RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
PhD student Samuel Bloomfield presents genomic analysis of Salmonella outbreak at ASM Microbe conference
From the 1st to the 5th of June, 2017 IDRECs Samuel Bloomfield attended the ASM Microbe conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. During the conference Samuel attended a workshop on new bacterial genomics software (PATRIC), networked with a large number of experts performing similar work, and presented some of his work on Salmonella.
The presentation was entitled: Genomic analysis of a decade-long outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT160 in New Zealand. Travel,registration and accommodation for this conference were funded by the IVABS travel fund.