London Calling 2026 - Speakers
Speakers
Check out the line up of speakers at London Calling 2026.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Lennart Kester
- Job title
- Institution
- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, The Netherlands
- Biography
Lennart Kester is a molecular biologist and group leader at the Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology. His research focuses on developing real-time molecular diagnostics using nanopore sequencing and machine learning, with a particular emphasis on DNA methylation-based tumor classification. His work has led to the clinical implementation of intraoperative nanopore sequencing for pediatric brain tumors and the development of rapid diagnostic frameworks for solid and hematological malignancies.
- Recent publications
Sie, M. et al. How ‘Sturgeon’ guides the surgeon. MedRxiv 25336329 (2025)
DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.25.25336329Vermeulen, C. et al. Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery. Nature 622:842–849 (2023).
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06615-2
Talks at this conference
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