Oscar Torres
@oscart32.bsky.social
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Research fellow in clinical metagenomics at University College London
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New preprint! We developed a fast method that allows the use of hybridization capture workflows with
@nanoporetech.com
without additional ligation-based steps! We validated our method using targeted viral metagenomics
@twistbioscience.com
and Viral WGS @Agilent
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nanopore-based hybridization capture approaches for targeted viral metagenomics and whole-genome sequencing
Hybridization capture approaches can significantly increase the sensitivity of metagenomics. However, their implementation with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing has been limited due to th...
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.25325453v1
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Our review on clinical metagenomics for diagnosis and surveillance of viral pathogens is now online in
@natrevmicro.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Clinical metagenomics for diagnosis and surveillance of viral pathogens - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Metagenomics approaches are being increasingly used for the diagnosis of viral infections, outbreak investigation, and new and emerging pathogen surveillance. This Review highlights sequencing approac...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-025-01223-5
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Join us! Postdoc Position – Development of rapid metagenomic workflows for diagnostics and surveillance (Lab-based position) Apply by July 9th. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=35477&jobTitle=Research+Fellow
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Oscar Torres
Aaron Pomerantz
5 months ago
Our community members presented incredible ONT use cases, including Judith Breuer showcasing how rapid metagenomics is faster than standard microbiology for identifying respiratory infections & how new targeted methods increase sensitivity & speed for sterile sites
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Oscar Torres
Oxford Nanopore
5 months ago
Routine metagenomics is vital in protecting public health, yet current methods are slow. Tune in to Judy Breuer’s talk at
#nanoporeconf
to uncover their rapid method to detect pathogens from mixed microbial samples using Oxford Nanopore technology.
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
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New preprint! We developed a fast method that allows the use of hybridization capture workflows with
@nanoporetech.com
without additional ligation-based steps! We validated our method using targeted viral metagenomics
@twistbioscience.com
and Viral WGS @Agilent
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nanopore-based hybridization capture approaches for targeted viral metagenomics and whole-genome sequencing
Hybridization capture approaches can significantly increase the sensitivity of metagenomics. However, their implementation with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing has been limited due to th...
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.25325453v1
6 months ago
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Oscar Torres
Marion Delphin
6 months ago
Come next Wednesday at 5pm at
#UCL
to listen to
@oscart32.bsky.social
and
@melghazaly.bsky.social
share their science and have a drink with us after! The event is hybrid to cater for availability and capacity, so if you cannot make it in person, join us online!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Oscar Torres
London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
7 months ago
🚨INCOMING! Join us for our next LINE seminar (9th of April) at UCL. We are excited to host
@oscart32.bsky.social
and
@melghazaly.bsky.social
to hear about metagenomics in diagnostics and how host/pathogens battle it out! As always: Followed by a networking social! Register here:
shorturl.at/kGmfh
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Oscar Torres
London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
8 months ago
📣NEWS ALERT: Our 3rd annual LINE symposium will be on the 9th of June
@crick.ac.uk
. Details:
shorturl.at/MyWNl
Join us for fantastic ECR-science, networking, a brilliant careers panel and so much more. Submit your abstract by 25th April:
shorturl.at/7KuXL
Free registration:
shorturl.at/wLyWY
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Oscar Torres
London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
8 months ago
This ECR-focussed symposium is made possible by the support of our fantastic sponsors:
@biologists.bsky.social
@crick.ac.uk
NEB
@promegauk.bsky.social
@proteintech.bsky.social
2BScientific
@cytiva.bsky.social
Avantor
@stratechscientific.bsky.social
INTEGRA
@twistbioscience.com
THISTLEScientific
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Oscar Torres
Miss Salmonella
10 months ago
ONT vs Illumina approach for diagnosis and surveillance of
#viruses
genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Evaluating metagenomics and targeted approaches for diagnosis and surveillance of viruses - Genome Medicine
Background Metagenomics is a powerful approach for the detection of unknown and novel pathogens. Workflows based on Illumina short-read sequencing are becoming established in diagnostic laboratories. ...
https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-024-01380-x
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reposted by
Oscar Torres
London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
9 months ago
📣 Our next seminar is on the 13th of Feb at the
@blizardinstitute.bsky.social
. Sean Carlson from
@qmul.ac.uk
and Anna McNaughton from
@bristoluni.bsky.social
will tell us about fungi and HBV! Don't miss it, register here:
tinyurl.com/ymfhsbea
Come for the science, stay for the networking social!
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