Using MicrobeTrace to Integrate and Visualize Sequence and Epidemiologic Data

Join us for an overview and live demonstration of MicrobeTrace: a free, intuitive, web-based, standalone tool that can be used to integrate and explore genetic and epidemiologic data. We will provide a live overview of MicrobeTrace and demonstrate how MicrobeTrace was used in Washington state to investigate a multi-county outbreak of E. coli linked to pasteurized yogurt in 2021.

Featured Speakers

Anupama Shankar, MS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Soyeon Lippman, PhD, MS, MPA
Foodborne and Enteric Disease Epidemiologist
Washington State Department of Health

Learning Objectives

  • Gain introductory knowledge of how MicrobeTrace is used to integrate and visualize epidemiologic information and pathogen genetic analysis
  • Describe how MicrobeTrace was used to analyze and visualize the 2021 E. coli outbreak linked to pasteurized yogurt
  • Identify resources to learn more about MicrobeTrace
Date/time 
Thursday, August 11, 2022, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PDT