ASM NGS Scientific Program
The ASM NGS Conference offers a comprehensive scientific program covering the most current topics in microbial next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics. Join us to hear from leading experts on the latest research, including challenges and opportunities in NGS, applications in clinical microbiology and advancements in bioinformatics pipelines.
In addition to the scientific program, access the Poster PDF to find detailed information on poster content and scheduling, helping you plan effectively and ensure you catch the posters most relevant to your interests each day.
Program Schedule
Note: The following schedule is a long-form comprehensive look at the meeting, including session times, speakers and topics. Continental breakfast will be provided on Oct. 14-16 and luncheon will be provided on Oct. 14 and 15.
For a quick overview of conference sessions and other events, please visit our Schedule-at-a-Glance.
Jump to Day:
Sunday, October 13
| 5–7 p.m. |
Opening Keynote Session
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| 7–8:30 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
Monday, October 14
| 8–8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–10 a.m. |
Scientific Session 1: Epidemiological Cues: NGS in Clinical and Public Health °®¶¹´«Ã½Moderator: Duncan MacCannell, Ph.D., MBT, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| 10–10:15 a.m. |
Morning Break |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. |
Scientific Session 1 Continued: Epidemiological Cues: Oral Abstract PresentationsModerator: Sofonias Tessema, Ph.D., Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. |
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Lunch & Learn
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| 1:15–2:45 p.m. |
Scientific Session 2: Bridging silos: Exploring mechanisms for collecting and sharing microbial genomic data for fostering interoperabilitySession Moderator: Ruth Timme, Ph.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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| 2:45–5:15 p.m. |
Poster Session #1 with Refreshments |
| 5:15–6:30 p.m. |
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Oral Abstract PresentationsSession Moderator: Arjun Prasad, Ph.D., National Center for Biotechnology Information |
Tuesday, October 15
| 8–8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–10 a.m. |
Scientific Session 3: Microbial Chatter: Microbial ecology in health and diseaseSession Moderator: Timothy Read, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
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| 10–10:15 a.m. |
Morning Break |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. |
Scientific Session 3 Continued: Microbial Chatter: Oral Abstract PresentationsModerator: Daria Van Tyne, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh |
| 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. |
Lunch & Learn Presentations
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| 1:15–2:45 p.m. |
Scientific Session 4: Secret Ingredient: NGS to Uncover the Role of Microbes in Agricultural and Food SystemsSession Moderator: Jasna Kovac, Ph.D., Penn State University
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| 2:45–5:15 p.m. |
Poster Session #2 with Refreshments |
| 5:15–6:30 p.m. |
Scientific Session 4 Continued: Secret Ingredient: Oral Abstract PresentationsModerator: Jasna Kovac, Ph.D., Penn State University |
Wednesday, October 16
| 8–8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–10 a.m. |
Scientific Session 5: Pipe Dreams: Analytical Methods, Bioinformatic Tools, and PipelinesModerator: Todd Treangen, Ph.D., Rice University
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| 10–10:15 a.m. |
Morning Break |
| 10:15–11:15 a.m. |
Scientific Session 5 Continued: Pipe Dreams: Oral Abstract PresentationsModerator: Julie Dunning Hotopp, Ph.D., University of Maryland |
| 11:15–11:45 a.m. |
Meeting Wrap-UpElodie Ghedin, Ph.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NGS 2024 Program Committee Chair |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Depart Conference or Lunch on Own Before NCBI Workshop |
| 12:30–5 p.m. |
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Post-Conference Workshop (advance registration required)
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Post-Conference Session
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Post-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 12:30-5 p.m. ET
Participants will be familiar with the tools and components to analyze and download isolate, AST and MicroBIGG-E Map data using the NCBI Pathogen Detection web interface and will learn how to utilize BigQuery SQL to analyze data in bulk using NCBI Pathogen Detection data in Google Cloud.
Learning objectives for the workshop:
- Learn about available NCBI Pathogen Detection data on the web and via the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including antimicrobial resistance data.
- Learn how to use NCBI DataSets web and programmatic interfaces to obtain genome datasets for prokaryotes and viruses, including genome, transcript and protein sequences, as well as annotation files and detailed metadata.
- Become familiar with searching for pathogen genomic data in SRA via the web browser and publicly available cloud tables, including both Normalized and SRALite formats, using the SRAToolkit and cloud native APIs.
2024 ASM NGS Conference Session Topics
Epidemiological Cues: NGS in Clinical and Public Health °®¶¹´«Ã½
Genomic sequencing and molecular epidemiology are indispensable tools for clinical reference diagnostics, public health surveillance outbreak detection and response. This session will discuss how sequencing is being used in clinical and public health microbiology and the challenges and successes in implementing these technologies successfully in routine and standard practice.
Bridging Silos: Exploring Mechanisms for Collecting and Sharing Microbial Genomic Data for Fostering Interoperability
Amassing large microbial genomic datasets has become turnkey. However, collecting rich contextual data, getting these datasets submitted to public or private repositories and extracting slices of these data across projects for broader analyses is still a barrier for advancing this field. This session will explore methods for improving contextual data and creating more interoperability between datasets and repositories.
Secret Ingredient: NGS to Uncover the Role of Microbes in Agricultural and Food Systems
Understanding microbial diversity and function in natural and built environments is critical for enhancing productivity, resilience and health of agricultural and food systems. NGS can uncover the role of microbes in soil, plant and animal health. It can also help pinpoint the origins of contamination events, antimicrobial resistance and other pathogen risks. This session will highlight genomic and microbiome research in environmental, veterinary and food microbiology. 
Microbial Chatter: Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease
Profiling microbial communities and their functional potential in human and animal hosts is critical to our understanding of host-microbe interactions in health and disease. This session will highlight omics approaches to characterize the microbiome and virome in human and animal studies, as well as novel integrative and interaction network analysis methods. This session will also include studies on pathogen genomics.
Pipe Dreams: Analytical Methods, Bioinformatic Tools and Pipelines
Recent technology advances have made whole-genome sequencing and other sequencing-based assays ubiquitous in modern microbiology. However, this shift in techniques is generating huge volumes of data that require computational analysis. This session covers new analytical methods and bioinformatics tools designed to surf the growing wave of genomic data.
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