September 17-18, 2019 | College Park, MD
The 2019 GenomeTrakr Meeting featured presentations from federal, state and academic partners who participate in FDA's
GenomeTrakr Network, the first distributed network of laboratories utilizing whole genome sequencing for pathogen characterization. Meeting participants heard about the transition to whole genome sequencing (WGS) from federal and state partners, the collaboration between partners to solve outbreaks using WGS data, and new technologies that the network may implement, including metagenomics.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Independent Submission Strategy from GenomeTrakr
Ruth Timme, FDA CFSAN
PulseNet's Transition to WGS
Kelley Hise, CDC
FSIS Transition Experience and Workflow
Mary Katherine Crews, USDA FSIS
Pilot Laboratory Presentations on Transition Experiences (Panel)
Adding IFSAC + FoodOn Categories to GenomeTrakr BioSamples
Maria Balkey, FDA CFSAN
Standardizing Metadata: Resistome Trakr
Heather Tate, FDA CVM
So Many Clusters, So Little Time: How to Communicate WGS Data to Your Epidemiologists (Panel)
Dave Boxrud and Sean Buuck, MN Dept. of Health
How VA Communicates WGS Data
Lauren Turner, VA Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services; Katherine McCombs, VA Dept. of Health
Hugh Rand, FDA CFSAN; Tyann Blessington, FDA CORE
Kelley Hise, CDC
WGS Influence on Outbreaks
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Funding Mechanism
Don Burr, FDA ORA/ORS
Updates on Comparisons and Performance of Reagents
Current Network-Wide QA/QC Metrics
Ruth Timme, FDA CFSAN
QA/QC Through GalaxyTrakr
Errol Strain, FDA CVM
GalaxyTrakr QA/QC: State User Perspective
Melanie Prarat, OH Dept. of Agriculture
BioNumerics and Quality Control: Overview and Perspective
Rebecca Lindsay, CDC
Proficiency Testing for Foodborne Pathogen Surveillance: An Analysis of the 2019 GenomeTrakr PT Exercise
Joe Baugher, FDA CFSAN
Adaptation of the CFSAN GenomeTrakr PT Pipeline for Internal Assessment of WGS Technical Proficiency
Kevin Libuit, VA Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
Resequencing Due to Quality Issues—Top Reasons and Impact on Routine Workflow (Panel)
Sean Wang, MN Dept. of Health
Mary Katherine Crews, USDA FSIS
NCBI Pathogen Detection Updates: Neighbors, Notifications, Custom Labels and AMR
Arjun Prasad, NCBI
WGS and Non-PulseNet Pathogens
Metagenomics