Please visit booth #407 at the upcoming ASM 2016 meeting in Boston, MA to learn about the many services and resources available at IGS.

Interested in hands-on training on the IGS free resources for prokaryotic genome annotation and analysis? Consider attending the “Do-it-yourself Microbial Genome Sequence Analysis” workshop at ASM 2016.

Check out our sequencing center and their blog.

Presentations by IGS researchers:

Presentation Title: Microbial Genomics: The Early Years
Authors: Claire M. Fraser, PhD.
Presentation Day/Time: Sunday June 19, 2016 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM

Posters:

Abstract Title: Analysis of Expanded Human Microbiome Project Data by the HMP Data Analysis and Coordination Center
Authors: C. McCracken, H. Creasy, J. Crabtree, J. Orvis, A. Brady, V. Felix, M. Giglio, A. Mahurkar, O. White
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Friday June 17, 2016 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Poster Board Number: FRIDAY-041

Abstract Title: Effect of Repetitive Applications of an Alcohol-based Nasal Antiseptic on the Nasal Vestibular Microbiota
Authors: E. F. Mongodin¹, L. Hittle¹, P. Nasipuri², E. W. Spannhake²;  _{1 Inst. for Genome Sci., Baltimore, MD, 2 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch. of Publ. Hlth., Baltimore, MD}
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Friday June 17, 2016 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Poster Board Number: FRIDAY-647

Abstract Title: Metatranscriptome Analysis to Study the Response of the Human Gut Microbiota to Live Oral-Attenuated Vaccines and Subsequent Challenge with Wild-Type Salmonella typhi
Authors: Y. Zhang¹, A. Brady¹, C. Jones¹, Y. Song¹, A. J. Pollard², M. B. Sztein¹, C. M. Fraser¹; _{1 Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD, 2 Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom}
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Friday June 17, 2016 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Poster Board Number: FRIDAY-633

Abstract Title: Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Escherichia coli Carrying Virulence Factors of Both EPEC and ETEC
Authors: Tracy H. Hazen, Sean C. Daugherty, Amol C. Shetty, James P. Nataro, and David A. Rasko
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Friday June 17, 2016 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Poster Board Number: FRIDAY-010

Abstract Title: Prokaryotic sequence analysis resources in the Analysis Engine
Authors: Suvarna Nadendla, Sean C. Daugherty, Ricky Shaun Adkins , Jonathan Crabtree, Sonia Agrawal, Amol Shetty, Owen White, Anup Mahurkar, Michelle Giglio
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Saturday June 18, 2016 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Poster Board Number: SATURDAY-657

Abstract Title: Dynamics of Escherichia coli from human populations in Tanzania
Authors: Taylor K. S. Richter, Tracy H. Hazen, Diana Lam, Christian L. Coles, Jessica C. Seidman, Yaqi You, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Claire M. Fraser and David A. Rasko
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Saturday June 18, 2016 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Poster Board Number: 665

Abstract Title: Comparative Transcriptomics of Acinetobacter Species Exposed to Multiple Classes of Antimicrobials
Authors: Tracy H. Hazen, Sean C. Daugherty, Amol C. Shetty, Kemi Abolude, J. Kristie Johnson, Anthony Harris, and David A. Rasko
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Saturday June 18, 2016 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Poster Board Number: SATURDAY-005

Abstract Title: Sequence-Based Analysis of Human MicroRNA Expression Associated with Dynamic Vaginal Microbiota
Authors: Steven Smith and Jacques Ravel
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Saturday June 18, 2016 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Poster Board Number: 527

Abstract Title: Comparative Transcriptomics of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolates in Response to Bile
Authors: J. R. Sistrunk, J. Sahl, F. Qadri, J. Fleckenstein, D. Rasko
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Saturday June 18, 2016 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Poster Board Number: SA-004

Abstract Title: The Use of Comparative Genomics to Characterize the Diversity of Acinetobacter baumannii in a Health Care Institution
Authors: L. Wallace, S.C. Daugherty, S. Nagaraf, J. Johnson, A.D. Harris, and D.A. Rasko
Poster Presentation Day/Date/Time: Sunday June 19, 2016 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Poster Board Number: 313