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
NGS bait capture versus amplicon tiling
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. - 4:00 p.m.
1 hour
Tell Us About Your Laboratory
Peter Gilgan Centre SickKids
4:15 p.m. - 4:16 p.m.
1 minute
Official Close of Meeting

Schedule

Mon, Nov 10

Monday Night Social

Tue, Nov 11

Registration outside the 2nd Floor Gallery

Welcome and Introduction

Comparison of Seegene Allplex and BD Max assays for Enteric Pathogens

Validation and implementation of a high-throughput qPCR assay

UC-TIB-FluA-GT: A Validated Approach for Influenza A Virus Subtyping

Remembrance Day Observation

Networking Break

Empowering Clinical Decisions: The Value of Multiplex Syndromic Testing at the Point-of-Care

Innovation in Sexual Health

Lunch

New molecular sample to answer system, customizable assays and flexible syndromic testing

Measles on the BD Max

Oxford Nanopore Sequencing for Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Decision-Making

Metagenomics working group meeting - all welcome

Wed, Nov 12

Registration outside the 2nd Floor Gallery

Molecular and genomics methods for the BC Avian Influenza Case

The development and evaluation of dried urine strip for STI testing

Networking Break

NGS bait capture versus amplicon tiling

NMG Annual General Meeting

Lunch

Molecular Parasitology: Current Challenges and Innovations

Tell Us About Your Laboratory

Official Close of Meeting