London Calling 2024 - Speakers
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![Ahmad Abou Tayoun](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/1b9cb763d6/ahmad-abou-tayoun.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Ahmad Abou TayounAl Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital & Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Health, UAE
![Antoni Hendrickx](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/861ba2438e/antoni-hendrickx.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Antoni P.A. HendrickxNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
![Andre Holzer](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/400x400/d1c75ad9ad/andre-holzer.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Andre HolzerHolzer Scientific Consultancy, Germany
![Anoushka Joglekar](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/484x484/ff7c2f3cda/anoushka-joglekar.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Anoushka JoglekarNew York Genome Center, USA
![Adrien Leger](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/c5d9b2dde9/adrien-leger.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Adrien LegerDirector, Modified Base Research, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Alex Shaw](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x500/d4faf41fb0/alex-shaw.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Alex ShawImperial College London, UK
![Alex Trotter](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/5f31d81321/alex-trotter.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Alex TrotterDevelopment Scientist – Translational Development, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Alexander Wittenberg](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/8acc995ec5/alexander-wittenberg.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Alexander WittenbergKeyGene, Netherlands
![Akelia Wauchope-Odumbo](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x499/5bf3c80b90/akelia-wauchope-odumbo.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Akelia Wauchope-OdumboAssociate Director, Technical Applications — Americas, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
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![Bryant Catano](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/2475x2475/43a981d494/bryant-catano.jpg/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Bryant CatanoSenior Product Support Scientist, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Benjamin Kipp](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/49fff8fa08/benjamin-kipp.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Benjamin KippMayo Clinic, USA
![Bosheng Li](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/3d9b622bbd/bosheng-li.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Bosheng LiInstitute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China
![Ben Price](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/496x496/b99a3a4f78/ben-price.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Ben PriceNatural History Museum, UK
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![Claire Anderson](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/377x377/b6193a2991/claire-anderson.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Claire AndersonUniversity College London, UK
![Chris Alder](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/405x405/0f2619733c/chris-alder.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Chris AlderBioinformatician, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Clive Brown](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/400x400/52ee801012/clive-brown.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Clive BrownChief Technology, Innovation, and Product Officer, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Chao Chun Liu](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x500/8d96341930/chao-chun-liu.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Chao Chun LiuSimon Fraser University, Canada
![Charles K Cooper](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/400x400/59d0bfd5b9/charles-k-cooper.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Charles K. CooperbioMérieux, France
![Clemens Jakobi](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/498x501/5f61ee8a70/clemens-jakobi.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Clemens JakobiLonza, Switzerland
![Carolyn Tregidgo](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/b6b2611bcf/carolyn-tregidgo.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Carolyn TregidgoVP, Late Stage and Applied Product Development, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
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![Daniel Branton](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/692x692/3c7989a0f3/daniel-branton.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Daniel BrantonHarvard University, USA
![David Deamer](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/1173x1177/7905be257c/david-deamer.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
David W. DeamerUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Dan FordhamDirector, Strategic Product Management EMEA, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Danny E. Miller](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/b9ce40d619/danny-e-miller.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Danny E. MillerUniversity of Washington, USA
![Devin Oglesbee](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/432x432/190704bb05/devin-oglesbee.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Devin OglesbeeMayo Clinic, USA
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![Emma Baple](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/347x347/e8ae01c4a7/emma-baple.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Emma BapleUniversity of Exeter and South West NHS Genomics Laboratory Hub, UK
![Ethan Hill](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/075f7c96c3/ethan-hill.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Ethan Hill‘Iolani School, USA
![Emma White](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/456x456/bba15ecdd2/emma-white.jpg/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Emma WhiteVP, Marketing Operations, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Eddy de Boer](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/403x403/4d86f6b6ea/eddy-de-boer.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Eddy de BoerUniversity Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
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![Helen Bulbeck](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/b53935e1a8/helen-bulbeck.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Helen Bulbeckbrainstrust, UK
![Hagan Bayley](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/210x211/d577342712/hagan-bayley.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Hagan BayleyUniversity of Oxford, UK
![Helen Gunter](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/459x459/a9f3b9f7c7/helen-gunter.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Helen GunterBASE mRNA Facility, The University of Queensland, Australia
![Hanlee Ji](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x500/c540e51eeb/hanlee-ji.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Hanlee JiStanford University, USA
