Doctor Spencer Long

Dr Spencer Long

Environment Sequencing Facility Manager

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Manager of the Environmental Sequencing Facility at the University of Southampton. Please contact me if you would like information about our services or how I can support your research projects or teaching. Our facility offers comprehensive support for next-generation sequencing workflows, including guidance on experimental design, DNA/RNA library preparation, sequencing, bioinformatics, data analysis and data interpretation.

In my role, I specialise in the following areas:

  • Performing wet lab workflows for DNA/RNA library preparation and sequencing using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore platforms.

  • Implementing and assisting with computational pipelines for amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and whole genome sequencing projects.

  • Providing assistance in data interpretation, figure production, and writing peer-reviewed publications focused on sequencing methods.

  • Supporting the teaching of molecular biology in undergraduate courses.

  • Supervising and training project students (BSc, MSc, PhD).