Concurrent Session: Microbial Genomics

Chair:
Michael Rhodes, Applied Biosystems

Location:
Salon E and F

Agenda:

7:00 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.

Melissa Barker, Applied Biosystems
Sequencing of the Pathogenic E. coli 055:H7 Genome and Comparison with the Closely Related Enterohemolytic E. coli 0157:H7

7:20 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. 

Yi Han, Baylor College of Medicine           
Genome-Wide Analysis of Closely-Related Strains of a Model Bacterium: Whole Genome Sequencing using Solexa/Illumina Technology

7:40 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 

Timothy Read, Naval Medical Research Center
Whole Genome Shotgun Sequencing of 40 Bacillus Cereus Group Strains

8:00 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.

Jason Holder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biofuels Production in the Oleaginous Bacterium Rhodococcus opacus PD630

8:20 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.   

Michael Egholm, 454 Life Sciences
Rapid Discovery of Emerging Pathogens by Metagenomic Sequencing

8:40 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Mark Borowsky, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Genomic Basis of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis Explored Through Solexa and ABI Sequencing Platforms