Clinical & Molecular DX Webinars

Advances in clinical laboratory techniques and molecular analysis are reshaping our approach to therapy and diagnosis. Explore emerging diagnostic technology and the latest insights in the microbial community in these webinars.

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NOV 09, 2022 | 1:30 PM

Panel Presentation: PCR Testing Reveals the SUC is Not So Golden...

In this webinar, Dr. Becky Winslow, infectious disease clinical scientist, details urinary tract infections’ incidence and impacts; the standard urine culture’s (SUC) technical c...

Speaker: Becky Winslow, BS, PharmD , Mayil Shanmugam, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 12:45 PM

From 50 to 500 genes: How to Scale to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling...

In the next five years, the majority of clinical diagnostic labs competing to offer NGS oncology testing will be performing comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP). Yet scaling to CGP introduc...

Speaker: Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: QIAGEN

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NOV 09, 2022 | 12:15 PM

Panel Presentation: HIV-1 Genotyping Targeting Integrase - Perspectives...

Globally, in 2020, 38 million people were living with HIV with an additional 1.5 million newly infected. During this period, 73% of those living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral therap...

Speaker: Kim Steegen, PhD, MSc , Natasha Wood, PhD , Steve Williams, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 11:30 AM

Developing Saliva-based Lateral Flow Immunoassays

With the revolution of lateral flow assay use in Point-of-Care and Over-the-Counter testing resulting from Covid-19, saliva has become an attractive sample matrix. To continue to grow latera...

Speaker: Andre Alfaro

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Fortis Life Sciences

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NOV 09, 2022 | 10:30 AM

Anticipating the Next Outbreak: Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and an Expanded...

With recent emergences in new infectious diseases and their variants, there is a need to develop faster and more specific analytical tools to detect different respiratory infectious diseases...

Speaker: Richard Gibson, PhD, MSc, BSc

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 10:00 AM

Pharmacogenomics in Precision Medicine: pathways to ease of adoption

Date: November 09, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) Over four billion prescriptions are issued each year in the US, many of which will cause adverse drug reactions and/or...

Speaker: Solomon Adams

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 9:45 AM

Panel Presentation: Pharmacogenomics: Post COVID-19 Expansion...

Due to the rapid emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, molecular diagnostic technologies have expanded significantly. Although several diagnostic approaches were developed, real-time reverse tr...

Speaker: Michael J. Donovan, Ph.D., JD , Mara G. Aspinall , Marilyn Owens, PhD, MBA

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 9:00 AM

Clinical and Operational Aspects of Measuring Hemoglobin A1c by...

Date: November 09, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CET) Hemoglobin A1c is used clinically as a biomarker for the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus. Various method...

Speaker: David G. Grenache, PhD, D(ABCC)

Sponsored By: Sebia, Inc.

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NOV 09, 2022 | 8:15 AM

Panel Presentation: Let's Get Back on Track - Perspectives from...

In this session, researchers, clinicians, and program implementers from four countries will address the disruption in continuity of care for PLHIV amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the conseque...

Speaker: Carlos Brites, MD, PhD , Mandisa Dukashe, MPH, PhD(c) , Olabanjo Okunlola Ogunsola, MBCHB, MPH, FWACP , Dr. Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza, MBChB, M.Sc, PhD , Obiageli Okafor, MD, DrPH, MPH, Moderator

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Addressing common challenges in lentiviral vector clarification...

Date: November 09, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CET) The field of cell and gene therapy is rapidly growing. In particular, the use of lentiviruses in CAR-T applications is...

Speaker: Carl Dargitz , Magda Tomala

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Sartorius

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NOV 09, 2022 | 7:30 AM

Keynote Presentation: Implementation of Serological and Molecular...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus that causes COVID-19 and has considerable variability in clinical outcomes among infected patients. The GENCOV stu...

Speaker: Jennifer Taher, Ph.D., FCACB

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:45 AM

How to Translate Complex Genomic Data to Clinically-Oriented Personalized...

The next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have led to shifting paradigms for hereditary cancers genetic testing. With the increasing sensitivity of new technologies and the reduction...

Speaker: Ana Krivokuca, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: QIAGEN

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Monkeypox: Current and Upcoming Diagnostic Tests & Biosafety Guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified monkeypox as a zoonosis, that is, a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. Since early May 2022, many instances of monkeypox have...

Speaker: Martha Hernández

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Equity in Laboratory Medicine

In spite of significant progress in disease diagnosis and treatment, racial and ethnic minorities experience lower quality of care and poorer outcomes for certain conditions than non-minorit...

Speaker: Christina Pierre, PhD, DABCC FAACC

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Tumor Markers as Cancer Screening and Surveillance Tools

Cancer is a heterogeneous but related group of diseases wherein cells in certain tissues of the body proliferate uncontrollably and eventually invade adjacent and distant tissues. The oldest...

Speaker: Vrajesh Pandya, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Monitoring Intact Light Chain of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies...

Each year, more monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are approved by regulatory agencies to treat a wide range of diseases with an expected market value of over $200 billion by 2026. The advantage o...

Speaker: Yvonne Song, PhD, BSc

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Accelerating Monkeypox and SARS-CoV-2 Virus Whole Genome Sequencing...

Rapid genomic surveillance of pathogens can provide valuable insights, in order to guide public health interventions. Novel workflows using nanopore technology enables for real-time sequenci...

Speaker: Anton van den Ouden

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 09, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Autoantibodies in Myositis: Clinical Importance and Current Laboratory...

Inflammatory myopathies are a group of rare diseases that are characterized by progressive muscle weakness due to chronic skeletal muscle inflammation. Classification of these rare diseases...

Speaker: Matthew Lafrenière, PhD

Presented at: Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series 2022

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NOV 07, 2022 | 9:00 PM

The Basics of Protein Analysis Topic 1: Fundamental of antibodies...

Date: November 8, 2022 Time: 1:00pm (SGT), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00am (CET) Antibodies are vital tools in many of the laboratory techniques that are used...

Speaker: Dr. Anthony Lim , Dr. Audrey Lim

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 03, 2022 | 7:00 AM

Prepare your lab for Flu Season with Multiplex PCR

Date: November 3, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) In this webinar, our speakers will provide an introduction into the epidemiology of influenza A/B, RSV, COVID-19, Aden...

Speaker: Lauren Miller , Peter Friebe, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 03, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Targeting The Glyco-immune Checkpoints, Siglecs, to Enhance Anti-Viral...

Date: October 13, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Most known immune checkpoints exert their effects upon protein-protein interactions, such as the PD1 checkpoint on CD...

Speaker: Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen

Sponsored By: GenScript

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NOV 02, 2022 | 7:00 AM

Unveil the inflammatory response with novel assays for protein...

Date: November 2, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) As part of the immune response, inflammation plays a vital role in the host defense and is dictated by the balance bet...

Speaker: Sigrun Badrnya, PhD

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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NOV 01, 2022 | 9:00 AM

Performance comparison of Bruker MBT Sepsityper® Kit US IVD for...

Date: November 1, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Rapid and efficient organism identification and antimicrobial susceptibility reports are paramount for patient survival...

Speaker: Lindsey Singer, MS

Sponsored By: Bruker Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics

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OCT 26, 2022 | 11:00 AM

COVID-19: looking ahead to winter 2022-23 and beyond

Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) To control and monitor the epidemiology and diffusion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV...

Speaker: Giuliana Lo Cascio

Sponsored By: Diasorin

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OCT 26, 2022 | 10:00 AM

PCR Testing Reveals the SUC is Not So Golden of a Standard of...

Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) In this webinar, Dr. Becky Winslow, infectious disease clinical scientist, details urinary tract infections’ inc...

Speaker: Becky Winslow, BS, PharmD , Mayil Shanmugam, PhD

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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OCT 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM

Applications of IR Biotyper®: Biosurveillance of Candida auris...

Date: October 25, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) Candida auris is a multi-drug resistant yeast that continues to be a global threat for infection and transmission in h...

Speaker: Dr. Deisy Contreras

Sponsored By: Bruker Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics

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OCT 20, 2022 | 11:00 AM

Procalcitonin (PCT) - Catalyst in Antibiotic Stewardship

Date: October 20, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Bacterial and viral infections produce a wide range of similar signs and symptoms leading often to the inappropriate u...

Speaker: Dr. James Neuenschwander MD, FACEP, FASAM

Sponsored By: Abbott

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