PCR Contamination and Molecular Best Practices Presenters: Dean Jobe, MS, RM (AAM), Research Microbiologist and Laboratory Supervisor, Microbiology Research and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology and Surveillance Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: The introduction of nucleic acid amplification techniques into […]

Next-Generation Sequencing 101 Presenters: Allen Bateman, PhD, MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Kelsey Florek, PhD, MPH, ARLN Fellow, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will present an introduction to next-generation sequencing (NGS), including the theory of NGS, wet laboratory steps, and […]

Candida auris Emergence and Surveillance Presenters: Alana Sterkel, PhD, SM(ASCP), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Description of Session: This one-hour presentation by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offers clinical and public health laboratorians an opportunity […]

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2018 Presenters: Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will provide a review of the past 2017 – […]