Academic Outreach

We are a community-centered organization and as such our mandate is to educate students and staff on the newest developments in the next-generation sequencing realm. If you would like to book a lecture, tour, or other collaboration, please send us an email with information about your course.

Please also feel free to use our Guide to NGS Project Planning as a resource for students.

MMG3202H: Next-Generation Sequencing – Data Generation Laboratory
MMG3202H: Next-Generation Sequencing – Data Generation Laboratory

2023

University of Toronto MMG3202H: Next-Generation Sequencing – Data Generation Laboratory: Spring 2023

  • Graduate students received a tour of the DSC facility, walked through the steps from intake of samples till distribution of data.
  • A one hour Q & A session was successfully carried out by staff.
  • Library preparation kits and sequencing reagents was provided in support by Illumina for educational purposes. 

Previous outreach work

2022

SEMINARS HOSTED:

1. DSC - Illumina

Lunch and Learn- 24 November 2022,12:30-2:00pm at the Red Room, CCBR. Please see below PDF for more information and registration.

Donnelly Sequencing Centre - Nov 2022 Lunch and learn.pdf

2. DSC - Pacbio

Educational seminar - 29 November 2022; 1:00- 2:30pm in the Red Room, CCBR. Please contact dseqcentre@utoronto.ca for more information.

University of Toronto MMG3202H: Next-Generation Sequencing – Data Generation Laboratory: Spring 2022.

  • Graduate students received a tour of the DSC facility, walked through the steps from intake of samples till distribution of data.
  • A one hour Q and A session was successfully carried out by staff.
  • Library preparation kits and sequencing reagents was provided in support by Illumina for educational purposes. 

2021

University of Toronto BME346H, Biomedical Engineering and Omics Technologies: Spring 2021. Undergraduate students attended a lecture overviewing current NGS technologies and challenges in the field.

University of Toronto MMG3006Y, Future Directions in Medical Genomics: Spring 2021.

  • Library preparation kits were arranged by staff for every student to carry out the protocol keeping COVID measures in mind
  • Online zoom session was carried out to discuss Bioanalyzer traces and library QC.
  • Video was created to provide a virtual tour of the facility.

2020

University of Toronto MMG3006Y, Future Directions in Medical Genomics: Spring 2020.

  • Graduate students received a tour of the DSC facility.
  • Participated in a hands-on library prep.
  • Attended lectures by the DSC director and staff.

University of Toronto PSL374H, Advanced Physiology Laboratory: Spring 2020.

  • Undergraduate students received a tour of the DSC facility.
  • Attended a lecture by DSC staff.

2019

University of Toronto BME346H, Biomedical Engineering and Omics Technologies: Spring 2019. Undergraduate students attended a lecture overviewing current NGS technologies and challenges in the field.

University of Toronto MMG3006Y, Future Directions in Medical Genomics: Spring 2019.

  • Graduate students received a tour of the DSC facility.
  • Participated in a hands-on library prep.
  • Attended lectures by the DSC director and staff.

2018

University of Toronto MGY360H, Whole-Genome Sequencing and Analysis Laboratory: Spring 2018. Undergraduate students received a tour of the DSC facility.

2017

University of Toronto MGY360H, Whole-Genome Sequencing and Analysis Laboratory: Spring 2017. Undergraduate students received a tour of the DSC facility.

DSC staff member Kyle lecturing in Future Directions in Medical Genomics
Former DSC staff member Kyle Turner lecturing in Future Directions in Medical Genomics