![Heather Ritchie-Parker](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x499/8ecca0cef5/heather-ritchie-parker.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Heather Ritchie-ParkerRoyal Zoological Society of Scotland, UK
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![Ian Abbs](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/290x291/cbb54ced41/ian-abbs.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Ian AbbsGuy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, UK
![Ines Hassan](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/ef06525f56/ines-hassan.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Inès HassanTony Blair Institute for Global Change, UK
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![Jess Anderson](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/472x472/36eccdc078/jess-anderson.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Jessica AndersonSenior Field Applications Scientist, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![John Bell](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/18767dd9b5/john-bell.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Sir John BellEllison Institute of Technology Oxford, UK
![Jimmy Creith](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/452x449/50bbef5fec/jimmy-creith.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Jimmy CreithField Applications Scientist, Bioinformatics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Julie Dragon](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/412x375/8331ed5feb/julie-dragon.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Julie DragonUniversity of Vermont, USA
![Janessa Laskin](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/850c6b310d/janessa-laskin.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Janessa LaskinBC Cancer Centre & University of British Columbia, Canada
![Joanne Trinh](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/408x408/b126571bc1/joanne-trinh.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Joanne TrinhInstitute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Germany
![Joris Vermeesch](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/9ee0116a60/joris-vermeesch.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Joris VermeeschKU Leuven, Belgium
![Jose-Crispin Zavala Alvarado](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/378x382/7e60e2bf45/jose-crispin-zavala-alvarado.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Jose-Crispin Zavala AlvaradoPathoQuest, France
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![Kimberley Billingsley](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/301x300/8cceb9eef7/kimberley-billingsley.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Kimberley BillingsleyNational Institutes of Health, USA
![Kara Dicks](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/422x421/c64d4ae6e4/kara-dicks.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Kara DicksProgramme Manager, Conservation Genomics—ORG.ONE, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Karen Sherwood](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/232x232/945c018264/karen-sherwood.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Karen SherwoodUniversity of British Columbia, Canada
![Katharina Wolff](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/62da7f1342/katharina-wolff.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Katharina WolffTU Braunschweig, Germany
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![Lynn Chitty](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x500/bb854f070f/lynn-chitty.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Lyn ChittyGreat Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UK
![Lauren Lui](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/408x408/2057e6c065/lauren-lui.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Lauren LuiLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
![Luke Meredith](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/c093739b8d/luke-meredith.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Luke W. MeredithWHO-EMRO World Health Emergencies, Egypt
![Luca Mazzarella](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/eb8429e44f/luca-mazzarella.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Luca MazzarellaEuropean Institute of Oncology, Italy
![Laurent Mesnard](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x500/0f4594665d/laurent-mesnard.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Laurent MesnardSorbonne University, France
![Lorey Smith](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/903d60bcf8/lorey-smith.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Lorey SmithPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
![Lara Urban](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/ca885389f4/lara-urban.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Lara UrbanHemholtz AI, Germany
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![Medini Annavajhala](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/16d19ba9dd/medini-annavajhala.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Medini AnnavajhalaColumbia University Irving Medical Center, USA
![Mark Akeson](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/429x429/e7fba1e8ee/mark-akeson.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Mark AkesonUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, USA
![Matt Brown](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/405x405/7a63ba3e21/matt-brown.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Matt BrownGenomics England, UK
![Morgan Guening](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/acc6f549c8/morgan-guening.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Morgan GueuningBlood Transfusion Service, Switzerland
![Morghan Lucas](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x499/fd0e1f05e2/morghan-lucas.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Morghan LucasMedical Genetics Center, Germany
Michael NakaiPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
![Matt Parker](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/400x400/6f02dc8daf/matt-parker.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Matt ParkerDirector, Clinical Bioinformatics Software, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Mile Sikic](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/12593d2042/mile-sikic.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Mile SikicGenome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore
![Mrinalini Watsa](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/a7b4a88519/mrinalini-watsa.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Mrinalini WatsaSan Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, USA
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![Natalia Garcia](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/320x320/e15a8dea72/natalia-garcia.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Natalia GarciaBioinformatics Workflow Developer, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Ndack Ndiaye](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/424x424/9b2d0e2b34/ndack-ndiaye.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Ndack NdiayePasteur Institute, Senegal
![Nick Seddon](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/f0c9333b8e/nick-seddon.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Nick SeddonOptum Genomics, USA
