Shruti Iyer

PhD Candidate - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Shruti Iyer is a Ph.D. candidate at Stony Brook University, working on her dissertation research in Dr. W. Richard McCombie's lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Her current focus is on developing long-read sequencing strategies to resolve complex genomic regions associated with cancer. Shruti received a Bachelors degree in Genetic Engineering and a Masters in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics – as part of her master's studies, she worked at Emory University on understanding the genetic basis of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

The Most Comprehensive Insights in Cancer Genomes: Translational Research

This symposium brings together world-leading experts in cancer research and translational medicine to showcase how nanopore sequencing technology is being utilized to identify novel disease biomarkers.

From the characterization of small biomarkers, like circulating tumor DNA and single-nucleotide variants, to large structural variants and base modifications, nanopore sequencing delivers comprehensive insights into the cancer genome.

The speakers will discuss targeted and genome-wide detection of circulating tumor DNA, exploration of brain tumors and sarcomas and how nanopore sequencing has advanced their research.