Science AMA Series: Whole Genome Sequencing is the future of foodborne outbreak detection – What does that mean for public health? Ask us anything!

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For decades, pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has been the prevailing technology used for foodborne outbreak detection. PFGE identifies the pathogen’s DNA fingerprint which is then uploaded to PulseNet, a 20 year old national laboratory network used to detect clusters of foodborne illness. While PFGE and PulseNet revolutionized foodborne outbreak detection, whole genome sequencing (WGS) is the future.

How will WGS improve foodborne outbreak investigations? What can WGS tell us that PFGE cannot? Join the following experts for a discussion about how public health and agricultural laboratories work to detect foodborne outbreaks and how WGS will change that work. The panelists are all members of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) food safety committee.

Bryanne Shaw

Biology Section Manager

Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Services Division

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Stephen Gladbach

Unit Chief, Microbiology Unit

Missouri State Public Health Laboratory

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Tracy Stiles

Director, Microbiology Division

William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory)

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Dave Boxrud

Molecular Epidemiology Supervisor

Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory

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We will be here live from 12:30-2:30 to answer your questions.

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