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Lab Testing
Lab testing is a procedure in which a health care provider takes a sample of your blood, urine, other bodily fluid, or body tissue to get information about your health. It is done in the laboratory where the appropriate equipment, supplies, and certified expertise are available.
OCT 19, 2022 | 12:00 PM
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of most Americans. The consequences on the future health of the nation are unknown but likely profound. Well known is the condition known in the...
OCT 13, 2022 | 9:00 AM
First Broadcast: Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Second Broadcast: Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 9:00am SGT The new Embedded CryoSPARC Live, now fully integrated with t...
OCT 12, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) The microbiome of every food product is incredibly diverse and can include everything from innocuous background flora...
SEP 29, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Date: September 29, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing is a dynamic and fascinating application for genetic testing. We'll review the bas...
SEP 28, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: September 28, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) While COVID-19 continues to be the most pressing diagnostic focus for clinical laboratories, HIV remains a serious g...
SEP 28, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: September 28, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) For infectious disease pathogen detection, real-time PCR enables reliable, sensitive, specific, and scalable results...
SEP 22, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: September 22, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) On April 2022, the ISO 8665 guidelines changed to a new version with several changes to the calibration and testing...
AUG 30, 2022 | 1:00 AM
Date: August 30, 2022 Time: 10:00am (CEST), 1:00am (PDT), 4:00am (EDT) Problem When it’s time for researchers to pick a protein or formulation, the best ones need to sweat it out at el...
AUG 10, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: August 10, 2022 Time: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT The global pandemic has increased focus and scrutiny on molecular diagnostic assay development, resulting in a need for assays that provid...
JUL 28, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) The quality of water for pharmaceutical production (purified water, water for injection, and ultrapure water) is quantifi...
JUN 30, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: June 30, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST), 4:00pm (CEST) Flow Cytometry is a widely used technology that enables researchers to rapidly characterize thousands of individual cells...
JUN 29, 2022 | 6:00 AM
Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Thyroid Function Tests (TFTs) are among the most commonly requested laboratory investigations and are help clinicians asse...
MAY 05, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: May 5, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Despite incredible advances in genomics, the NGS data interpretation workflow for hereditary diseases remains challenging...
APR 19, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Targeted sequencing has many applications in cancer biomarker research, carrier screening and inherited disorders, drug development, mitochondrial DNA variant detection, human ID and paterni...
APR 19, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: April 19, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Once upon a time, there were three public health labs. These labs were busy serving their states when, out of nowhere, a...
APR 19, 2022 | 5:30 AM
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...
APR 14, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: April 14, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Across oncology applications, from research to molecular testing and pharmaceutical development, the ability to identify...
MAR 31, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: March 31, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Transient extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectroscopy has become an increasingly popular tool in developing ultrafast science...
MAR 30, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: March 30, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) The Class II Biosafety Cabinet (BSC) is an important tool in the life science...
MAR 30, 2022 | 6:00 AM
Targeted NGS has been instrumental in helping the healthcare community deliver on the promise of precision medicine. The Ion Torrent Genexus Integrated Sequencer has enabled targeted genomic...
MAR 23, 2022 | 11:55 PM
In-house testing is not required federally; however, states differ in their requirements. Cannabis extraction laboratories need to test extracts for pesticides, heavy metals, residual solven...
MAR 23, 2022 | 11:55 PM
Often overlooked but critical to most cannabis laboratory operations is sample workflow and sample preparation, having these areas figured out early in the start-up process is essential &nda...
APR 19, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: April 19, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Once upon a time, there were three public health labs. These labs were busy serving their states when, out of nowhere, a...
APR 19, 2022 | 5:30 AM
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...