Comparison of emergency department indoor air and citywide wastewater for respiratory and enteric virus surveillance using hybrid-capture viral metagenomics

Date & Time

Thursday March 26th, 2026 | 4pm CET | 3pm GTM

Webinar Description

Traditional surveillance often misses the "silent" spread of viruses. Join experts from KU Leuven as they reveal data comparing indoor air and citywide wastewater monitoring. Using the Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel, this study demonstrates how hybrid-capture metagenomics can identify hundreds of viral species and generate  comparative insights across environmental sample types.

What you will learn: 

  • Assess the Power of the Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel: Review data from a 19-week longitudinal study that successfully recovered 107 virus species from indoor air and 233 species from wastewater.
  • Compare Environmental Matrices: Learn the differences between viral signals generated from the analysis of indoor air and wastewater.
  • Unlock Next-Gen Surveillance: Discover how hybrid-capture viral metagenomics enables high-resolution insights, including Influenza A subtyping and the detection of antiviral resistance mutations.

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Remember! You can also register to the first webinar of this mini series HERE (Rapid, Sensitive Pathogen Detection using Hybridization Capture and Nanopore Sequencing)



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