tuesday, 20 April. See additional details below.
Sundowner Symposium
Implementing routine nanopore sequencing to modernize and enhance clinical microbiology and public health
Date: Monday, 20 April
Time: 16:15 - 17:45 CEST
Location: TBC
This session will showcase how Oxford Nanopore sequencing is being routinely implemented in clinical microbiology laboratories and public health programs globally. With an accessible, rapid, and information-rich platform, nanopore sequencing provides a more complete understanding of pathogens compared to traditional microbiology methods. End-to-end workflows encompass microbial whole genome sequencing for outbreak tracking, targeted assays for species-level bacterial and fungal identification, and comprehensive metagenomics for agnostic pathogen detection and detailed antimicrobial resistance profiling.
Experts will present validated use cases demonstrating how these approaches provide valuable information for microbiology labs and outbreak investigations. In contrast to conventional methods, which may fail to detect all resistance markers or unsuspected organisms, and short-read sequencing platforms, which have long turnaround times and high sample batching requirements, Oxford Nanopore sequencing delivers rapid, high-resolution genomic insights that are modernizing and advancing clinical microbiology and public health outcomes today.
Registration
Registration details to come soon.
