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Topic: Molecular

Chairs: t.b.c.

11:15 – 11:30 Efficient and easy preparation of stool specimens for molecular diagnostics without nucleic acid purification. – Tim Schuurman (Regionaal Laboratorium Medische Microbiologie Dordrecht-Gorinchem)

11:30 – 11:45 Tracking bacterial DNA load over time provides insights into the clinical course of bacteremia in ICU patients – Anna Wijen (MUMC+)

11:45 – 12:00 Multicenter evaluation of the EasySeq Full-Length 16S Sequencing kit for bacterial identification in clinical samples – Tim Severs (Isala)

12:15 – 12:30 The ESX-4 secretion system of Mycobacteria: a gateway to toxin release – Matthijs Ringeling (Vu Amsterdam)

12:30 – 12:45 A nanolitre-droplet microarray platform for high-throughput antibiotic discovery from streptomyces – Sten Hagen (Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) / TNO)