WEBINAR - Empowering New Transcriptomic Discoveries with Better Tools and Methods for RNA-Seq

🗓 Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10 AM EST | 3 PM GMT | 4 PM CET

Rapid advances in experimental design, sequencing technologies, and cutting-edge data analyses continue to reshape the field of transcriptomics. In this webinar, our distinguished speakers will present emerging methods that improve the resolution of RNA-Seq experiments across biological contexts from fly brains to human cancers. We will cover innovations in library preparation, approaches for capturing full-length transcripts and isoform diversity, and techniques for reducing bias, including direct RNA sequencing. The webinar speakers will highlight multiple modalities of sequencing data generated using a highly processive reverse transcriptase, UltraMarathonRT^®, and the additional information gained from this novel enzyme versus standard retroviral RT enzymes.  

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DISTINGUISHED PRESENTERS:

Dr. Brenton Graveley

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Genetics & Genome Sciences

Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Developmental Biology

University of Connecticut

Dr. Paul Boutz

Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD), Center for RNA Biology and Wilmot Cancer Institute

University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester

Dr. Jason Underwood

VP of Technology Development

RNAConnect

KEY TAKEAWAYS

By the end of this session, participants will:

• Gain a clear understanding of the latest innovations and future directions for RNA-Seq 
• Feel prepared to design more robust experiments and extract deeper biological insight from transcriptomic data

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