Schedule

NMG 2025 Annual Fall Scientific Meeting | Nov 10, 6:00 p.m. EST – Nov 12, 5:00 p.m. EST Toronto, 686 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada

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Mon, Nov 10

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
2 hours
Monday Night Social
DoubleTree by Hilton

Tue, Nov 11

8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
50 minutes
Registration outside the 2nd Floor Gallery
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
10 minutes
Welcome and Introduction
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
1 hour
Comparison of Seegene Allplex and BD Max assays for Enteric Pathogens
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
30 minutes
Validation and implementation of a high-throughput qPCR assay
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
30 minutes
UC-TIB-FluA-GT: A Validated Approach for Influenza A Virus Subtyping
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
15 minutes
Remembrance Day Observation
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
30 minutes
Networking Break
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
30 minutes
Empowering Clinical Decisions: The Value of Multiplex Syndromic Testing at the Point-of-Care
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
30 minutes
Innovation in Sexual Health
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1 hour 15 minutes
Lunch
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1 hour
New molecular sample to answer system, customizable assays and flexible syndromic testing
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
30 minutes
Measles on the BD Max
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
30 minutes
Oxford Nanopore Sequencing for Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Decision-Making
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
1 hour 30 minutes
Metagenomics working group meeting - all welcome
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids

Wed, Nov 12

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
1 hour
Registration outside the 2nd Floor Gallery
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
1 hour
Molecular and genomics methods for the BC Avian Influenza Case
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
1 hour
The development and evaluation of dried urine strip for STI testing
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
30 minutes
Networking Break
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1 hour
Amplicon tiling vs. Probe capture debate
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
30 minutes
NMG Annual General Meeting
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1 hour
Lunch
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1 hour
Molecular Parasitology: Current Challenges and Innovations
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
1 hour 15 minutes
Tell Us About Your Laboratory
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
4:15 p.m. - 4:16 p.m.
1 minute
Official Close of Meeting