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APR 02, 2020 | 8:30 AM

Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infections: Current Status

The ongoing unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China has highlighted the necessity for readily available, accurate and rapid diagnostic...

Speaker: Yi-Wei Tang, MD, PhD, F(AAM), FIDSA

Presented at: Coronavirus Series

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APR 02, 2020 | 2:30 PM

COVID-19 Total Solutions for Detection and Surveillance

BGI group has been at the forefront in the fight against covid-19. Starting from building a lab in Wuhan, sequencing first 2019-nCoV virus genome and offering RT-PCR and sequencing based det...

Speaker: Subodh Nimkar , Pan Zhang, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: BGI Americas, MGI Americas

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OCT 11, 2023 | 7:00 AM

Exploring the Possibilities of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification

Embark on an enlightening journey through the intricate landscape of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology. Unveil the ingenious mechanism of rapid DNA amplification under...

Speaker: Gintarė Gervaitytė, M.S.

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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JUL 26, 2023 | 8:30 PM

Automated image analysis reduces user-to-user variability in flow...

Differences in how users gate populations within experiments are major sources of variability in flow cytometry data analysis. Incorporating automated image analysis can substantially reduce...

Speaker: Erin Taylor

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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FEB 14, 2019 | 1:30 PM

Organs On a Chip: A Revolution in Drug Development?

Pharmaceutical research and development efforts are often both inefficient and suffer from a high attrition rate of drug candidates within the clinical phase of development. Most drug t...

Speaker: Gorm Yoder, PhD

Presented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2019

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NOV 15, 2018 | 4:00 AM

Generation and application of 3D-organoid cell culture models...

Development of physiologically relevant cellular models, with strong translatability to human pathophysiology, is critical for identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets. Cell...

Speaker: Ryan Hicks

Presented at: 6th annual 24 Hours of Stem Cells™ virtual event

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SEP 03, 2015 | 6:00 AM

MRSA Screening Program at a Community Healthcare System

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) continue to be a considerable problem for hospitals and healthcare institutions that can adversely affect patient outcomes and impact the financial bot...

Speaker: Rodney Arcenas, PhD, D(ABMM)

Presented at: Microbiology Virtual Event Series 2015

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FEB 22, 2017 | 10:30 AM

NGS live in your lab in 30 days

Identification of the many complex genetic aberrations associated with cancers, and deciphering their role in disease progression and response to treatment is one of the major challenges face...

Speaker: Salim Essakali , Yi Kong, Ph.D.

Presented at: Precision Medicine Virtual Event Series 2017

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JUN 03, 2025 | 8:00 AM

OEM Membrane Sealing and Handling Guidelines

This informative webinar focuses on sealing and handling guidelines of microporous materials used in medical devices. The methods covered during this presentation include heat sealing, ultra...

Speaker: Jacques Hestres

Sponsored By: Cytiva

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MAR 16, 2016 | 9:00 AM

Featured Speaker - Uncertainty, choice and dopamine

We routinely face decisions requiring evaluation and choice of different actions may or may not yield different types of rewards. These situations trigger competitive decision biases that ref...

Speaker: Stan Floresco, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2016

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NOV 12, 2015 | 6:00 AM

Laboratory Medicine: What should we be measuring?

As hospitals and healthcare systems move toward value-based care, new management systems are needed to measure and improve clinical processes. This presents both an opportunity and a ch...

Speaker: Brian Jackson

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2015

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AUG 30, 2023 | 8:00 AM

Catapult Your Cell Therapy Research Into the Clinic: Beyond Immuno-Oncology

In this third and final part of our translational cell and gene therapy webinar series we delve into cell therapy applications beyond immune oncology. Firstly, we will look into Miltenyi Bio...

Speaker: Dr. Viola Stella Palladino , Kirsten Langeveld , Dr. Chao Sheng

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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SEP 02, 2015 | 10:30 AM

Growing together: Lessons learned from the characterization of...

Advances in sequencing technology and increasing recognition of the importance of our microbial world have led to unprecedented discoveries in recent years with respect to the human microbiom...

Speaker: Emily Hollister, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Virtual Event Series 2015

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NOV 14, 2018 | 3:00 PM

Modeling Inflammation and Fibrosis in Humans with PSC-derived...

Neuronal migration defects, including pachygyria, are among the most severe developmental brain defects in humans. Using human genetics approaches, we recently identified bi-allelic truncatin...

