Cancer diagnostics often begin with a biopsy and histopathologic examination, from the basis of physical examination and medical history. Sometimes the first indication is an abnormal laboratory test result (eg, anemia resulting from colon cancer).
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The human genome encodes 25,000 genes. But the biological complexity inherent in polygenic traits is a clear sign that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Genes, gene products, a...
Currently over 95 % of pharmaceutical products and transport fuels are derived from petroleum. Sustainable alternatives are critical to achieving net-zero emissions without detriment to qual...
Date: March 29, 2022 Time: 09:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 17:00 (GMT) Advances in molecular and immunodiagnostics are enabling a personalized, high-precision approach to health in many clin...
Date: March 24, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 4:00pm (GMT) Key to precision oncology is the development of expert databases that organize and standardize information on cancer-rel...
Date: March 08, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CEST) SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19, a potentially lethal viral infection that can cause sever...
Date: March 01, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CEST) The high mortality of COVID-19 is mostly attributed to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), whose histopathologic...
Date: February 24, 2022 Time: 08:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Fume hoods are often the largest consumers of energy in a lab space and are consequent...
High-throughput sequencing technology such as RNASeq and whole genome sequencing has enabled deep characterization of health and disease states. Biomarker discovery by these means has only h...
Cancer still accounts for nearly 1 in every 4 deaths worldwide. New immunotherapies have the power to induce durable responses in patients with fatal cancers, but only a small percentage of...
Date: January 20, 2021 Time: 08:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Automated staining platforms and digital slide scanners have revolutionized tissue-based biomarker research by providing a powerful...
Date: January 20, 2022 Time: 16:00am (PST), 9:00pm (EST) Patient Blood Management (PBM) as defined by the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management refers to “the timely applicat...
Date: December 08, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) In an effort to contain the spread of multidrug resistant nosocomial infections with Candida auris ( C. auris ), the BayCare Laborat...
Date: December 07, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST) The RNAscope™ technology allows high sensitivity and spatial resolution providing pivotal single-cell information to gain better insights in...
Date: November 30, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) In the recent years, measurable residual disease (MRD) assessment on multiple myeloma patients has gained increasing relevance. After...
Date: November 16, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The unique suppressive function of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) makes them an interesting target cell population to study. In rec...
Date: November 10, 2021 Time: 10:00am PST Conjugated antibodies and proteins are some of the most powerful and commonly used probes currently used in life sciences research. Understanding th...
Across oncology applications, from research to molecular testing and pharmaceutical development, the ability to identify potentially actionable genetic alterations and exploit the molecular...