Infectious Diseases

Validation of the Karius Microbial Cell-free DNA Sequencing Test for Infectious Disease
Timothy A. Blauwkamp, PhD, Karius, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA

A Smart Diagnostic: Technology that Learned to Identify and Count Individual Bacteria in Blood
Stephanie I. Fraley, PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Viral Genomics in the Clinical Lab
Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

NGS for Natural Disasters
Randall Olsen, MD, PhD, Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA

Are Meningitis/Encephalitis Panels Ready for Prime Time?
Kevin Alby, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Barbara A. Zehnbauer, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Use of Molecular Testing to Predict Gonorrhea Treatment
Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Value of Molecular AST Methods for Bacteria: Are We There?
Romney M. Humphries, PhD, Accelerate Diagnostics, Tucson, AZ, USA

ID004 - Evaluation of a Novel Isothermal Amplification Assay for Detection and Genotyping of Human Papillomavirus in Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Tissue of Oropharyngeal Carcinomas
Yi-Wei Tang, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

ID012 - Comprehensive Solid Tumor Microbiome Profiling via Analysis of Unmapped Reads in Large Panel, Hybridization Capture-based NGS Assay Data
Chad M. Vanderbilt, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

ID063 - A Quantitative, Multiplexed RNA Detection Platform for Rapid Pathogen Identification and Phenotypic Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) using NanoString(™) Technology
Roby P. Bhattacharyya, MD, PhD, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

ID007 - The Diagnostic Yield of Universal Pathogen Detection by Next-Generation Sequencing Compared to the Standard of Care in Patients with Pneumonia
Brittany A. Young, MD, PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Microbiome Changes with Infectious Complications During Stem Cell Transplantation
Ying Taur, MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

The Intestinal Virome: From Chronic Inflammation to Bacteriophage Therapy Targeting Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Breck A. Duerkop, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

CRISPR/Cas9 Targeting and Inactivation of Viral DNA Genomes
Bryan R. Cullen, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Programmable RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas Enzymes for RNA Detection and Therapeutics
Mitchell R. O'Connell, PhD, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

Opportunities and Challenges in Laboratory Stewardship: Leaders Apply Here
Gary Procop, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

The Role of Enterovirus D68 in Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Kevin Messacar, MD, University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Diagnosis of Enterovirus D68
Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD, University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

Christopher E. Mason, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA