Most simply, data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest. It's usually based on an established, systematic fashion which enables one to answer a stated research question, test hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes.
DATE: November 28, 2018TIME: 7:00AM PSTSingle-cell genomics enables a deep dive into the mechanisms responsible for health and disease, in areas from cancer biology to neurob...
DATE: November 20, 2018’TIME: 3:00pm WET Today, hematology analyzers can collect vast amounts of data about cell characteristics, that subsequently improve...
The main problem for insufficient cervical cancer screening globally (less than 20% women at risk) is outreach failure. Enabling POCs with modern IT/mobile technology and connecting them with...
DATE: October 30, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PSTMass spectrometry-based proteomics is a rapidly growing area of research that provides useful information for many fields including basi...
This intensive workshop will introduce infrared spectroscopy, outline the various sample handling methods and provide guidance on the numerous transmission and reflectance methods available f...
DATE: October 23, 2018TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT Next-generation genomic sequencing is transforming what is known about pediatric cancer and how we treat patients. But eve...
Two projects looking at novel approaches to targeting inflammatory breast cancer will be presented. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique, understudied, and most lethal subtype account...
The Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine is pursuing numerous research and development efforts in the study of how the microbiome impacts...
Reducing the impact of infectious diseases is becoming increasingly vital as the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to rise, threatening the effective prevention and treat...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has long been recognized as an important source of genetic diversity. In the clinical setting, HGT plays an important role in the spread of antibiotic resistanc...
Treatments for respiratory diseases represent an enormous, unmet medical need with limited therapies currently approved for use. Despite many compounds demonstrating beneficial effects in ani...
The Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Portal is an open-access resource for human genetic information on type 2 diabetes (T2D). It is a central repository for data from large genomic studies that ide...
Complex disease phenotypes - obesity, type II diabetes, and cancer challenge simple models in both evolution and biology. Examination of molecular networks and their dynamic behavior o...
Gene expression studies give a snapshot of the different types of RNAs being expressed at a given time point in cells or tissues in vivo. Different RNA types have different roles, for example...
Next-generation DNA sequencing began to enter the clinic a decade ago, a half decade after the draft human reference sequence was published. The discovery of new genes, new variants of...
DATE: March 21, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 11:00AM ESTMass cytometry, or cytometry by time-of-flight (the basis of the CyTOF® system), enables quantification of the abundance and fu...
The translation gap in biomedical research can be attributed in part to differences in how outcomes are assessed in preclinical research and in the clinic. Reasons for these mismatches includ...
There is a growing debate about the usefulness of animal studies in biomedical research and drug development. Some of the challenges in translation from animals to human patients may be from...
Nonterminal blood collection from mice is frequently performed in biomedical research. Multiple phlebotomy sites and restraint techniques are available to investigators. Methods that minimize...
The integration of next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests into clinical laboratory practice across medical disciplines provides medically actionable data that in some cases are not otherwise...
DATE: October, 24, 2017TIME: 7:00 AM PDT Metabolomics focuses on the chemical processes central to cellular metabolism. A robust mass spectrometry solution for screening...
The human large intestine houses trillions of microorganisms which collectively form the highly diverse microbial community known as the gut microbiota. The gut microbiota performs many funct...
DATE: July 19, 2017TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 4:00pm CETAccording to a recent report, 79% of FDA 483 Warning Letters issued in 2016 cited data integrity. In their guidance on dat...
DATE: June 8, 2017TIME: 10:00AM PDT, 1:00PM EDT, 7:00PM CESTAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the result of complex interactions between risk factors that cause pleiotropic changes in m...
DATE: November 28, 2018TIME: 7:00AM PSTSingle-cell genomics enables a deep dive into the mechanisms responsible for health and disease, in areas from cancer biology to neurob...
DATE: November 20, 2018’TIME: 3:00pm WET Today, hematology analyzers can collect vast amounts of data about cell characteristics, that subsequently improve...
The main problem for insufficient cervical cancer screening globally (less than 20% women at risk) is outreach failure. Enabling POCs with modern IT/mobile technology and connecting them with...
DATE: October 30, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PSTMass spectrometry-based proteomics is a rapidly growing area of research that provides useful information for many fields including basi...
This intensive workshop will introduce infrared spectroscopy, outline the various sample handling methods and provide guidance on the numerous transmission and reflectance methods available f...
DATE: October 23, 2018TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT Next-generation genomic sequencing is transforming what is known about pediatric cancer and how we treat patients. But eve...
Two projects looking at novel approaches to targeting inflammatory breast cancer will be presented. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique, understudied, and most lethal subtype account...
The Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine is pursuing numerous research and development efforts in the study of how the microbiome impacts...
Reducing the impact of infectious diseases is becoming increasingly vital as the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to rise, threatening the effective prevention and treat...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has long been recognized as an important source of genetic diversity. In the clinical setting, HGT plays an important role in the spread of antibiotic resistanc...
Treatments for respiratory diseases represent an enormous, unmet medical need with limited therapies currently approved for use. Despite many compounds demonstrating beneficial effects in ani...
The Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Portal is an open-access resource for human genetic information on type 2 diabetes (T2D). It is a central repository for data from large genomic studies that ide...
Complex disease phenotypes - obesity, type II diabetes, and cancer challenge simple models in both evolution and biology. Examination of molecular networks and their dynamic behavior o...
Gene expression studies give a snapshot of the different types of RNAs being expressed at a given time point in cells or tissues in vivo. Different RNA types have different roles, for example...
Next-generation DNA sequencing began to enter the clinic a decade ago, a half decade after the draft human reference sequence was published. The discovery of new genes, new variants of...
DATE: March 21, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 11:00AM ESTMass cytometry, or cytometry by time-of-flight (the basis of the CyTOF® system), enables quantification of the abundance and fu...
The translation gap in biomedical research can be attributed in part to differences in how outcomes are assessed in preclinical research and in the clinic. Reasons for these mismatches includ...
There is a growing debate about the usefulness of animal studies in biomedical research and drug development. Some of the challenges in translation from animals to human patients may be from...
Nonterminal blood collection from mice is frequently performed in biomedical research. Multiple phlebotomy sites and restraint techniques are available to investigators. Methods that minimize...
The integration of next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests into clinical laboratory practice across medical disciplines provides medically actionable data that in some cases are not otherwise...
DATE: October, 24, 2017TIME: 7:00 AM PDT Metabolomics focuses on the chemical processes central to cellular metabolism. A robust mass spectrometry solution for screening...
The human large intestine houses trillions of microorganisms which collectively form the highly diverse microbial community known as the gut microbiota. The gut microbiota performs many funct...
DATE: July 19, 2017TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 4:00pm CETAccording to a recent report, 79% of FDA 483 Warning Letters issued in 2016 cited data integrity. In their guidance on dat...
DATE: June 8, 2017TIME: 10:00AM PDT, 1:00PM EDT, 7:00PM CESTAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the result of complex interactions between risk factors that cause pleiotropic changes in m...
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