Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Session Description: This is part 2 of two breakout sessions that will focus on genome sequencing approaches and applications in clinical microbiology and public health laboratories. In this session, we will focus on whole genome sequencing and its utility for patients’ management and public health applications. The session will educate different level attendees on wet lab methodologies, approaches and challenges of data analyses, laboratory implementation, and clinical and public health applications. Wastewater surveillance, outbreak investigations, pathogen evolution, and tracking antimicrobial resistance are some of the topics that will be discussed.
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Title: Utility of Clinical Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Infections Click here to learn more.
Learning Objectives:
To provide an overview of methodology of whole genome sequencing in medical microbiology and public health (bacteriology, antimicrobial resistance, virology, mycobacteriology, and mycology)
Describe challenges in data analysis, databases, and data interpretation and reporting
To understand the clinical and public health utility and applications of microbial whole genome sequencing
