Event

• Dates offered: March 27 – 29, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 20
• Length of time: 3 days – virtual

The Bioinformatics Module HTS workshop is taught over 3 days and has both lecture and hands-on activities.

• Dates offered: March 27 – 28, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8
• Length of time: 2 days - in-person

The citrus canker molecular detection workshop is being offered in person for the first time in 2023. The workshop will have lecture and hands-on components. The lectures will cover the disease characteristics and an overview of citrus canker diagnostic testing at the USDA-APHIS-PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory (PPCDL).

• Dates offered: Two Sessions: March 16-17, 2023 or March 23-24, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 2 days per session - in-person

The isothermal amplification workshop for 2023 will be offered in-person and will have lecture and hands-on components.

• Dates offered: Two Session: March 6-8, 2023 or March 20-22, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 3 days per session - in-person

The Phytophthora 101 Workshop is a 3-day workshop that has lectures and hands-on components. The lectures include a review of Phytophthora ramorum, DNA extraction, the real-time PCR protocols using P. ramorum (ITS and Elicitin) and Phytophthora kernoviae (ITS1 and ITS2) as the targets, and interpretation of results.

• Dates offered: Two Sessions: March 16-17, 2023 or March 23-24, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 2 days per session - in-person

The isothermal amplification workshop for 2023 will be offered in-person and will have lecture and hands-on components.

• Dates offered: March 14-15, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8
• Length of time: 2 days - in-person

The Phytoplasmas Molecular Detection Workshop is a 2-day workshop that has lectures and hands-on components. The lectures include an introduction to phytoplasmas, their taxonomy and the disease symptoms associated with some of these bacterial pathogens of interest to APHIS PPQ.

• Dates offered: March 9-10, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8-10
• Length of time: 2 days - in-person

Day 1: Lecture & Demonstrations & Lab Exercise
Day 2: Laboratory Exercise

• Dates offered: Two Session: March 6-8, 2023 or March 20-22, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 3 days per session - in-person

The Phytophthora 101 Workshop is a 3-day workshop that has lectures and hands-on components. The lectures include a review of Phytophthora ramorum, DNA extraction, the real-time PCR protocols using P. ramorum (ITS and Elicitin) and Phytophthora kernoviae (ITS1 and ITS2) as the targets, and interpretation of results.

• Dates offered: March 2, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 20
• Length of time: 1 day - virtual

The TaqMan probe real-time PCR basics workshop is being offered for the first time in 2023.

• Dates offered: February 27, 2023 – March 01, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 20
• Length of time: 3 days - virtual

The Bioinformatics Module SS workshop is taught over 3 days and has both lecture and hands-on activities. The lectures will cover a range of sanger sequencing topics from primer design to introductory sequence analysis, as well as the molecular classification and diagnostics of a wide range of pathogens including bacteria, fungi, nematodes, Phytoplasmas, viruses and Phytophthora species.