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EH Gijs van Seventer Seminar:CDC’s Advanced Molecular Detection Initiative: Sequencing and Bioinformatics in the Public Health Setting
An overview of the CDC’s Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) initiative and how it is being applied in public health to transform outbreak detection and response for foodborne illness, respiratory infections, and emerging pathogens, to name a few. Specific examples will demonstrate how next generation sequencing and bioinformatics will improve public health surveillance of infectious diseases.
When | 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm on Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Building | BU Medical Building, 72 E. Concord St. |
Room | L-210 |
Contact Name | Jean van Seventer |
Phone | 617-638-6493 |
Contact Email | jvsevent@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | Department of Environmental Health |
Fees | Free |
Speakers | Sandra Smole, PhD Director, Division of Molecular Diagnostics and Virology MA State Public Health Laboratory Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Sciences MA Department of Public Health |