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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

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