{"id":8741,"date":"2016-06-07T22:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T22:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2020-05-28T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T19:18:10","slug":"asm-microbe-2016-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/behindthebench\/asm-microbe-2016-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM Microbe 2016 &#8211; Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asmmicrobe.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8742\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Skyline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-96x65.jpg 96w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-1250x834.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/06\/Boston-Skyline-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Microbe 2016<\/a> 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 \u201cProfession of Microbiology\u201d and has something for everyone, from Synthetic Biology to Clinical Microbiology, Microbiomes to Agribiomes and MDR to CRISPR.<\/p>\n<p>Please come and visit the Thermo Fisher Scientific display at <strong>booth #810<\/strong>. Join us for our workshop on Saturday, June 18th from 1:45 \u2013 2:30 pm to learn how researchers collaborate with and use Thermo Fisher Scientific\u2019s genetic analysis technologies to enable the latest research into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/life-science\/sequencing\/fragment-analysis\/fragment-analysis-applications\/pathogen-detection-and-analysis.html?socid=social_btb_targetseq\">pathogen detection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Workshop:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Time: Saturday, June 18th from 1.45 \u2013 2.30 pm<br \/>\nLocation: Industry &amp; Science Showcase B<br \/>\n<strong>Title: From next generation sequencing to qPCR assays \u2013 bringing genetic analysis solutions for infectious disease research<\/strong><br \/>\nSummary: This workshop will discuss the latest innovations in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/brands\/ion-torrent.html?socid=social_btb_targetseq\">Ion Torrent\u2122<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/brands\/applied-biosystems.html?socid=social_btb_abseq\">Applied Biosystems\u2122<\/a> 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\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/life-science\/pcr\/real-time-pcr\/real-time-openarray.html?icid=fr-openarray-main?socid=social_btb_genequant\">OpenArray\u2122 Real-Time PCR System<\/a> which correlates the pathogen distribution to the standards in the field.<\/p>\n<h4>Workshop Speakers:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">James Rains, PhD<br \/>\nChief Scientific Officer, QuantiGen<br \/>\n<strong>Title: <\/strong><strong>A Multiple Analyte Panel of Real-Time PCR-Based Assays for Indexing Bacterial Vaginosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Kenneth G. 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