Episode 1: Introducing NOMAD: Rapid Onsite Detection of Bacteria for Food Safety and Quality Assurance
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Rapid and accurate detection of microbial contamination is essential for maintaining food safety and product quality across modern production systems. Traditional laboratory-based testing methods provide reliable results, but they often require off-site analysis and extended turnaround times—limiting how quickly producers and inspectors can respond to potential microbial risks.
This webinar explores how advances in sequencing and microbiome analysis are improving the detection and characterization of bacteria in food products. Dr. Lawrence Goodridge will demonstrate how full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing can resolve complex microbial communities with species-level precision using dairy products such as milk and dairy powder as model systems.
Attendees will see how high-resolution microbial profiling can reveal pathogens, spoilage organisms, and contamination-associated microbes within a single working day.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how modern sequencing approaches can be used to detect and characterize microbes in food products
- Explore the role of microbiome analysis in identifying pathogens, spoilage organisms, and contamination sources
- Learn how species-level microbial profiling improves interpretation of food safety testing results
- Discover how faster microbial surveillance can support earlier intervention and stronger food safety strategies
