Upcoming Live Chat Sessions: rRNA removal – The most underestimated step for RNA-seq optimization

Uncover the emerging importance of rRNA removal in our QIAinsights chat sessions

Are you spending hours trying to optimize your RNA-seq workflow but still struggling to achieve consistent, high-quality, on-target reads? High levels of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) could be jeopardizing your RNA-seq workflow, compromising your ability to detect low-abundance mRNA transcripts.

If you’re performing RNA-seq on FFPE, gut microbiome or complex environmental bacterial samples, then join our QIAinsights chat sessions. Each session will outline the problems encountered with RNA-seq using specific sample types and then focus on how the evolution of a novel chemistry for RNA removal from mammalian, microbial and mixed population specimens is providing improved library prep workflows, as well as high-quality RNA-seq results, particularly for degraded and limited samples. The last session includes a hands-on demo of complex microbial bioinformatics data analysis using the QIAGEN Microbial Pro Suite.

Join these sessions for a 20–30 min overview of each topic, followed by an interactive Q&A discussion with our R&D experts. Click on the links below to register for each chat session and view local presentation times.

QIAinsights Chat Sessions: rRNA removal – the most underestimated step for RNA-seq optimization

Title: Part 1: Introduction to rRNA removal: Evolution of new technologies for bacterial and mammalian samples 
Date: Wednesday, Sept 18, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Part 2: Increasing bacterial RNA-seq sensitivity through efficient rRNA removal
Date: Wednesday, Sept 25, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Part 3: The underestimated role of rRNA removal from FFPE and liquid biopsy samples: Generating consistent on-target reads for miRNA and gene expression data
Date: Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Part 4: Overcoming challenges with rRNA removal from complex bacterial samples for RNA-seq
Date: Wednesday, Oct 9, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Part 5: rRNA removal and optimization of host-bacterial expression data
Date: Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Part 6: Gaining insight from your complex samples via metagenomic analysis and strain typing using the QIAGEN Microbial Pro Suite
Date: Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT