Webinar Opportunity: APEC FSCF Whole Genome Sequencing Workshop for Food Safety Experts and Policymakers
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In cooperation with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Texas A&M University, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA/CFSAN) is implementing a multi-year project on Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) & Laboratory Capacity Building of Environmental Testing for Foodborne Pathogens, under the auspices of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF) Partnership Training Institute Network. APEC endorsed the workstream in June of 2020, and sector-specific Phase 1 Awareness Webinars were held in December 2020. Should you wish to learn more about the overall workstream in advance of the upcoming workshop, please feel free to check out the merged Phase 1 Awareness Webinar youtube recording, available here.
The 2nd Phase of this workstream will introduce WGS sequencing technology and data analysis methodologies (and the science behind them), and will discuss resource implications, cost, and personnel requirements. The event will provide an overview of current guidelines for implementing and using WGS (GenomeTrakr Network, etc). Event content will also delve into the application of WGS for food safety environmental sampling to better understand the natural variation of foodborne organisms in the environment. A primary focus of the workshop will stress the importance of incorporating new technologies intelligently and efficiently, and emphasis will be placed on identifying current projects, networks, and informational resources in and/or available to APEC economies.
Please register at your earliest opportunity! The workshop is open to food safety stakeholders from government, industry, or academia from any APEC economy*—so please share this invitation widely within your WGS networks. Do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected] and [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Queries regarding registration can be directed to [email protected].
How to Register Online:
- Create an account or login to your existing account at http://www.spscourses.com
- Upon login select the “Webinar Events” course – then select the APEC logo.
- Click the 2021 link under the Current Webinar Series section and enter the enrollment key: APEC2021NZ!
- Complete the registration questionnaire and access each day’s event information to generate your calendar invite and save the dates to your work calendar
*APEC Economies: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; The Philippines; The Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of America; Viet Nam
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Speakers
Dr. Steven M. Musser
Deputy Center Director for Scientific Operations
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Dr. Eric L. Stevens
Staff Fellow
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Regulatory Science at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Dr. Magaly Toro
Assistant Professor
University of Chile
Dr. Pilailuk Akkapaiboon Okada
Senior Professional Medical Technologist
Thailand Ministry of Public Health's National Institute of Health Department of Medical Sciences
Dr. Nigel French
Chief Scientist and Distinguished Professor of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health
New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre and Massey University
Sheng Chen
Professor
Hong Kong City University
Dr. Brent Gilpin
Senior Science Leader, Water & Waste Team Manager, and Health & Environment Research & Development Manager
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), New Zealand
Dr. Paul B Young
Principal
PBY Strategies
Professor Martyn Kirk, BAppSci MAppEpid PhD
Professor of Epidemiology and National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellow
Australian National University
Dr. Catherine Carrillo
Research Scientist
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Dr. Eli Mrkusich
Biotech Marketing Manager - Asia Pacific & Japan
Illumina
Dr. Emma Griffiths
Research Associate
Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health at Simon Fraser University
Dr. James Pettengill
Director of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Staff
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Office of Analytics and Outreach
Dr. Ruth Timme
GenomeTrakr Program Lead
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Titi Rahayu
Foreign Agricultural Staff
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Fengqin LI
Director of the Laboratory of Microbiology
China National Center for Food Safety Risk
Blgo. Ronnie G. Gavilan
Scientist
Laboratorio RN de Enteropatogenos - National Institute of Health of Peru
Dr. Lee Learn-Han
Head of the Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength
Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University
Dr. Marc W. Allard
Research Microbiologist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Regulatory Science Division of Microbiology
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