​Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1:30 - 4:45 pm

​​​1:30 - 1:45 pm​​

Welcome/Overview of Human Foods ​Program and Reorganization, Steve Musser, FDA

1:45 - 2:05 pm

The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN), Tim Dallman, WHO

2:05 - 2:25 pm
Exploring Current Sequencing Projects

Foodborne virus sequence database ViroTrakr and sequencing efforts, Zhihui Yang, FDA

Exploring the practicality of tracking foodborne pathogens using wasterwater surveillance, Edward Dudley, Pennsylvania State University

Exploring impact of sequencing historical Listeria isolates, Renato Orsi, Cornell University

3:30 - 4:15 pm
Best Practices for WGS Data Defensibility

Regulatory Genomics​, Jamie Pettengill, FDA

Whole Genome Sequencing: The Compliance Perspective, Leslie Hintz, FDA

4:15 - 4:45 pm
Industry Flash Talks

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Thursday, October 17, 2024
8:30 am - 3:30 pm​

8:30 - 9:30 am
​Insights from Federal Partners​

  • ​Ruth Timme, FDA GenomeTrakr
  • Olgica Ceric, FDA CVM Vet-LIRN
  • Claudine Kabera, FDA CVM NARMS
  • Peyton Smith and Kelley Hise, CDC
  • Bill Shaw, USDA FSIS 
  • Ava Ellet, NOAA
  • Bill Klimke, NCBI


9:30 - 9:40 am
Updates from FDA's Office of Domestic Partnerships, Lauren Yeung, FDA

9:40 - 10:10 am​​
Ask Me Anything - NCBI

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Strain Diversity Within Samples & Polyclonal Outbreaks

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Swab Diversity Study: FDA/GenomeTrakr Collaboration to Determine Optimal Isolate Picks for Capturing Strain Diversity, Tina Pfefer, FDA

1:30 - 2:15 pm
Roundtables - Group Discussion Questions​

​2:15 - 3:25 pm
International Collaborations


Update from Downunder, Torsten Seemann​, Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne


Global and Local Bioinformatics for Food Safety, Christhian Ulises Franco Frias, SENASICA

3:25 - 3:30 pm
Closing Remarks, Farewell - Eric Brown, FDA​