Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009

OGI partnered with the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to host a focused workshop entitled:  Barcoding - Towards a DNA PDA.  This one-day event brought together 30 invited participants to discuss the creation of an integrated DNA barcoding device to enable rapid, accurate and inexpensive on-site identification of any species.  Participants included international leaders in genomics and technology development as well as potential end users of a barcoding device.

Click below to access the presentations from the event:

From Life to Device:  Some Dimensionalities of Barcoding.
Dr. Paul Hebert, University of Guelph

Assembling DNA barcodes.
Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei, University of Guelph

The new era of genomics
Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi, Illumina

Automated sample preparation for barcoding, portable sample-to-answer DNA sequencing and sample preparation for next generation sequencing.
Dr. Stevan Jovanovich, Microchip Biotechnologies

Bringing DNA Barcoding to Market.
Dr. Paul Piunno, Safeguard Biosystems

Potential utilizations of a portable DNA Barcoder.
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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