Dr. Peter Tsai

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences - The University of Auckland

Peter has a PhD in cancer bioinformatics and is passionate about applying and developing different genomic and bioinformatic methods to better understand the cancer genome to improve patient treatment. Currently, working as a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medical and Health Science at the University of Auckland, he collaborates with several different researchers, clinicians and oncologists to study the genomic landscape of different cancer types. It is hoped that this work can identify biomarkers for use in clinical diagnosis to improve patient care.

The Most Comprehensive Insight in Cancer Genomes: New Discoveries

With the genetics behind cancer being both diverse and complex, there are many genomic deviations that need to be detected and analyzed to further our understanding of the disease. Using nanopore sequencing, scientists can achieve the most comprehensive insight into cancer genomes. To explore this further, this symposium will bring together experts in cancer research, where they’ll cover how they are using the technology.

The speakers will discuss detecting missing structural variants, characterizing mutation patterns and how nanopore sequencing has advanced their research.