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This is a recording of a session from the AMP 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo. Purchase the entire AMP Annual Meeting & Expo 2018 Recordings for a significant discount!
Have you ever been curious to know what microorganisms you are harboring on your mobile phone? If so, this interactive event is what you've been waiting for. Similar to his past work mapping out the microbiome of the New York City Subway, Dr. Chris Mason and his team will be performing metagenomic sequencing on mobile phone samples of volunteers at the beginning of the meeting and the data will be presented during this session.
Metagenomic Mapping of the Phones of AMP 2018
Christopher E. Mason, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Objectives:
- Review the methodology used for metagenomic analysis of environmental samples.
- Determine the microbiome of AMP attendee's mobile phones and discuss the degree of microbial diversity.
- Discuss the significance of mapping out the community of microorganisms that inhabit public spaces.
Duration: 1.50 hr
Recording Date: November 3, 2018
Last day to purchase: December 31, 2021
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