Welcome to Labroots 1st Annual Event in the Microbiology Virtual Event Series! Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms The event is now available on-demand and you can attend sessions including keynotes sessions by Dr. Phil Stewart, Dr. Jack A. Gilbert, and Dr. Lance R. Peterson. Although much is now known in the field of microbiology, some suggest that we have studied only one percent of all of the microbes in any given environment.
Attendees can earn free CME and CE Credits while watching an impressive group of presenters who will discuss a range of topics for this year's conference including:
• Global Regulatory Pressure on Product Preservation
• Biofilms
• Emerging Infections
• Microbiome
Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. You can participate in exactly those parts which you are interested in and be back at your desk or bench in an instant. Virtual events remove time and place restrictions and ensure that everyone who wants to participate can do so. This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global clinical community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.
Continuing Education
The following are continuing medical education (CME) learner objectives that attendees should be able to do as a result of participating in this activity.
Clinical Scientist in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular, Pathology Consultants of South Broward, LLP, Memorial Healthcare System
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota, and Director of Clinical Microbiology, Hennepin Medical Center
Senior Manager, NGS Applications, DNASTAR
Associate Global Product Manager, QIAGEN
Staff Applications Scientist, SCIEX
Epidemiologist, North Shore University Health System, Clinical Professor, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Applications Director, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Associate Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations, Research Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Medicine / Infectious Diseases Director, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center Associate Director, UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laborat
Advanced Testing Laboratory of Cincinnati Ohio
Environmental Microbiologist, Department of Biosciences, Argonne National Laboratory - Associate Professor, University of Chicago Departments of Ecology&Evolution and Surgery - Senior Scient
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiology at the Biology and the Built Environment Center at University of Oregon
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine - Director, Bioinformatics and Microbial Ecology, Texas Children's Microbiome Center
Principal Investigator, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Manager, Sterility Assurance Research Center, Baxter Healthcare
Manager, Microbiology, The Sherwin-Williams Company
VP Global Microbiology and Fermentation, Estee Lauder Companies
Science Journalist and Author
President, Steinberg & Associates, Inc
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University
Medical Director, Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
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