Date: Tuesday 28 November, 2017
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Meeting Room 4 & 5 , Crowne Plaza Blanchardstown, Dublin
Who should attend?
The event would be of particular interest to laboratory scientists, researchers, public health professionals, regulators and all those currently applying or interested in applying this technology to the detection and control of foodborne pathogens.
Programme overview
safefood, in partnership with Teagasc and University College Dublin, are hosting a seminar on whole genome sequencing in food safety and in the epidemiology of foodborne illness at the Crowne Plaza Blanchardstown on November 28. This event will bring together those currently applying or preparing to apply this technology on the island of Ireland, as well as international experts with significant experience in utilising and interpreting WGS.
Speakers include; John Coia (University of Glasgow), Eva Moller Neilsen (Statens Serum Institut), Shea Fanning (University College Dublin), Cormac Gahan (University College Cork) and Olivia McAuliffe (Teagasc)
Agenda
| Time |
Presentation |
Speaker |
| 09:30 |
Registration, tea and coffee |
| 09:50 |
Introduction and opening remarks |
Dr Linda Gordon,
(safefood)
|
| Session 1: Epidemiology of foodborne illness |
Chair:
Dr David McDowell
|
| 10:00 |
Whole genome sequencing – opportunities and challenges |
Prof John Coia,
(NHS Scotland)
|
| 10:30 |
Cluster Detection using WGS in the National Salmonella, Shigella & Listeria Reference Laboratory |
Dr Niall DeLappe,
(HSE)
|
| 10:50 |
Introducing WGS at the National Reference Laboratory for VTEC at PHL, HSE, Dublin |
Dr Anne Carroll,
(HSE)
|
| 11:10 |
Break |
| 11:30 |
WGS for epidemiology of foodborne listeriosis in Denmark |
Dr Eva Møller Nielsen,
(SSI Denmark)
|
| 12:00 |
Comparative Analysis of WGS of Irish Listeria monocytogenes Isolates |
Dr Cormac Gahan,
(UCC)
|
| 12:20 |
Application of WGS to Bacteriophage-Based Approaches to Pathogen Control and Detection |
Dr Olivia McAuliffe,
(Teagasc)
|
| 12:40 |
Lunch |
| Session 2: Food and the food processing environment |
Chair:
Dr Linda Gordon
|
| 14:00 |
Application of bacterial whole genome sequencing for the characterisation of antimicrobial resistance-encoding determinants in E.coli from food-producing animals |
Prof Séamus Fanning,
(UCD)
|
| 14:30 |
Temporally associated genome scale determination of phenotypically essential genes in Salmonella Tennessee: towards a new risk assessment paradigm |
Mr Daniel Hurley,
(UCD)
|
| 14:50 |
Pathogen Genome Sequencing for Livestock Epidemiology |
Dr Adrian Allen,
(AFBI)
|
| 15:10 |
Whole (meta)genomic sequences and food safety |
Dr Paul Cotter,
(Teagasc)
|
| 15:30 |
Break |
| 16:00 |
WGS Salmonella |
Dr Kaye Burgess,
(Teagasc)
|
| 16:20 |
Future requirements for maximum use of WGS |
Dr Kieran Jordan,
(Teagasc)
|
| 16:40 |
Discussion Session |
| 17:00 |
Close |
Registration
Due to demand registration for the Whole Genome Sequencing event is now closed. We are operating a reserve list for anyone interested in attending and places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis should any registered attendee cancel. Please contact Michael Hills at mhills@safefood.eu for inclusion on this list.