Genomic strategies to bring innovation in Public health to improve surveillance
14:00-14:05 Welcome
14:05-14:20 Dr Ir Nancy Roosens, Dr Ir Sigrid De Keersmaecker and Dr Kevin Vanneste
How are we bringing innovation in public health?
14:20-14:40 Dr Marie-Alice Fraiture, Dr Jolien D’aes
Genomic strategies to track unauthorized genetically modified microorganisms in fermentation products used in the food chain.
14:40-15:00 Dr Bert Bogaerts
Detecting potentially harmful bacteria in commercial food & feed products using genomics: a case study on B. cereus in vitamin B2 additives.
15:00-15:20 Dr Florence Buytaers
Keeping our food safe: the use of sequencing technologies for foodborne outbreak investigations.
15:20-15:40 Dr Mathieu Gand
Food safety, from farm to fork: new opportunities given by on-site real-time sequencing for diagnosis and surveillance.
15:40-16:00 Dr Laura Van Poelvoorde
Uncovering the potential of genomic wastewater surveillance for detecting SARS-COV-2 and its variants.
16:00-16:20 Dr Ir Sigrid De Keersmaecker
Impact of food on public health: future integration of microbiome analysis in public health surveys.
16:20-17:00 Discussion with panelists