Microbe 2016 by the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) begins this year at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with a keynote address featuring Bill Gates, Co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who discusses the importance of microbial sciences to improving global healthcare. The program includes seven tracks, including a new track “Profession of Microbiology” and has something for everyone, from Synthetic Biology to Clinical Microbiology, Microbiomes to Agribiomes and MDR to CRISPR.
Please come and visit the Thermo Fisher Scientific display at booth #810. Join us for our workshop on Saturday, June 18th from 1:45 – 2:30 pm to learn how researchers collaborate with and use Thermo Fisher Scientific’s genetic analysis technologies to enable the latest research into pathogen detection.
Workshop:
Time: Saturday, June 18th from 1.45 – 2.30 pm
Location: Industry & Science Showcase B
Title: From next generation sequencing to qPCR assays – bringing genetic analysis solutions for infectious disease research
Summary: This workshop will discuss the latest innovations in Ion Torrent™ and Applied Biosystems™ genetic analysis solutions including advances in simple and rapid NGS library preparation, template preparation, and sequencing methods and a novel real-time PCR assay for BV using Thermo Fisher’s OpenArray™ Real-Time PCR System which correlates the pathogen distribution to the standards in the field.
Workshop Speakers:
James Rains, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, QuantiGen
Title: A Multiple Analyte Panel of Real-Time PCR-Based Assays for Indexing Bacterial Vaginosis
Kenneth G. Frey, PhD
Scientist, NMRC-Frederick, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Title: Querying the Resistome: Comparison of AmpliSeq and Whole Genome Sequencing
Poster:
Time: Friday, June 17, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Location: Poster #307
Title: A Multi-Site Evaluation of Isavuconazole on the Sensititre YeastOne Test Plate with the Frozen Reference CLSI M27-A3 and ISO 16256 Micro Broth Dilution Methods for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing
We look forward to seeing you there!
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