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SEP 11 - 12 2019

Microbiology & Immunology Virtual Event Series 2019



 

Our 5th Annual Event in the Microbiology and Immunology Virtual Event Series is now available On Demand!  Participants can explore and discover new concepts, tools and techniques to apply to their ongoing research and diagnostics. 

Microbiology and Immunology cover an array of industries and disciplines, encompassing various research areas including pharmaceuticals, medicine, agriculture, and space. The development of new techniques and the ability to sequence organisms without the need to grow them in the laboratory has opened up a new world of microbial diversity and complexity we know little about. 

The tracks for this years event include:

  • Earth and Human Management of Our Microbial Wealth
    • Metagenomics
    • Microbial Communities
    • Viromes
  • Emergency Diagnostics
  • New Methods and Emerging Trends
    • New Approaches to Vaccines
    • Antimicrobrial Resistance
  • New Insights into Virology
    • Virus-Host Interactions
    • Virus-Vector Interacations
    • Advances in Structural Virology


Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open 6 months from the date of the live event.  The webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.  This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global microbiology community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.

Continuing Education
LabRoots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 30 credits.

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Speakers
  • Jonathan Scheiman, PhD

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FitBiomics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Thomas, PhD

    Professor Emeritus, WVU School of Medicine Certified, "High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director" (HCLD)(ABB)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)

    Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, UNC School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Manica Balasegaram

    BMed Sci, BMBS, DTM&H, MSc, FRCP, Executive Director, GARDP
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Daniela Bezdan, PhD

    Research Director, Mason Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Weill Cornell Medicine, Co-Chair NASA geneLab Microbiome, Executive Director MetaSUB
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick Chain, PhD

    Scientist V, Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Seth Crosby, MD

    Director Scientific Collaboration , Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, FAAAS

    Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jennifer Fettweis, PhD

    Assistant Professor & Director, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Research Alliance for Microbiome Science Registry, Virginia Commonwealth University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD

    GeneLab Project Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Susan Hafenstein, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Cryo-EM Imaging Facility, Pennsylvania State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan Jacobs, PhD

    Director of Global Product Management, Genome Analysis, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Peng Jiang, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kin Kuok, PhD

    Field Application Scientist, MGI Americas
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ann Palmenberg, PhD

    Roland Rueckert Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, UW-Madison
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD

    Full Member (Professor) Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nejc Stopnisek, PhD

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Pablo Tsukayama, Ph.D

    Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
    BIOGRAPHY

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Agenda

  • SEP 12, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Gender Parity in Virology Conference Speaker Selections

    Ann Palmenberg, PhD
    Roland Rueckert Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, UW-Madison
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Multi-Omic Approaches for the Study of Vaginal Microbial Communities

    Jennifer Fettweis, PhD
    Assistant Professor & Director, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Research Alliance for Microbiome Science Registry, Virginia Commonwealth University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Analysis of human gut microbiomes and antibiotic resistomes of pediatric patients undergoing stem cell transplantation

    Jonathan Jacobs, PhD
    Director of Global Product Management, Genome Analysis, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • SEP 12, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Investigating the common bean microbiome

    Nejc Stopnisek, PhD
    Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Meningitis & Encephalitis: Overview, Epidemiology, and Diagnostics

    Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)
    Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, UNC School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Diasorin
  • SEP 12, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Microbial Centric Aging: A Paradigm Shift

    John Thomas, PhD
    Professor Emeritus, WVU School of Medicine Certified, "High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director" (HCLD)(ABB)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Using the NASA GeneLab Data System to Study the Metagenomes of Spaceships and Their Occupants

    Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD
    GeneLab Project Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
    Daniela Bezdan, PhD
    Research Director, Mason Laboratory of Integrative Geno...
    Peng Jiang, PhD
    Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sleep and Circ...
  • SEP 11, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Development of Machine Learning Algorithms to Data Mine Meta-Omic Characterizations of Complex Microbiota

    Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, FAAAS
    Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: PacBio
  • SEP 11, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Understanding Astrovirus Pathogenesis: Who Knew Viruses Had Toxins?

    Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD
    Full Member (Professor) Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Genomic characterization of emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections at a public hospital in Lima, Peru

    Pablo Tsukayama, Ph.D
    Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • SEP 11, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Structural analysis to understand the molecular mechanism for CPV species-jump

    Susan Hafenstein, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Cryo-EM Imaging Facility, Pennsylvania State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Microbial Detection Total Solution Based on MGISEQ High-Throughput Sequencing Platform - Accelerating the Application of Metagenomics in the Screening and Prevention of Infectious Disease

    Kin Kuok, PhD
    Field Application Scientist, MGI Americas
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Using metagenomics and bioinformatics to investigate bacterial-fungal interactions

    Patrick Chain, PhD
    Scientist V, Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Illumina
  • SEP 11, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Mining Athlete Microbiomes for Next Generation Probiotics

    Jonathan Scheiman, PhD
    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FitBiomics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Find out how GARDP is redoubling its efforts to accelerate the development and delivery of new and improved antibiotics

    Manica Balasegaram
    BMed Sci, BMBS, DTM&H, MSc, FRCP, Executive Director, GARDP
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Powerful Species-Level Identification and Quantification by Weighted Analysis of All, Rather Than One, 16S Hypervariable Regions

    Seth Crosby, MD
    Director Scientific Collaboration , Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Earth and Human Management of Our Microbial Wealth
  • SEP 11, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Powerful Species-Level Identification and Quantification by Weighted Analysis of All, Rather Than One, 16S Hypervariable Regions

    Seth Crosby, MD
    Director Scientific Collaboration , Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Mining Athlete Microbiomes for Next Generation Probiotics

    Jonathan Scheiman, PhD
    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FitBiomics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Using metagenomics and bioinformatics to investigate bacterial-fungal interactions

    Patrick Chain, PhD
    Scientist V, Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Illumina
  • SEP 11, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Genomic characterization of emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections at a public hospital in Lima, Peru

    Pablo Tsukayama, Ph.D
    Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • SEP 11, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Development of Machine Learning Algorithms to Data Mine Meta-Omic Characterizations of Complex Microbiota

    Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, FAAAS
    Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: PacBio
  • SEP 12, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Using the NASA GeneLab Data System to Study the Metagenomes of Spaceships and Their Occupants

    Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD
    GeneLab Project Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
    Daniela Bezdan, PhD
    Research Director, Mason Laboratory of Integrative Geno...
    Peng Jiang, PhD
    Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sleep and Circ...
  • SEP 12, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Microbial Centric Aging: A Paradigm Shift

    John Thomas, PhD
    Professor Emeritus, WVU School of Medicine Certified, "High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director" (HCLD)(ABB)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Investigating the common bean microbiome

    Nejc Stopnisek, PhD
    Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Analysis of human gut microbiomes and antibiotic resistomes of pediatric patients undergoing stem cell transplantation

    Jonathan Jacobs, PhD
    Director of Global Product Management, Genome Analysis, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • SEP 12, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Multi-Omic Approaches for the Study of Vaginal Microbial Communities

    Jennifer Fettweis, PhD
    Assistant Professor & Director, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Research Alliance for Microbiome Science Registry, Virginia Commonwealth University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • New Methods and Emerging Trends
  • SEP 11, 2019 6:00 AM PDT

    Find out how GARDP is redoubling its efforts to accelerate the development and delivery of new and improved antibiotics

    Manica Balasegaram
    BMed Sci, BMBS, DTM&H, MSc, FRCP, Executive Director, GARDP
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Emergency Diagnostics
  • SEP 11, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Microbial Detection Total Solution Based on MGISEQ High-Throughput Sequencing Platform - Accelerating the Application of Metagenomics in the Screening and Prevention of Infectious Disease

    Kin Kuok, PhD
    Field Application Scientist, MGI Americas
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 9:00 AM PDT

    Meningitis & Encephalitis: Overview, Epidemiology, and Diagnostics

    Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)
    Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, UNC School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Diasorin
  • New Insights into Virology
  • SEP 11, 2019 10:30 AM PDT

    Structural analysis to understand the molecular mechanism for CPV species-jump

    Susan Hafenstein, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Cryo-EM Imaging Facility, Pennsylvania State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 11, 2019 12:00 PM PDT

    Understanding Astrovirus Pathogenesis: Who Knew Viruses Had Toxins?

    Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD
    Full Member (Professor) Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 12, 2019 1:30 PM PDT

    Gender Parity in Virology Conference Speaker Selections

    Ann Palmenberg, PhD
    Roland Rueckert Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, UW-Madison
    BIOGRAPHY

Speakers


  • Jonathan Scheiman, PhD

    Jonathan Scheiman, PhD

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FitBiomics

    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Thomas, PhD

    John Thomas, PhD

    Professor Emeritus, WVU School of Medicine Certified, "High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director" (HCLD)(ABB)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)

    Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)

    Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, UNC School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Manica Balasegaram

    Manica Balasegaram

    BMed Sci, BMBS, DTM&H, MSc, FRCP, Executive Director, GARDP

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Daniela Bezdan, PhD

    Daniela Bezdan, PhD

    Research Director, Mason Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Weill Cornell Medicine, Co-Chair NASA geneLab Microbiome, Executive Director MetaSUB

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick Chain, PhD

    Patrick Chain, PhD

    Scientist V, Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Seth Crosby, MD

    Seth Crosby, MD

    Director Scientific Collaboration , Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, FAAAS

    Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, FAAAS

    Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jennifer Fettweis, PhD

    Jennifer Fettweis, PhD

    Assistant Professor & Director, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Research Alliance for Microbiome Science Registry, Virginia Commonwealth University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD

    Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD

    GeneLab Project Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Susan Hafenstein, PhD

    Susan Hafenstein, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Cryo-EM Imaging Facility, Pennsylvania State University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jonathan Jacobs, PhD

    Jonathan Jacobs, PhD

    Director of Global Product Management, Genome Analysis, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Peng Jiang, PhD

    Peng Jiang, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kin Kuok, PhD

    Kin Kuok, PhD

    Field Application Scientist, MGI Americas

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ann Palmenberg, PhD

    Ann Palmenberg, PhD

    Roland Rueckert Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, UW-Madison

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD

    Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD

    Full Member (Professor) Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nejc Stopnisek, PhD

    Nejc Stopnisek, PhD

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan State University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Pablo Tsukayama, Ph.D

    Pablo Tsukayama, Ph.D

    Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

    BIOGRAPHY

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Program Committee

To download the Program Committee brochure here.


  • Emily Hollister

    Emily Hollister is the Director, R&D, Computational Biology for Diversigen. An accomplished microbial ecologist, her microbiome experience ranges from soils and biofuel production systems to the human microbiome and pre-clinical disease models. She leads a team of ...

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  • Ivan Brukner

    Dr Ivan Brukner entered into genomic era back in 1989 (ex-Yugoslavia), trying to describe and solve repeating sequence "branching motif problem" in building whole genome sequence. Next 5-10 years, his research was targeting sequence-dependent DNA structural problems, where ...

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  • Philip Geis

    Philip A. Geis is a native Texan who earned bachelor and doctor of philosophy degrees in microbiology and mycology from The University of Texas. Between these efforts, he served in the US Army with final duty as clinical microbiologist for the Army's 45th field hospital APO ...

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  • Jonas Korlach

    Jonas Korlach was appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Pacific Biosciences in July 2012. He was previously a Scientific Fellow, supporting commercial development of the PacBio RS II system and performing research aimed at developing new applications for SMRT technologies. He ...

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  • Neil Osheroff

    Neil Osheroff received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Hobart College in 1974 followed by a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Northwestern University in 1979. His doctoral dissertation on the mechanism of action of cytochrome c was under the direction of ...

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  • Marilyn Roossinck

    Dr. Roossinck received a PhD in 1986 from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Microbiology and Immunology, studying Hepatitis B virus, on an National Institutes of Health fellowship. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University, where she began studying ...

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  • John Thomas

    Professor Emeritus John G. Thomas, PhD, is recognized as an "International Educator and Global Microbiologist " (www.globalbugs.com) having lectured in more than 43 countries while a clinical microbiologist in pathology (Professor), dentistry (Clinical Professor) and ...

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  • Glenn Tillotson

    Glenn is a Senior Vice President at Cempra Inc in Chapel Hill, USA. He is trained in medical microbiology and infectious diseases and almost 30 of pharmaceutical industry experience in various areas including clinical research, commercialization, scientific communications ...

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