Diagnostic tools

Track Chair(s)

• JL

  Jiahe Li
• 

  Ana Porras, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Florida, United States

Moderator(s)

• SJ

  Sangmoo Jeong
• 

  Tatiana Cuellar-Gaviria, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio, United States

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM PDT

  Portable highly multiplexed probe-melt PCR platform for rapid identification and antimicrobial resistance genotyping
  

  Presenting Author: Amelia Traylor, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Fan-En Chen – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Alexander Trick – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Tza-Huei Wang – Johns Hopkins University
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

  Concentrating viral particles from sewage: simplified methods for environmental surveillance of pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki (he/him/his) – University of kentucky

  Co-Author: Soroosh Torabi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Alexus Rockward – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: William Strike – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Ann Noble – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: James Keck – University of Kentucky

  Primary Investigator: Scott Berry – University of Kentucky
• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT

  A Simple, At-Home-Compatible Preparation Method for Detection of Pathogen DNA from Vaginal Swab Samples
  

  Presenting Author: Erin K. Heiniger, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington, Seattle

  Co-Author: Kevin Jiang (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Seattle

  Co-Author: Steven Bennett – University of Washington, Seattle

  Co-Author: Sujatha Kumar – University of Washington, Seattle

  Primary Investigator: Paul Yager – University of Washington
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

  Development of an Integrated Sample Amplification Control for Point-of-Care Pathogen Testing
  

  Presenting Author: Navaporn Sritong (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Presenting Author: Riley J. Brown – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Karin F. K. Ejendal – Purdue University

  Primary Investigator: Jacqueline C. Linnes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Toward A Simple Method for Simultaneous Extraction and Specific Capture to enhance Pooled Approaches for Screening Low Prevalence Pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Dalton J. Nelson, BA, BE (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Timothy Williams – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Madeline E. Spradley – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Jonathan E. Schmitz – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Frederick Haselton, PhD – Vanderbilt University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Lyophilized Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Reagents for Endpoint Detection of Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus
  

  Presenting Author: Brooke Filanoski (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Primary Investigator: David Erickson – Cornell University