Christopher Watson
@ChrisM_Watson
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Associate Professor of Molecular Diagnostics | Climber, skier and cycling enthusiast
Leeds, UK
Joined June 2014
A reminder about this event coming up in Nottingham at the end of the month!
Great to see Dr Simon Paine preenting on rapid CNS tumour diagnostics at #nanoporeconf - we are hosting a whole day on this in Nottingham on 27th June - the meeting is free, but does require registration.
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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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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.
jmg.bmj.com
Background SMAD6 encodes an intracellular inhibitor of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling pathway. Until now, rare heterozygous loss-of-function variants in SMAD6 were demonstrated to...
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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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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.)
journals.sagepub.com
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) comprises a group of rare, inherited disorders with abnormal enamel formation. Ameloblastin (AMBN), the second most abundant enamel...
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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
@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.
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Dan Bottomley reporting how microbiome analysis, using NGS, can aid bowel cancer screening. 🧬
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