Webinar: Introduction to Metagenomic Sequencing
Part one: Tuesday 13 August 2024 13:00 - 15:25 (AEST)
Part two: Thursday 15 August 2024 13:00 - 15:45 (AEST)
Overview
Are you a clinical scientist, medical microbiologist, infectious diseases physician, or work in clinical and public health laboratories and are wanting to gain expertise in whole genome sequencing?
This two-part webinar is co-hosted by the Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN) and the Australian Pathogen Genomics Program (AusPathoGen).
Learning outcomes
Key learning outcomes of the Introduction to Metagenomic Sequencing webinar include:
- An understanding of the technical performance, limitations and quality control requirements when setting up a clinical metagenomics assay
- An understanding of the challenges and methods associated with bioinformatic analysis of complex samples
- Ethics, clinical governance and use cases for clinical metagenomics
Webinar facilitators
- Dr Sanmarié Schlebusch, Medical Director Microbiology, Virology, and Genomics, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health
- Dr Prashanth Ramachandran, Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne
- Dr Rikki Graham, Supervising Scientist, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health
- Dr John-Sebastian Eden, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Pathology, Westmead Hospital, NSW
- Dr Annaleise Howard-Jones, Microbiology Registrar, Institute of Clinical Pathology Medicine and Research
- Dr Lex Leong, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, SA Pathology, SA
- Associate Professor Amy Jennison, Chief Scientist, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health
- Dr Jen Kok, Medical Virologist, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Pathology, Westmead Hospital, NSW
- Ms Jean Moselen, Senior Medical Scientist, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, VIC
- Dr Avram Levy, Medical Scientist in Charge, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, WA
Registration
Registrations are available via this link.
Program
Part one: Tuesday 13 August 2024 13:00 - 15:25 (AEST)
Introduction to metagenomics - Dr Sanmarié Schlebusch
Wet-lab metagenomics - Dr Rikki Graham
Bioinformatic methods in clinical metagenomics - Dr John-Sebastian Eden
Panel Discussion - Interpreting results
- Dr John-Sebastian Eden
- Dr Rikki Graham
- Dr Lex Leong
- Dr Annaleise Howard-Jones
Part two: Thursday 15 August 2024 13:00 - 15:45 (AEST)
Working in a metagenomics space - Ms Jean Moselen
Case Study - Dr Prashanth Ramachandran
Public health application of environmental wastewater - Dr Avram Levy
Panel Discussion - Implementation and accreditation
- A/Prof Amy Jennison
- Dr Prashanth Ramachandran
- Dr Jen Kok