Speaker: Takanori Takebe

Presented at: 6th annual 24 Hours of Stem Cells™ virtual event

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NOV 15, 2022 | 9:00 AM

Go with the flow for rapid viscosity results with Honeybun

Problem Measuring viscosity is critical to knowing if your protein and formulation will be well-behaved, or if they will really disrupt the flow of things during administration. Too bad most...

Speaker: Kevin Lance, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Unchained Labs

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NOV 11, 2015 | 1:30 PM

Why to validate diagnostic tests?

This lecture will provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to bring on new clinical laboratory tests in clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics. The lecture will provide a general...

Speaker: Wieslaw Furmaga, MD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2015

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MAY 29, 2014 | 7:30 AM

Identification of predictive biomarkers from high throughput drug...

One of the major challenges to oncology based drug discovery and development has been the limited or incremental impact that many targeted agents have exhibited in the clinic. Understanding a...

Speaker: Emma Bowden, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2014

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MAY 30, 2013 | 9:00 AM

Molecular Prognosis in the Management of Early Stage Lung Cancer

Survival rates for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unacceptably low compared to other common solid tumors. This mortality reflects a weakness in conventional staging, as...

Speaker: Michael J Mann, MD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2013

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FEB 05, 2014 | 10:00 AM

Building a better rat cage: The impact of color on the laboratory...

In the laboratory setting, rats are commonly housed in clear caging in brightly lit rooms. As their natural history suggests a preference for low-light conditions, this practice is likely str...

Speaker: Melissa Swan, RVT, AAS, RALAT

Presented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2014

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JUN 16, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Scientists Empowering Scientists: About Retinal Electrophysiology,...

Date: June 16, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Many researchers combine electrophysiological recordings with imaging applications, where a light source with high light...

Speaker: Telly Galiatsatos , Fatima Abbas, PhD , Jan Dolzer, PhD

Sponsored By: Sutter Instrument

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MAR 16, 2016 | 10:30 AM

Keynote Speaker - Regulation and Function of Neurogenesis in the...

In the adult central nervous system (CNS) small populations of neurons are formed in the adult olfactory bulb and dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. In the adult hippocampus, newly born neuron...

Speaker: Fred Gage, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2016

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DEC 11, 2018 | 10:00 AM

Combining Reichert's SPR Systems With Other Informative Techniques

DATE: December 11, 2018TIME: 11:00 PSTThis webinar will focus on how Reichert's Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) systems can generate additional valuable information that is not...

Speaker: Phillip Page, PhD , Mary Murphy, PhD

Sponsored By: Ametek

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FEB 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM

The Future of Preclinical Animal Models in Pharmaceutical Discovery...

Animal models have provided an important tool to help make the decision to take potential therapies from preclinical studies to humans. In the past several years, the strong reliance of the p...

Speaker: Jeffrey Everitt, DVM

Presented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2016

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MAY 06, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The use of massively parallel sequencing in Forensic DNA typing...

The current standard methodology in forensic DNA typing relies on amplification of short tandem repeat (STR) markers by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and allele sizes (i.e., length-bas...

Speaker: Nicole M.M. Novroski, PhD

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2020

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SEP 24, 2014 | 10:00 AM

The Promises and Challenges of Next-Generation Therapeutics

The ever-quickening pace of breathtaking advances in our understanding of disease biology has implicitly promised a profusion of drugs that will dramatically improve human health and well-bei...

Speaker: Greg Verdine, PhD

Presented at: Advances in Drug Discovery and Development

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MAR 11, 2020 | 6:00 AM

PANEL: The Neural Control of Locomotion, an Integrative Approach

The locomotion of humans and other animals requires a seamless flow of information from sensory modalities all the way to the motor periphery. As such, locomotion is an excellent system for...

Speaker: Michael Dickinson, PhD , Anthony Azevedo, PhD , Clare Howard, PhD , Luke Brezovec , Sasha Rayshubskiy , Emily Palmer

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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FEB 07, 2018 | 10:30 AM

Evaluation of Analgesia Efficacy in Postoperative Mice Using Novel...

The ability to rapidly and accurately identify pain in mice is critical for providing them optimal care and welfare. To meet this need, we developed and validated the Grooming Transfer Test (...

Speaker: Jennifer Lofgren, DVM, MS, DACLAM

Presented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2018

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