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In this talk, I will use examples from my research using big data analytics to define ideals of precision medicine and digital health across a variety of diseases. Specifically, I will i...
Challenges in achieving comparability, reproducibility and accuracy in biological assays has driven a demand for improved confidence in measurements that support development of regenerative m...
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...
Much has been made in the popular press about importance of our "genes" in everything from our weight, intelligence, and our risk of disease. While there is a scientific basis...
Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are now widely recognized as a clinical symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and research into the microbiome-gut-brain axis is beginning to reveal the i...
Launched in early 2015, the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) takes advantage of the progress made in genomic testing – progress largely driven by rapid advances in DNA sequencing tec...
The starting point for an interaction between a patient and a clinician is almost always a set of clinical facts (aka a phenotype). Phenotype-first medicine is the standard way in which the p...
Recent advances in DNA sequencing have now made it possible to characterize genomes, transcriptomes and even methylomes which is transforming both basic research and clinical practice. Whole...
DATE: February 7, 2017TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ETIn this webinar, Jeffrey G. Reid, PhD, Executive Director and Head of Genome Informatics at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, will sh...
DATE: February 1, 2017TIME: 8:00AM PT, 11:00AM ETIn this presentation the complementarity of various liquid phase bioseparation methods including capillary electrophoresis and liquid ch...
DATE: December 15, 2016TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 3:00pm London, 4:00pm CETPhage display is an increasingly popular, robust, and rapid method of antibody identification, particularly...
DATE: December 14, 2016TIME: 9:00 AM PT, 12:00 PM ETMicroarrays and nucleotide sequencers have become commonplace tools in current research, yet until now, equivalent technologies for p...
DATE: December 13, 2016TIME: 8:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM ETUnderstanding physiological mechanisms regulating growth and nutrient deposition in rainbow trout is central to establish production...
DATE: December 7, 2016TIME: 8:00am PT, 11:00am ET1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25[OH]2D) is the active, hormonal form of vitamin D. It is produced from its precursor (vitamin D) by two hyd...
DATE: November 23rd, 2016TIME: 8:00AM PT, 11:00AM ETThe structure of chromatin is critical for many aspects of cellular physiology and is considered to be the primary medium to store ep...
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The CellSimple™ Cell Analyzer enables quick and easy research assays, including functional cell-based assays, cell-model...
We describe a novel method to measure 1,25(OH)2D. Briefly, this method was built on four pillars: (1) the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR)`s ligand binding domain (LBD) as a capture mol...
There have been significant increases in emergency room visits across the US and delays in the ED leads to poor outcomes. There is an association between waiting times and short term mo...
Breast cancer is a complex heterogeneous disease, with each subtype characterized by distinct clinical features and molecular alterations. The heterogeneity of breast cancer has presented mas...
Laboratory tests come into existence through a variety of processes but regardless of the genesis all share a certain set of requirements. These include discovery, development, validation, re...
The recent Zika virus outbreak highlights the need for low-cost diagnostics that can be rapidly developed for distribution and use in pandemic regions. In early 2016 we developed a pipe...
Liquid chromatography high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) is becoming increasingly popular in the clinical research laboratory. It can offer higher throughput and sup...
The aim of the learning healthcare system is to leverage data stored in the electronic health record (EHR) to gain insights into and improve healthcare delivery. Laboratory testing represents...
Fusion genes are hybrid genes formed by the fusion of two separate genes. Translocation, interstitial deletion and chromosomal inversions are some of the genetic events that can lead to the f...
Sanger sequencing and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods have been the standard molecular methods in clinical diagnostics for decades. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology r...
Core or central laboratory are facing several challenges. First, the management and operations of a successful modern laboratory is a real complex exercise, with multiple pre- and post-analyt...
In this talk, I will use examples from my research using big data analytics to define ideals of precision medicine and digital health across a variety of diseases. Specifically, I will i...
