Hot topics in long-read sequencing

Dear Students,

We hope you have gained valuable insights and experiences throughout the seminar. As the seminar draws to a close, I would like to express my appreciation for your active participation, dedication, and enthusiasm in engaging with the course material. Your commitment has been instrumental in creating an enriching learning environment for everyone involved.

To provide you with the best possible educational experience, I would like to invite you to participate in a personal feedback conversation. For this matter, please come to my office (E2.1 room 107) tomorrow 14.07 between 1-3 pm. You also have the option to call via Teams during these hours, yet I recommend being there in person. As part of the 1-to-1 conversations, we will discuss the overall outcomes of the seminar, provide you with your grades and give you detailed feedback on your report, review, and presentation. 

This meeting will be an opportunity for you to gain a comprehensive understanding of your overall performance and ask any remaining questions you may have. We highly encourage you to use the opportunity and take part in these conversations, especially as they will help to improve your skills and represent the final part of the seminar.

 

Best regards,
Dr Andre Holzer

Dear Students, 

 

With less than one week to go we hope you all have made good progress in preparing your presentations. Please be reminded to send a copy of your final slides via E-Mail to andre.holzer@uni-saarland.de by Tuesday 27^th. 

 

Please make sure to arrive in time and be reminded to match the presentation guidelines and requirements laid out during the kick-off meeting.

 

We look forward to an exciting day full of inspiring talks on Nanopore and PacBio sequencing. 

In the meantime, if you have any concerns or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out. 

 

PS: For those that have dropped out but are still interested in the topic, please feel free to attend the conference day and engage in the discussions.

Dear Students, 

 

For the final part of the seminar please have a look at the reviews to your individual reports and make sure to use the comments and criticism to improve your material for the presentation of your topic and paper. Wednesday 28^th June will be the day of our conference. The five talks will be distributed in two sessions: 10:30-12:30and 13:30-16:30. Thus, please send me a final copy of your slides via E-Mail by Tuesday 27^th and make sure to arrive in time, we will start 10:10 am.

 

I will send out a detailed schedule for the conference sooner to the day. As for the length, content, and structure of your talk, be reminded of the details from the kick-off meeting. If you have any concerns or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out. Your success in this course is of importance to us.

 

We look forward to an exciting day full of inspiring talks on Nanopore and PacBio sequencing. 

 

PS: For those that have dropped out but are still interested in the topic, please feel free to attend the conference day and engage in the discussions.

Dear Students,

 

I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to inform you of an important update regarding the paper assignments for the seminar and remind you of the deadline to hand in your reports. 

Firstly, the topic/paper assignments are fixed now and especially for those of you who have not assigned themselves a topic please look them up via the topics spreadsheet linked in the Materials section. You will find the assignments for the review part there too. 

Secondly, to allow you a bit more time for the preparation of the reports and reviews, we have decided to extend the deadlines by two days. The new deadlines are as follows:

1. Report Submission: May 21th, 2023
2. Review Submission: June 4th, 2023
   
   Submission via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hts23 

Please ensure that you submit your reports by the respective deadlines mentioned above. Late submissions will not be accepted, as we need sufficient time to review and provide feedback on your work.

Finally, be reminded that you will have to register via LSF until May 16th to get credits for the seminar. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. With that said, be reminded, I will not be in Saarbrücken next week (ONT conference is calling ;)) thus there will not be any more consultation hours until the reports are due. 

 

Best regards,

Dr Andre Holzer

Dear all, 

With the de-registration decline now passed, I am pleased to announce that a cohort of 10 students is taking the seminar this semester. 

For those of you who have not registered for the exam via LSF, please do so ASAP. Although we won't have a classical exam you will have to sign up for the exam (exam number 10184) via LSF to get credits for the seminar.

Further we have 5 out of 10 people who have successfully assigned themselves a topic/paper using the following link. For all others, you will have time until tomorrow evening to select one yourself or I will assign you one.

Best wishes,

Andre

 

Our kick-off meeting will be held on April 25th at 2:30-4pm at the ZBI E2.1 in room 106.

During this mandatory meeting, we will introduce the seminar schedule and expectations, assign topics/papers, and discuss how we will be approaching the seminar material. We will also answer any questions you may have about the seminar and the technologies covered.

We encourage all students to participate actively in the seminar, as this will be a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and expertise in this exciting field. We also recommend that you familiarize yourself with the basics of long-read sequencing technologies before the kick-off meeting, as this will help you to select a topic of interest.