It’s an absolute honor to work with this team of exceptional medical laboratory professionals

Thank you to the thousands of laboratorians who serve as the foundation for public health preparedness and response and for everyday prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease for patients across the country. #ThePowerOfKnowing #LabWeek

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There's a few days left (April 8) for ASCP Award nominations! Consider honoring a deserving colleague ascp.org/content/get-in…

Awesome to see this assay come to life! I learned so much working on the early phases of development with the Mayo Clinic Labs R&D team. Years later, a cutting edge diagnostic for tick-borne bacteria is clinically available. Interested to see what it teaches us about #TBD .

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#whatimreading Perfect timing for our 4th SARSiversary week (first in-house test live Penn Path & Lab Medicine ), an AMAZING 🤩 review of everything SCV2 testing. Anyone else experience the full range of emotions reliving these moments?

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#whatimreading WGS is getting cheaper, making the ROI better. Not to mention the reduced HAIs, antibiotic days, and IPC resources, ultimately leading to lives saved. Is WGS the next frontier in patient safety? medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Happening Now! EasternPABranchASM 808th monthly lecture with Christoph Thaiss ThaissLab

#whatimlisteningto Is Lophomonas a Pathogen?
Bonus: The hosts drop a 🕵️ to an upcoming event. What could it be? 🤔 asm.org/podcasts/edito…

Federal Oversight of Laboratory-Developed Tests | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

What are the current NGS-based applications in infectious disease diagnostics? What are some limitations and opportunities for innovation? Check out this short #viewpoint 🤓in Journal of Clinical Investigation. Thanks to SimnerLab for collaborating on this article! 👊

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Status check: next-generation sequencing for infectious-disease diagnostics: buff.ly/3I3C1vm
Kyle G. Rodino, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP) SimnerLab
Penn Medicine Johns Hopkins Medicine

Congrats to Andrew Marques and the team on their paper on SARS-CoV-2 evolution during long term infection. Preferential accumulation of mutations in spike. PMID: 38364100

Only two days left to apply for the Peggy Cotter ASM Microbe Travel Award. Deadline on Monday 2/19 at midnight. Application details on our website epaasm.org

Please join us for the 808th monthly meeting on February 26, featuring Christoph Thaiss ThaissLab. Program details epaasm.org #PhiladelphiaScience ASM

Pulled pork, eastern NC sauce, slaw, Mac and cheese… Let’s go Tar Heels! #gdtbath

Back from ⁦ASM⁩ Clin Micro Open ‘24. ~36 hours of discussing the future of our field with clinical and industry leaders. As always, one of the best meetings of the year.

#whatimreading Editorial: Integration of NGS in clinical and public health microbiology workflows: applications, compliance, quality considerations frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…