Maria Hoffmann
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, USA
Biography
At CFSAN (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), Dr. Ottesen has served as a Research Area Coordinator for Metagenomics and Food Microbiomes since
2009 in the Molecular Methods and Subtyping Branch (MMSB) of the Division of Microbiology. Ottesen’s work focuses on supporting source tracking programs
such as GenomeTrakr by providing molecular fi ngerprints to contribute to source tracking efforts as well as describe the microbial farm to fork continuum to identify
critical control points for food safety. She is also working to implement a MetaGenomeTrakr program to expedite source tracking and continue to provide baseline
microbial profi les for food and food ecologies.
Abstract
Abstract : Applied genomics approaches for understanding pathogenic and benefi cial microbes from farm to fork