PathoNGen-Trace goes across the pond!
The PathoNGen-Trace consortium will be prominently represented at the 1st ASM Conference on Rapid Next-Generation Sequencing Bioinformatic Pipelines for Enhanced Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation of Pathogens taking place in Washington DC on September 24-27, 2015.
With Martin Maiden (University of Oxford, UK), Stefan Niemann (Research Centre Borstel, Germany), Alexander Mellmann and Dag Harmsen (both University of Munster, Germany) four PIs of the EU funded initiative will present most exciting results of the PathoNGen-Trace project in the field of Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS) for microbial disease surveillance and early warning systems.
PathoNGen-Trace contributions at a glance:
Tracing Evolution and Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Times of Antibiotic Treatment
Stefan Niemann, Res. Ctr. Borstel, Borstel, Germany
Overview of Tools for Microbial NGS Data Analysis
Dag Harmsen, Univ. of Munster, Munster, Germany
MLST Revisited
Martin Maiden, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prospective Genome Sequencing for Real-time Surveillance of Resistant Bacteria in a University Hospital
Alexander Mellmann, Univ. of Munster, Munster, Germany
1st ASM Conference on Rapid NGS Bioinformatic Pipelines for Enhanced Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation of Pathogens
Date: September 24 -27, 2015
Venue: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 13, 2015
Discounted Pre-Registration Rate Deadline: August 14, 2015
Please find further information about the conference at the official website.
About PathoNGen-Trace: Our aim is to develop new applications of Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS) for microbial disease surveillance and early warning systems. We are funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 /GA n° 278864) and our multidisciplinary international consortium consists of partners from both academia (clinical microbiologists and scientists) and industry (SMEs specializing in software applications).