International woman's day - 2022

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

On International Women’s Day we’re celebrating some of the amazing scientists from the Nanopore Community who are inspiring the next generation of female scientists. Comment below and tell us who’s inspired you! #IWD2022

Luna djirackor demonstrated the potential of nanopore methylation detection for the characterisation of tumours during brain surgery. She showed it could be done in 91 mins & had the potential to impact surgical strategy in 60% of the cases tested: https://bit.ly/3Csk7P9

Lara Urban is using MinION to sequence eDNA with the goal of helping to protect one of the most endangered species in the world — the Kākāpō: https://bit.ly/3Cq3Ha7

Alaina Shumate developed Liftoff — a tool for identifying novel genes. From the T2T human genome assembly, Liftoff was used to find 1,956 novel genes, including 99 protein-coding genes — 3 were clinically relevant & 1 implicated in HIV susceptibility: https://bit.ly/3sPxYMo

Kirstyn Brunker used nanopore tech to provide rapid in-country genomic surveillance of #rabies virus. Her team developed ‘lab-in-a-suitcase’ which has provided actionable information where & when it was needed: https://bit.ly/3CmJemo

Thidathip Wongsurawat is researching the potential of nanopore sequencing for same day copy number variation-based classification of adult glioma, in line with WHO 2021 criteria: https://bit.ly/3CncPML

Loan To Nguyen developed a method to predict the age of cattle based on the methylation status of their genomic — or their ‘epigenetic clock’. The insights gained should help to improve productivity & health of cattle: https://bit.ly/35U1Gqt

Tell us about the amazing female scientists inspiring you!