Highly Sensitive Viral Detection with the SARS-CoV-2 NGS Assay

Kristin Butcher and Mara Cuoto-Rodriguez discuss the development of a nucleic acid hybridization capture-based assay to detect and identify novel SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlights a need for the rapid development of detection strategies and assays for novel pathogens. The SARS-CoV-2 NGS Assay is a highly sensitive nucleic acid hybridization capture-based assay that detects the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome. This FDA-authorized-under-emergency-use assay combines virus-specific panels and comprehensive data analysis software and reporting capabilities to provide researchers with information on genetic variants, clade-associated variants, and phylogenetics. In this webinar brought to you by Twist Bioscience, Kristin Butcher and Mara Cuoto-Rodriguez will demonstrate the SARS-CoV-2 NGS assay technology and describe how researchers use it to detect and identify novel variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Meet the Speakers:

Kristin Butcher
Senior Scientist
Twist Bioscience

Mara Couto-Rodriguez
Director of Research and Development
Biotia



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