Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
| Chair - George Weinstock | ||
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | Welcome Dennis Mangan Francis Collins George Weinstock | |
| 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Introductions During the introductions, we would like each invited scientific consultant to briefly describe what s/he is doing in this area and what will be the major challenges in a Human Microbiome Project. | |
| What is the Human Microbiome Project? | ||
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Why would we want to sequence all the microbes in the human body? Jeff Gordon | |
| 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Summary from the Paris meeting George Weinstock | |
| 5:45 pm - 6:05 pm | What organisms should be included in a Human Metagenome Project? | |
| 6:05 pm - 6:30 pm | Which body sites should be sampled? | |
| 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | What technology development is needed? | |
| Implementation Topics | ||
| 7:20 pm - 7:40 pm | Relative roles and timing of sequencing cultivable organisms and sample sequencing | |
| 7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Data management - Do we need a central data coordinating center? | |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Potential Partners - Federal Agencies - International groups - Private Sector | |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Rough estimate of cost for a pilot project | |
| 8:45 pm - 9:30 pm | Open discussion - Next steps/conclusions | |
| 9:30 pm | Adjourn | |
