In the Watson and Crick forum, PG and Research Department of Biotechnology, Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, organised a student forum meet held on 17th February 2026 from 1:00 to 1:30 PM.
Ms.
S. KIRTANA from 1st M.Sc. Biotechnology gave a
presentation on “Oxford Nanopore R10.4 long-read sequencing enables the
generation of near-finished bacterial genomes from pure cultures and
metagenomes without short-read or reference polishing”. Department
staff, Research Scholars, and Students participated in the meeting.
The welcome
address was given by Dr B. Ramesh, HOD and Convenor
Ms. S. KIRTANA have
given a detailed presentation on “Oxford Nanopore R10.4 long-read
sequencing enables the generation of near-finished bacterial genomes from pure
cultures and metagenomes without short-read or reference polishing”.
Students participated in the meet and during the questionnaire session.
The forum
meeting was over by 1:30 PM, with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr R.
Harishkumar, coordinator of the Watson and Crick forum.















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