Nucleic acids ( i.e., DNA and RNA) are the key macromolecules of life, composed of nucleotide monomers that consist of a 5-carbon sugar ( ribose for DNA and deoxyribose for RNA), a base (adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, or uracil), and a phosphate group.
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DATE: December 11, 2019 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST Rapid growth in the cell and gene therapy industry has generated an urgent need for robust analytics around characterization of both vec...
DATE: October 29, 2019TIME: 09:00am PDTTrichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) yet are not as well studied or understood as gon...
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) RNA and CRISPR-associated genes (Cas) assemble into RNA-guided surveillance complex that targets foreign nucleic acids for d...
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DATE: June 26, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT An excessive number of software solutions are available to help manage your clinical, biobank, or biorepository sample inform...
The ultimate limits of diagnostics in biology are the “quantum” units that convey information, e.g. single nucleic acids, proteins, and cells. Microfluidics has emerged as a power...
Oncologists have many options when tasked with treating a patient’s cancer. Unfortunately, many cancer drugs and therapies come with potentially debilitating side effects. As such, it i...
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CRISPR-chip combines two powerful technologies ,CRISPR and Graphene, for rapid detection of nucleic acids. This talk will focus on design and fabrication of CRISPR-chip and its potential util...
The laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases has traditionally relied on recovery of pathogens in cultures and for many infections, this approach remains the standard of care. The developm...