Event:

Virtual Nanopore Day, Edinburgh

Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 1:00 pm (UK time)
Location: online

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

This event has been organised in collaboration with Edinburgh Genomics and ION Bru.

There is no delegate fee for this event. Your place at this event will be confirmed via email from events@nanoporetech.com. Completion of this form does not constitute confirmation. 

The agenda below is subject to change.

   
1:00 - 1:15 pm Welcome, Introduction and Q&A Danielle Folkard
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
1:15 - 1:35 pm Use of SARS-CoV2 genomic data in investigating hospital outbreaks Rebecca Dewar
NHS Lothian
1:35 - 1:55 pm Poecilia Picta genome sequencing on the PromethION Urmi Trivedi
The University of Edinburgh
1:55 - 2:10 pm EDGE Sequencing and Bioinformatics Services Javier Santoyo-Lopez
Edinburgh Genomics
2:10 - 2:30 pm Nanopore direct RNA sequencing maps the complexity of Arabidopsis mRNA processing and m6A modification Matthew Parker
The University of Dundee
2:30 - 3:00 pm Lightning Talks:
From my data TAMA results: analysing Nanopore cDNA reads

DoGTAils: Developing a nanopore-based diagnostic approach for the effective antibiotic treatment of canine infections

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in sewage: the long and the short of it

Telomere to telomere assembly of the genome of the nematode Oscheius tipulae


Richard Kuo, The Roslin Institute

Natalie Ring, The Roslin Institute


Bryan Wee,
The University of Edinburgh


Mark Blaxter, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
3:00 - 3:25 pm Keynote:
Nanopore sequencing to resolve structural variants causing antithrombin deficiency
Alba Sanchis Juan
The University of Cambridge
3:25 - 3:30 pm Closing remarks Danielle Folkard
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
       

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Virtual Nanopore Day, Edinburgh