Technology Day on Nanopore Sequencing

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Bielefeld University, Campus Nord: CITEC-Gebäude, Roomnumber: 0.007, Inspiration 1, 33619 Bielefeld

Please join us for a Technology Day on the topic "Nanopore Sequencing in Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine, Medicine, and Clinical Practice".

Discover how Nanopore technology is advancing research in human genetics, microbiology and beyond. Gain insights into the latest applications of Oxford Nanopore Technologies and hear from leading experts in the field.
The event is hosted by the Omics Core Facility Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in cooperation with the CeBiTec – Center for Biotechnology and the Medical School OWL, with support from Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

Agenda

Prof. Dr. Jörn Kalinowski: (Bielefeld University)
“10 Years of Nanopore Sequencing in Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine, and Clinical Applications”

Dr. Theresa Lüth (University of Lübeck):
“From the Nuclear to the Mitochondrial Genome: Nanopore Long-Read Insights into Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders”

Prof. Dr. Alex Sczyrba (Bielefeld University):
“Metagenomics with Long-Read Nanopore Technologies”

Dr. Florian Kraft (RWTH Aachen):
“Hype or Hope? Human Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Practice”