Christopher Watson

Associate Professor of Molecular Diagnostics | Climber, skier and cycling enthusiast

[Matt Loose @mattloose]

A reminder about this event coming up in Nottingham at the end of the month!

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@ewanbirney Following along remotely and there it is, our @nanopore RPGR paper on the big screen. Thanks Lyn!

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Meenakshi Sharma opening today’s joint ⁦@ParseBio⁩ / ⁦@illumina⁩ session hosted by the Leeds Genomics Facility. An excellent turnout, thanks to everyone for your support! 🧬

[Christopher Watson @ChrisM_Watson]

Join us on the 18th April for this joint @ParseBio / @illumina event hosted by the Leeds Genomics Facility.

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Two very capable instruments. Q40+ on the Onso!

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⁦Neil Ward (⁦@GenomicsUK⁩) reviewing the ⁦@PacBio⁩ product range.

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Tech demo by the Leeds Genomics Facility showcasing a @nanopore Flongle and educational Lego sequencer courtesy of ⁦@brickopore⁩. Global Biosphere Sensing Network ⁦@UniversityLeeds⁩

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⁦@DrSimon_Goodman⁩ holding up a ⁦@nanopore⁩ MinION at the Global Biosphere Sensing Network launch event in Leeds today. #eDNA

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Photo finish.

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National Championships - Keirin Men’s Final at Manchester Velodrome

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Proud to see the lab being highlighted on the big screen. Lots of work by many people to start processing ⁦@GenomicsEngland⁩ Cancer 2.0 samples on the @nanopore PromethION. #WYMM ⁦@NEYGenomics⁩ ⁦@LeedsMedHealth⁩

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⁦@Rich_Genomics⁩ from ⁦@GenomicsEngland⁩ describing how the infinity loop powers the UK’s healthcare ecosystem.

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Opening address by ⁦@gordon_sanghera⁩ at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History - great venue for a @nanopore conference #WYMM(!)

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New early access paper available in @JMG_BMJ describing homozygous SMAD6 mutations in two unrelated patients with craniosynostosis and radioulnar synostosis. https://t.co/94l0RQj2qJ

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A new @NEYGenomics vacancy to work on genomics R&D projects in the NHS. A great opportunity to join the NEY GLH and work @LeedsHospitals. Please note the rapidly approaching closing date of the 14th February.

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Starting the year overlooking Alpe d’Huez.

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Out now, the latest paper from the Leeds Amelogenesis Imperfecta group highlighting the complexities of variant analysis in ameloblastin (AMBN). (With the inclusion of some @nanopore sequencing data.) https://t.co/1k6LvKSZOI

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

Direct RNA continues to improve. RNA004 provides improved accuracy (96%) & 3X output over RNA002.

6mA in RNA detected at 98.95% accuracy. New software enables accurate poly(A) tail length prediction.

Short RNA (<50bp) & m1 pseuodridine basecaller coming soon. #nanoporeconf

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Always great to be spreading the word about the clinical utility of long-read @nanopore sequencing. #ThirdGen

[Morag Raynor 🐜 9486 @Raggy_Roo]

@UniversityLeeds NGS team outing to the 2023 NGS symposium for the North if England at @CRUK_MI sponsored by @NEBiolabs. Another informative talk by @ChrisM_Watson using @oxfordnanopore long read technology to resolve mutations missed by short read sequencing

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⁦@SallyJamesYork⁩ joining the NGS symposium remotely to take us through NanoRate sequencing for ultra accurate detection of somatic mutations.