Current progress and future opportunities in applications of bioinformatics for biodefense and pathogen detection: report from the Winter Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up, College Park, MD, January 10, 2018.

ABSTRACT: The Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up (M³) organization brings together academic, government, and industry groups to share ideas and develop best practices for microbiome research. In January of 2018, M³ held its fourth meeting, which focused on recent advances in biodefense, specifically those relating to infectious disease, and the use of metagenomic methods for pathogen detection. Presentations highlighted the utility of next-generation sequencing technologies for identifying and tracking microbial community members across space and time. However, they also stressed the current limitations of genomic approaches for biodefense, including insufficient sensitivity to detect low-abundance pathogens and the inability to quantify viable organisms. Participants discussed wa

SUBMITTER: Meisel JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6219074 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature