A Summary of the Emergence of SAR-CoV-2 and WI Laboratory Response Presenter: Allen Bateman, Ph.D., MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This presentation will summarize the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020 from a laboratory standpoint, including the virus emerging from China, spreading in the U.S, and an […]

What We’ve Learned About COVID-19 Through Genomics Presenter: Kelsey Florek, Ph.D, MPH, Bioinformatics Scientist, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This session will demonstrate the process of sequencing SARS-CoV-2 and the value of genomic epidemiology. SARS-CoV-2 genomics provides a unique insight into local transmission allowing for differentiation between importation and […]