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Call for applications: FAO global meeting on Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) - Food safety and water surveillance within the One Health framework








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    Final Meeting Report: Technical Meeting on the impact of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on food safety management: within a One Health approach
    The 9th meeting of the Global Microbial Identifier (GMI9)
    2016
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    The 9th meeting of Global Microbial Identifier (GMI), which was preceded by a Technical Meeting on the impact of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for food safety management: within a One Health framework, was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy on 23- 25 May 2016. The Meeting was attended by 175 participants from 50 countries including 26 developing countries, highlighting the significant level of interest in the topic by many e xperts and government officials. WGS is a technology relevant to different sectors such as health, agriculture, food safety and medicine. Mulitsectoral collaboration, particularly in relation to sharing of data generated by this technology the technology is critical to optimizing its use. Key messages from the Technical Meeting are reported including the benefits and potential drawbacks of WGS, considerations for developing countries, issues around global data-sharing and key needs for global ac tions and potential roles of international organizations like FAO.
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    Technical meeting on the Impact of Whole Genome Sequencing on food safety management: Poster abstracts
    23 - 25 May 2016
    2016
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    On the occasion of the Technical Meeting on the impact of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on food safety management and the 9th meeting of the Global Microbial Identifier from 23 - 25 May 2016 in Rome, Italy, a poster session is held as an opportunity for experts to share and discuss their projects on the topic of WGS and food safety. The abstracts of all presented posters are compiled in this document. The topics of the posters range from research projects on WGS of specific microorganisms, devel oping national strategy to bring pathogen genomics into practice, different platforms for detection and analysis of foodborne outbreaks, to use of WGS in a factory environment. The poster session serves as a good platform for the participants of the Technical Meeting for further discussion and exchange of ideas on the topic of WGS for food safety.
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    Technical workshop on the use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for food safety management. Call for participation
    Rome, Italy, 18 – 20 April 2023
    2023
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