This event kicks off an agreement between UNC and Duke to provide long-read sequencing services at internal pricing. UNC researchers can access the Duke PacBio Revio, and Duke researchers can access the UNC Oxford Nanopore GridION and PromethION instruments.

9:00–9:05 Welcome & Introduction

9:05–10:05 Viewing: Stitching Strength Documentary

10:05–11:05 ALS Outliers: Why Do They Happen and How Can We Make Them More Common?

Rick Bedlack, MD PhD · Stewart, Hughes and Wendt Distinguished Professor; Professor of Neurology, Duke University

11:15–12:15 Lunch — provided by PacBio

12:15–12:55 PacBio Whole Genome Sequencing Applications to Propel Your Research PacBio

12:55–1:10 Long-Read Sequencing at Duke University

Devjanee Swain Lenz, PhD · Director, Duke Sequencing and Genomic Technologies; Assistant Research Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

1:10–1:25 Leveraging PacBio Revio Platform to Characterize both Microbiome and Mycobiome in a Single Run with Species-Level Resolution

Eva Kim, PhD · Bioinformatician, Duke Sequencing and Genomic Technologies and Microbiome Core

1:25–1:40 Personal PacBio Sequencing

Dirk P. Dittmer, PhD · William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology; Program Leader Virology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Director, Vironomics Core, UNC School of Medicine

1:40 Wrap-Up

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