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![Paul Arvidson](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/2fd1b76c19/paul-arvidson.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Paul ArvidsonGenomics England & SWAN, UK
![Ping Lu](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/386x386/8746df8926/ping-lu.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Ping LuPeking University, China
![Pieter Wesseling](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/befb206794/pieter-wesseling.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Prof. Dr. Pieter WesselingPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology & Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands
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![Rahul Batra](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/77b83d0a48/rahul-batra.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Rahul BatraGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust UK
![Rui Chen](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/319x319/5693a746c7/rui-chen.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Rui ChenBaylor College of Medicine, USA
![Rea Kobialka](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/5e101b0450/rea-kobialka.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Rea KobialkaInstitute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Germany
![Rachel Rubinstein](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/437x437/5c9c2cb0bc/rachel-rubinstein.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Rachel RubinsteinTechnical Product Manager, Software, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Rosemary Sinclair Dokos](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/1ade498e28/rosemary-dokos.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Rosemary Sinclair DokosSVP, Product and Programme Management, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Rhys White](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/f8bbf8dfe5/rhys-white.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Rhys WhiteInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
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![Sergey Batalov](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/442x442/599e81a720/sergey-batalov.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sergey BatalovRady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, USA
![Seanne P. Buckwalter](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/18f676a26a/seanne-p-buckwalter.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Seanne P. BuckwalterMayo Clinic, USA
![Sam Davis](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/405x405/93c3427558/sam-davis.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sam DavisPrincipal Scientist, Machine Learning, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Sneha Goenka](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x499/cd0f1541b2/sneha-goenka.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sneha GoenkaStanford University & Princeton University, USA
![Sarah Griffiths](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/492x492/0944164ce4/sarah-griffiths.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sarah GriffithsBioinformatics Workflow Developer, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Sirisha Hesketh](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/83cbb96cdc/sirisha-hesketh.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sirisha HeskethClinical Bioinformatician, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Sofia KudashevaEarlham Institute, UK
![Susie Lee](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/4e13f36bbe/susie-lee.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Susie LeeTechnical Product Manager, Basecalling and Models, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Sean McKenzie](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/bf198478d1/sean-mckenzie.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Sean McKenzieAssociate Director, Genomic Applications Bioinformatics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Simon Paine](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x499/63821fd1f5/simon-paine.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Simon PaineNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
![Steph Wilbraham](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/b2799fa665/steph-wilbraham.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Steph WilbrahamDirector, Automation Product Management, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Spike Willcocks](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/355x355/0be95bb176/spike-willcocks.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Spike WillcocksChief Strategy Officer, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
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![Thias Oberg Boesen](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/399x399/ebe99c024a/thias-oberg-boesen.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Thias Oberg BoesenNovo Nordisk A/S, Denmark
![Tomás Di Domenico](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/2f4f08216e/tomas-di-domenico.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Tomás Di DomenicoNational Cancer Research Center, Spain
![Tomasz Dobrzycki](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/522x478/9755aead59/tomasz-dobrzycki.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Tomasz DobrzyckiField Applications Scientist, New Product Introduction, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
![Telmo Graca](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/5f4606bda9/telmo-graca.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Telmo GraçaLonza, Switzerland
![Tina Han](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/855x855/abe6d6ad88/tina-han.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Tina HanTwist Bioscience
![Thomas R. Kreil](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/499x499/812196df3e/thomas-r-kreil.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Dr. Thomas R. KreilTakeda, Austria
![Tetyana Vasylyeva](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/d5452c6296/tetyana-vasylyeva.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Tetyana VasylyevaUniversity of California, Irvine, USA
![Tjakko van Ham](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/689bebb925/tjakko-van-ham.png/m/200x0/filters:format(webp))
Tjakko van HamErasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Rea Kobialka
![Rea Kobialka](https://a.storyblok.com/f/196663/500x500/5e101b0450/rea-kobialka.png/m/350x0/filters:format(webp))
- Job title
- Institution
- Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Germany
- Biography
Rea Kobialka is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Germany. She completed her veterinary medicine studies at Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich and obtained her doctorate at the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health in Leipzig. Her primary research interests focus on the diagnosis of infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on molecular methods. Having participated in various international projects and being part of the mobile suitcase lab team of Leipzig University, her expertise lies in point-of-need diagnostics in low-resource settings.