Portable, digital pathogen detection and surveillance in real-time
New sequencing technologies coupled with comparative genomics and evolutionary analysis are poised to impact our response to infectious disease outbreaks. Sequencing data, if collected in real-time can inform outbreak response efforts. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress in developing a real-time genomics-informed outbreak system as part of the ARTIC collaboration, focused around real-time nanopore sequencing, and talk about the potential and challenges for using culture-independent sequencing-based diagnostics to detect pathogens in outbreaks of unknown disease.
Date:
11 March 2019, 12:00 (Monday, 9th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue:
Big Data Institute (NDM), Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Seminar room 0
Speaker:
Prof. Nick Loman (University of Birmingham)
Organising department:
Big Data Institute (NDM)
Organisers:
Chantal Hendriks,
Will Probert (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Infections@BDI
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Chantal Hendriks
