Coronavirus is a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals. COVID-19 is a new disease first identified in Wuhan China, caused by a new coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans. In COVID-19, "CO" stands for corona, "VI" stands for virus, and D stands for disease and the 19 indicates it was first discovered in 2019. The virus is related (but is not the same) to the SARS-associated coronavirus that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003.
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Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the value of infectious disease diagnostics. 2. Recognize the importance of home diagnostics. 3. Identify how better diagnostics leads to more resiliency to p...
Date: October 7, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, comprehensive characterization of humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 is essential. A...
Date: September 30, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Centrifugation is an indispensable laboratory application for separating and purifying a range of biological materials. Although a...
Date: September 27, 2021 Time: 3:00am (PDT), 6:00am (EDT), 12pm (CET) Experts are predicting an increase in influenza cases and a constant presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the shortly approaching i...
While providing indispensable insight into immune processes, the live cell imaging of immune cells poses unique challenges due to their non-adherent nature. Suspension cells such as immune c...
Date: September 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) For diagnostic testing, proper sample collection and transport play a pivotal role in the accurate and timely identification of a p...
For centuries, humans have become infected with endemic circulating Coronaviruses (hCoV), typically repeatedly throughout life. To understand how these respiratory infections establish CD4 T...
Self-amplifying RNA replicons are promising candidates for next generation vaccines against human coronaviruses with pandemic potential. Self-amplification of RNAs in host cells generates mo...
Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Sigma Metrics plays a critical role in laboratory medicine. Abbott is committed to helping your laboratory achieve excellence in clinica...
Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 10:00am PST The objectives of this presentation are (1) to review current and emerging SARS-CoV-2 serology applications, (2) to discuss variation among different SA...
Date: June 16, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) Large-scale wastewater surveillance can be used to help communities monitor infection dynamics for SARS-CoV-2. Wide-spread implementatio...
Date: June 08, 2021 Time: 08:00am (PDT) COVID-19 displays high clinical variability, but what determines its severity is unclear. Analysis of antigen-specific T cell responses has contribu...
Date: May 27, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT Since the current SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, there has been an urgent need to define the immune response and understand the relevant immunological mechanisms un...
Date: May 5, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Emergence of genetic mutations within the SARS-CoV-2 genome that may enhance transmissibility, increase symptom severity or improve the virus...
Controlling the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and ensuring a return to 'normal' activities in a post-COVID world requires two complementary efforts: 1) Widespread a...