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Matt Loose
@minomatt.bsky.social
Sequencing, adapting and exploring genomes.

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Very interesting day at the genomics England long read summit. And great to catch up with @generoom.bsky.social and more!
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Very nice summary of a number of cohorts and chemistries across @nanoporetech.com from genomics England.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Spent the last hour helping solve quadratic equations for my son’s maths homework.

I knew my A-level maths would one day come in useful.

And it has.

To do his A-level maths.
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
PhD opportunity available on epigenomics/trasncriptomics as part of the network of clinicians and researchers working in glioblastoma research at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Using a wide range of tech and methods but definitely long reads @nanoporetech.com - more at lnkd.in/eBtrtZiM
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September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Matt Loose
A bit like spiralling publication costs we need to start having a proper discussion around lab equipment servicing costs. These are often completely disproportionate to the cost of instrument and the service that is provided and seem to serve as a cash cow for vendors.
September 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great to see this paper out www.nature.com/articles/s41... including Chris Moore of the Nottingham DeepSeq team. Chris took @nanoporetech.com Mk1Cs out to Columbia and sequenced chocolate. Coverage www.theguardian.com/science/2025... and institutions.newscientist.com/article/2492....
Scientists claim to have unlocked ‘secret sauce’ needed for fine chocolate
Results of studying cocoa bean fermentation in Colombia could pave way to manipulate flavour, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For @nanoporetech.com geeks I’ve just been pointed at this very helpful site - nanoporetech.github.io/ont-output-s... - I hadn't seen this before and it's very useful!
Oxford Nanopore Output Specifications
nanoporetech.github.io
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Really pleased that this paper is out - academic.oup.com/neuro-oncolo... thanks to all our collaborators far and wide who have helped and of course @nanoporetech.com
ROBIN: A unified nanopore-based assay integrating intraoperative methylome classification and next-day comprehensive profiling for ultra-rapid tumor diagnosis
academic.oup.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
UK Genome Science meeting - Newcastle. 9th - 11th July 2025. Great speakers. Great community.
Early bird registration-16th May
Abstract submission-23rd May
Registration close-26th June
If you want that sweet sweet early bird deal - get going quick!
www.genomescience.org.uk
Genome Science UK 2025
Newcastle University
www.genomescience.org.uk
May 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
RIP MK1B. You always punched way beyond your weight. @nanoporetech.com about that mk1D…
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Reposted by Matt Loose
Faster Brain Tumour classification now being validated in Sydney @lavsat.bsky.social based on the work of @minomatt.bsky.social and collaborators youtu.be/sfykXrvSs28
New device that can detect tumours within 24 hours | 9 News Australia
YouTube video by 9 News Australia
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April 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
UK Genome Science 2025 is going live for this year - www.genomescience.org.uk - get registering!
Genome Science
9th - 11th July 2025, Newcastle University
www.genomescience.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A benefit of being on the other side of the world is being able to watch the sprint race live.
March 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Real pleasure to be presenting at the @nanoporetech.com #WYMM event in Melbourne Australia today. Great to see the pores work equally well upside down. And at last - socks! Though I still think they should be the long sock… youtu.be/zxI-pcLj9XE?...
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Just wish I knew what the actual question was… “FASTA, FASTQ and FAST5…” - fill in the blanks?
Didn’t expect to hear reference to FASTA, FASTQ and especially FAST5 on University Challenge last night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iytr...
University Challenge S54E30 - Imperial v Queens, Belfast
YouTube video by CosmicPumpkin
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March 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Great to be visiting @nanoporetech.com as part of a cns Nanopore symposium meeting with pathologists and clinical scientists to discuss the application of nanopore sequencing in the clinic.
March 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
No filter.
February 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Reposted by Matt Loose
#AGBT2025 #AGBTGM has been incredible. Lucky to be part of the event with @nanoporetech.com - as always we were so looked after by our amazing events team!

(Photo credit to @minomatt.bsky.social)
February 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reposted by Matt Loose
Well done @fogenomics.bsky.social another fantastic meeting ✨ Caught up with so many friends 🙏 Great speakers and even better networking 🧬🧬 #FOG2025

See you all in July at Genome Science, in Newcastle 🥳
January 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For info - it’s DeepSeq for all your next generation sequencing needs. Deep Seek will do something completely different…
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
They said I’d be able to check my accounts more quickly… everything would be simpler. 15 minutes later - I still can’t see how much money is in my account. Could someone at a university tell me that this system gets better over time? Because so far… it’s exactly as bad as people said it would be.
January 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Fun to see some killer whale poo seq on #bbc2 today using @nanoporetech.com Still want to get a whale read from a whale one day!
January 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy New Year all!
January 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Well - this is awkward. According to santatracker.google.com Santa is on his way. But according to Norad www.noradsanta.org/en/map he’s going to take off shortly. Something up with norad?
December 24, 2024 at 10:39 AM
And so we reach the glorious time of year where authors try to push papers to editors to “get them off the desk” whilst editors try to clear their desks for the break. Referees try to rapidly return reports to editors and nothing will happen to anything for a good 10 days…
December 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM