7th Annual MetaSUB Conference
GLOBAL METAGENOMICS SUMMIT
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
November 18 - 21, 2022
We invite you to join the Global Metagenomics Summit
The 7th Annual Conference of the
Metagenomics and Metadesign of Subways and Urban Biomes (MetaSUB) International Consortium
November 18-21, 2022 in Miami Beach, FL
at the beautiful Fontainebleau hotel.
Speakers will include leaders in metagenomics research and global health policy from around the world, including from academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations
The last day of the meeting (Nov. 21) will focus on research on environmental metagenomics profiling and disease prevalence prediction using wastewater survellience, with presentations on ongoing research projects funded by the U.S.A. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics - Radical (RADx-rad) program.
Keynote talks will feature leaders from academia, industry, government, and non-profits who are established leaders in the fields of metagenomics and global health.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott Gottlieb, MD
23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Topics will include:
Global update on DNA and RNA virus mapping from MetaSUB and other groups (e.g. JGI, CDC)
Wastewater collection and processing methods and best practices
Bioinformatics tools for patient and environmental sampling
Microbial quantification, benchmarking, and variant tracking
Ethical, legal and social issues
Satellite Sessions
The MetaSUB conference will have 3 satellite sessions on the University of Miami campus on Friday, November 18, 2022, including:
1. Field demonstration of wastewater sample
collection and processing
2. Tour of biorepository and genomics shared resources that process and store wastewater samples and generate metagenomics data
3. Workshop on metagenomic analysis
Hotel Registration
We have reserved hotel rooms with the Fontainebleau Miami Beach where the conference will be held. Please reserve your rooms using this link or or call 1-800-548-8886 (group reservations press option) and mention The Global Metagenomics Summit. Should you have further questions they may reach out to reservations@fontainebleau.com. Deadline for hotel reservation is October 21, 2022 at 12pm EST.
Organizing Committee
The conference is being organized by a team from the University of Miami, Weill Cornell Medicine and the MetaSUB International Consortium. Organizing leads are Dr. Christopher Mason, George Grills, Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele, Krista Ryon and Maria Robertson.
Sponsors
