Introduction to Pathogen Genomics for Public Health Webinar Series
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