DATE: September 12, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDTIn the upcoming era of personalized medicine, there is a growing need for the development of rapid, sensitive, precise and accurate analysis of t...
Labroots and the Microbiology Planning Committee is bringing the microbiology research community together at the 5th Annual Event in the Microbiology and Immunology Virtual Event Series!...
With humans pushing to live further off Earth for longer periods of time, it is increasingly important to understand the changes that occur in biological systems during spaceflight whether th...
Background: The vast majority of all genes are contained within the genomes of the prokaryotes, including the eubacteria and the archaea. These largely single-cellular domains of life thus...
immunocompromised populations where the virus can cause systemic and even fatal infections. Indeed, we have shown that astrovirus infections are more prevalent than norovirus in our pediatric...
In contrast to other countries in Latin America, Peru had been notoriously spared by the global dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) until recently. Isolated ca...
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is an important pathogen causing severe diseases in dogs, including acute hemorrhagic enteritis, myocarditis and cerebellar disease. Cross-species transmission of CPV...
Traditional pathogen detection methods rely on the identification of pathogens known to be associated with a particular syndrome. In many cases, it involves complex methodology, lengthy proce...
Learning objectives:1. Metagenomic analysis is already complex, and complicated further by incomplete and non-standardized databases of known organisms2. Fungi may have their own 'mic...
Jonathan is a co-founder and the CEO of FitBiomics, a biotechnology startup that is sequencing the microbiome of elite athletes to identify and isolate next-generation probiotics for applicat...
MVRSION is a bench and informatic system which employs simultaneous weighted analysis eight of nine 16S hyper variable regions. We use Fluidigm Juno to amplify and index the these regions in...
Antibiotics have radically transformed our world by making previously incurable illnesses treatable. Millions of lives have been saved and our wellbeing significantly improved as a result. Th...
DATE: September 10, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTAfter new users become familiar with flow cytometry instrumentation and learn how to set up the instrument and acquire data, the next topic to ma...
DATE: September 10, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTNext generation sequencing of the immune repertoire allows detailed, sequence-specific insight into the immune system’s adaptive response...
DATE: September 10, 2019 TIME: 3:00pm CEST, 06:00am PT, 09:00am ET The assessment of cell health and cellular responses after experimental manipulation continue to be...
Stago EdVantage Virtual University is an educational platform that demystifies hemostasis testing with on-demand webinars and a virtual exhibit hall that explore basic and compl...
Standardization and harmonization have come a long way in the last 3 to 4 decades; however, standardization is imperfect. Laboratory professional need to recognize the limitations of some of...
DATE: September 5, 2019TIME: 12:00pm PDTAstrocytes are a major cell type in the mammalian CNS. They are involved in a number of essential processes such as synapse formation and functio...
DATE: September 5, 2019TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 4:00pm CEST PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) has gone through a massive evolution since its development in 1983. Besides it...
DATE: August 29, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT/ 12:00pm ET Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a cornerstone of modern biomedical research and biotherapeutics. Therefore, reproducibly obtai...
Date: August 27, 2019Time: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDTBackground: Clinical guidelines for H. pylori screening and post-treatment testing endorse the use of urea breath test (UBT), H. py...
DATE: August 27, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Immunotherapies targeting PD-1 or PD-L1 have proven remarkably effective for treating cancer in some patients, with considerabl...
DATE: August 27, 2019TIME: 08:00 AM PDTOur laboratory is exploring hypotheses about how lipid metabolism contributes to racial disparities in Alzheimer’s disease using comprehen...
LabRoots is pleased to announce a new addition to our virtual conference line up for 2019, Forensics & Toxicology! The exciting field of Forensics/Toxicology is focused on a blend of biology...
Standards setting is an important process for improving forensic science. Guidelines, minimum practice and best standards all have their place in forensic toxicology. This lecture will focus...
DNA profiling tools to teach undergraduate students about forensics generally utilize the PV92 Alu and D1S80 VNTR markers, but are both limited in scope. In contrast, advanced profiling syste...
Contemporary law enforcement has greatly expanded its ability to solve crimes by the adoption of advanced forensic techniques, electronic monitoring and new approaches in crime scene procedur...
The incidence of conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, and cancer have increased substantially in the past 30 years. The human genome has not changed in that period of time, so the en...
Prediction of human response to chemical exposures is the primary challenge of pharmaceutical and environmental toxicology research. The complexity of human responses to xenobiotic exposures...