S18-530 MULTIPLEXED DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL NUCLEIC ACIDS USING SPECTRALLY ENCODED BEADS Researchers at Stanford and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub have developed a platform for characterizing a population of microbes using spectrally encoded beads. Polly Fordyce Huy Nguyen Adam White Tyler Shimko Feiqiao Brian Yu Nadya Andini Samuel Yang Gaeun Kim