2020 ASM NGS Conference Session Topics
Take a look at the full program and plan ahead to tune in for upcoming sessions.
All sessions will be available for 6 months after the conclusion of the conference.
All sessions will be available for 6 months after the conclusion of the conference.
Epidemiological Cues: Sequencing in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology
- Discusses how sequencing is being used in clinical and public health microbiology, and the challenges and successes in implementing these technologies in routine and standard practice.
Pipelines to Pixels: Bioinformatic Tools, Workflows, Data Integration and Visualization
- Explores approaches in using tools for integrating and visualizing data for use in decision making.
Farm to Table: Sequencing in Veterinary, Food and Environmental Microbiology
- Highlights genomic research in veterinary, food and environmental microbiology.
Drugs and Thugs: Sequencing to Combat AMR
- Explores new approaches for antimicrobial genotyping and the characterization of antimicrobial resistant microbial populations, and the development of new tools to improve their impact.
Pipe Dreams: Analytical Methods, Bioinformatic Tools and Pipelines​
- Focuses on new analytical methods and bioinformatics tools designed to surf the growing wave of genomic data.
Schedule at a Glance
All scheduled session times are in EST.
Monday, Dec. 7
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. Welcome
3:50 – 5 p.m. Opening Panel Discussion
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Opening Session Live Q/A
3:50 – 5 p.m. Opening Panel Discussion
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Opening Session Live Q/A
Tuesday, Dec. 8
8 – 9 a.m. Featured Poster Season
10 – 11:45 a.m. Session 1: Epidemiological Cues: Sequencing in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Poster Session 1: Epidemiological Cues
5:30 – 7 p.m. Session 2: Pipelines to Pixels: Bioinformatic Tools, Workflows, Data Integration and Visualization
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Poster Session 2: Pipelines to Pixels
10 – 11:45 a.m. Session 1: Epidemiological Cues: Sequencing in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Poster Session 1: Epidemiological Cues
5:30 – 7 p.m. Session 2: Pipelines to Pixels: Bioinformatic Tools, Workflows, Data Integration and Visualization
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Poster Session 2: Pipelines to Pixels
Wednesday, Dec. 9
10 – 11:30 a.m. Session 3: Farm to Table: Sequencing in Veterinary, Food and Environmental Microbiology
12 – 1 p.m. Poster Session 3: Farm to Table
3:30 – 5 p.m. Session 4: Drugs and Thugs: NGS to Combat AMR
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) Applications for SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Surveillance Sponsored by Illumina
7 – 8 p.m. Poster Session 4: Drugs and Thugs
12 – 1 p.m. Poster Session 3: Farm to Table
3:30 – 5 p.m. Session 4: Drugs and Thugs: NGS to Combat AMR
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) Applications for SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Surveillance Sponsored by Illumina
7 – 8 p.m. Poster Session 4: Drugs and Thugs
Thursday, Dec. 10
8:30 – 10:15 a.m. Session 5: Pipe Dreams: Analytical Methods, Bioinformatic Tools and Pipelines
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Poster Session 5: Pipe Dreams
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Featured Poster Session B
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Networking
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Networking Speaker and Sponsor Chats
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Poster Session 5: Pipe Dreams
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Featured Poster Session B
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Networking
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Networking Speaker and Sponsor Chats
Friday, Dec. 11
8 – 9 a.m. Poster Session 6: New Tools
10 – 11:30 a.m. Closing Panel Discussion
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Conference Wrap Up
10 – 11:30 a.m. Closing Panel Discussion
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Conference Wrap Up
Program Committee
Duncan MacCannell - Chair
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Ruth Timme - Co-Chair
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
College Park, Md.
Marc Allard
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
College Park, Md.
Jennifer Gardy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle
Elodie Ghedin
New York University
New York
George Gthinji
KEMRI/Wellcome Trust
Nairobi, Kenya
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Ruth Timme - Co-Chair
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
College Park, Md.
Marc Allard
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
College Park, Md.
Jennifer Gardy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle
Elodie Ghedin
New York University
New York
George Gthinji
KEMRI/Wellcome Trust
Nairobi, Kenya
Dag Harmsen
University of Muenster
Muenster, Germany
Paul Keim
Northern Arizona University and TGen North
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Adam Phillippy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.
Torsten Seemann
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Sofonias Tessema
Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
University of Muenster
Muenster, Germany
Paul Keim
Northern Arizona University and TGen North
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Adam Phillippy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.
Torsten Seemann
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Sofonias Tessema
Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia