PPCDL/Beltsville - Phytophthora 101 Workshop

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  • 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.

PPCDL/Beltsville - Bioinformatics Module SS (Sanger Sequencing) Workshop

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  • 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.

PPCDL/Beltsville - Best laboratory Practices Workshop

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  • Dates offered: February 21, 2023
  • Maximum course enrollment: unlimited
  • Length of time: 2-3 hours - virtual

The good laboratory practices and quality management systems workshop is being offered for the first time in 2023.  The workshop will be held virtually and will be a prerequisite for all other NPDN trainings this year.  The quality management portion of the lecture will discuss quality management systems vs ISO 17025 accreditation and the importance of record management in all aspects of quality management.  The g

PPCDL/Beltsville Workshops 2023

We are pleased to announce the 2023 PPCDL-Advanced Diagnostic Workshops hosted by the Scientists of the Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostic Laboratory (PPCDL) in Laurel, Maryland. After a 2-year pause, we have planned for the return of in-person workshops. The planning team has developed a schedule that offers a wide variety of topics and delivery methods…nine topics in all…and both in-person and virtual workshops.

Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens (formerly Soil Fungus Conference)

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After one year of cancellation and two years of meeting remotely in 2021 and 2022, we will meet in-person in Salinas, CA in March 2023.

Local arrangements: JP Dundore-Arias (jdundorearias@csumb.edu) and Peter Henry (Peter.Henry@usda.gov). Program Chair: Kelly Ivors, kelly.ivors@driscolls.com 

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