From: Giorgia Mori <giorgia@biocommons.org.au>
Date: 9 September 2026 at 16:19:59 GMT+10
To: National Bioinformatics Training Cooperative <cooperative@biocommons.org.au>
Subject: Help sharing long reads workshop with your networks



Hello everyone,

I’m reaching out to ask for your support in helping us spread the word about the upcoming Australian BioCommons 'Long read sequencing for bacterial genomics' workshop. 

If you’re able to share, you’ll find suggested promotional text and links below in this email to make this easy.

Thank you so much in advance, 

Cheers,
Giorgia

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TEXT AND LINKS FOR SHARING 

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Australian BioCommons Workshop: Long read sequencing for bacterial genomics

Short reads leaving gaps in your bacterial genome assemblies?

Short read sequencing has long been the default for genomics, but restricted read lengths (150–300 bp) make it difficult to resolve large repetitive elements and separate mobile plasmids from main chromosomes.

Long read sequencing addresses these challenges, but working with multi-kilobase data comes with its own unique analytical workflow requirements.

Dr Magdalena Antczak (QCIF) and Dr Michael Geaghan (Sydney Informatics Hub, University of Sydney) will join Australian BioCommons to guide you through the fundamentals of long read sequencing, perform quality control, construct de novo bacterial genome assemblies from ONT data, and annotate genomes to identify antimicrobial resistance genes.

This workshop is free but you must apply to join.

7-8 October 2026 (applications close Tuesday 29 September 2026)

More information and applications: https://www.biocommons.org.au/events/long-reads-2026

Share the event on LinkedIn!

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Giorgia Mori, PhD (she/her)

BioCloud Training & Communication Officer
Australian BioCommons

The University of Melbourne

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W: biocommons.org.au

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