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Microbiology Seminar Schedule Overview:
(All in Microbiology Lab 317)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 1:00-5:00 PM
Wednesday, June 23, 2010; 9:00 – 5:00 PM
Co-chairs: Don H. Bark, Margaret Davis, US Food and Drug Administration, Bothell, WA/ Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Laboratory Training Schedule Overview

(Description of Microbiology Training Here)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 1:00-5:00 PM

1:00-5:00* Microbiology goes Molecular. PCR Pathatrix Training.
Instructors: Jinxin Hu, Ph.D., and Santos Camara, Food & Drug Administration, Pacific Regional Laboratory Northwest, Bothell, WA.
Marcie van Wart, Matrix MicroScience.

*Depending on lab activities there will be a 15 min coffee break scheduled sometime between 2:30 and 3:30 PM (refreshments, cookies, and fruit)

Seminar and Laboratory Training Schedule
Wednesday, June 23, 2010; 9:00 – 5:00 PM

9:00-10:15 Pathatrix – Matrix Microscience follow up, Jinxin Hu, Ph.D., Santos Camara – Food & Drug Administration, Pacific Regional Laboratory Northwest, Bothell, WA
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Video and discussion on challenges to maintaining emergency preparedness for diagnostic and food safety laboratories.
11:00-12:00 Pathogen Detection System for Real-Time PCR Detection of E. coli O157:H7. Sharron Henee, Justin Liao, Ph.D. Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA 94404
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:20* Applied Biosystems Continued: Sample Preparation: DNA Extraction & PCR Set Up.
3:30-5:00 Thermocycler Description and Analysis of Extracted Samples.

*Depending on lab activities there will be a 15 min coffee break scheduled sometime between 2:30 and 3:30PM (refreshments, cookies, and fruit)

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Soil and Environmental Chemistry Seminar

Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 1:15 – 4:00 pm. Chair: Yash P. Kalra, Edmonton, AB, Canada

1:15 – 2:15 High Throughput Microwave Digestion to provide individual control for every sample . Sean DeHan, CEM Corporation, Mathews, NC.
2:15 – 3:15 Pipetting, Ergonomics and You , Erin Bordeau, Rainin Instrument, Woburn, MA.
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 -4:00 Methods for the determination of soil pH. Yash P. Kalra, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Pesticides and Industrial Contaminants Seminar.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010; 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Chair: Fred Krick, FDA (retired)

9:30 – 9:55 Novel Enzymatic Determination of Melamine in Food and Chemical Samples. Joe Krebs, BIOOScientific, Austin, Texas
9:55-10:15 Targeted Pesticide Analysis at FDA: A Comparison of GC/MS/MS to GC/MS with Selected Ion Monitoring. Greg Mercer, FDA, Bothell, Washington.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:55 Automation Solutions for the Extraction and Clean-up of Residues from Food and Water. Michael Halvorson, Gilson, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin.
10:55-11:20 QuEChERS Modification and Optimization. John Kibbey, Washington State Dept. of Agriculture, Yakima, WA.
11:20-11:45 High temperature GC-inlet Effects on Luke Extract of Kava Powder.
Pal Mayasandra and Greg Mercer, FDA, Bothell, Washington.
11:45-12:00 Discussion

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Marine Toxins Seminar and Paralytic Shellfish Toxins Training Lectures.

June 23, 2010; 1:00 – 5:00 PM.
Full Schedule Here,

(These lectures available to all Annual Meeting attendees, but PST Laboratory held off-site at the Washington State Public Health Laboratory in Shoreline WA, June 24-25, 2010, additional registration and fees).