MSTA Workshop Agenda

Pre-Summit Microbial Source Tracking (MSTA) Workshop Agenda

Tuesday, October 17

9:00 AM

Sign-In

9:30 AM

Welcome, Introductions, Intake Survey

Maggie Petersen, Great Lakes Environmental Center

10:00 AM

MST 101

Nishita D'Souza, Michigan State Universit

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Round Table, Small Group Discussions

Who, What, Where, When, Why, How of your program

 

11:45 AM

Implementing MST

  • Study Design - Valerie "Jody" Harwood, University of South Florida
  • Interpretation and Implementation - John Griffith, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
  • Use case in Wisconsin - Jennifer Lavender Braun, Public Health Madison & Dane County
12:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM

Lab Tours/Demo Stations

  • Field Sampling
  • Sample Receipt
  • Colilert/Bactiquick
  • PCR
  • GLEC Tox/Chem Labs (Mailee)
1:45 PM

Round Table, Small Group Discussions

Topics: New marker development, pinpointing sources more granularly, emerging research areas

 

3:10 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Final Breakout Discussions: Next Steps and Resources

Discussion with available resources, contacts for more information, and emphasis on pipetting skills.
4:15 PM

Summary and Closing

4:30 PM

Adjourn