As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Date: November 9th, 2020 Time: 10:00am PDT SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread rapidly with critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), where the mortality rate is reported...
Richard Hughes: New immunogenicity strategies to meet the needs of a developing pandemic Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the subject of serological testing for anti-viral antibodi...
Date: September 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, there was a great deal of uncertainty. Pathology and diagnostic service...
Congenital CMV is the most frequent infectious cause of neonatal malformation in developed nations. It is more prevalent than other neonatal conditions such as spina bifida and Down syndrome...
While the frequency of pandemic threats seems to be increasing, we fortunately have new tools and technologies to make vaccines with more precision and speed and that support a more proactiv...
SARS-CoV-2 has created significant challenges for laboratories, requiring the development, validation, and scale up of testing in a very short time period--often this was done for multiple m...
DATE: August 27, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PT Novel anti-viral medications, including biologics and small molecule inhibitors, as well as serologic diagnostic tool sets are in urgent demand to fight...
DATE: July 28, 2020 TIME: 9:00 am PDT, 12:00 pm EDT The demographic profile of hepatitis B and C has seen a paradigm shift over the last 10 years and as a result clinical guidelines for hepa...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a global pandemic that has impacted the lives of the entire world’s population. Accurate and effective testing mechanisms to identify those with...
With more than 6 million infections and more than 300,000 deaths (as of end of May 2020), the current COVID-19 pandemic has led to large scale lockdown around the world to prevent further sp...
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of diagnostics for both the virus (molecular) and the host immune response (serological) has become essential for monitoring the...
Staying informed on diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2 can be challenging. Because the results of the various test have different clinical implications it is important to understand the design...
DATE: June 9, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET The presentation will first discuss sepsis as a disease and then explain the importance of performing diagnostic tests in the clinical labora...
Provide education on COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2. Review the types of tests used for the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Discuss approaches to serologic test development. Review the ki...
Background and aim: Worldwide malaria cases have declined. However, despite recent advances, resistance to front line drugs and insecticides means the burden remains high (219 million cases...
Recommendations for key factors in testing and diagnosis of H. pylori infections to include information on appropriate patients for H.pylori testing, current testing options, post treatment...
Fecal elastase-1 – a biomarker for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency(EPI) continues to gain traction as an ideal biomarker for assessing EPI. This presentation will include a review of...
DATE: December 12, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST Primary immunodeficiency disorders continue to have delayed diagnoses and are commonly under diagnosed. Differentiating betw...
DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 5:00am PST, 8:00am EST The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Ov...
DATE: May 15, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTHepatitis B infections remain a significant global healthcare burden resulting in 887,000 deaths in 2015. Clinical laboratories can have a measurable i...
DATE: April 24, 2019TIME: 9:30am PDTTicks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred...
DATE: November 8, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTAnnual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has...
DATE: December 5, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 10:00am CST, 11:00am EST, 5:00pm CET Recently there has been a resurgence of Syphilis infections over the last several years with rates...
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Date: November 9th, 2020 Time: 10:00am PDT SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread rapidly with critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), where the mortality rate is reported...
Richard Hughes: New immunogenicity strategies to meet the needs of a developing pandemic Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the subject of serological testing for anti-viral antibodi...
Date: September 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, there was a great deal of uncertainty. Pathology and diagnostic service...
Congenital CMV is the most frequent infectious cause of neonatal malformation in developed nations. It is more prevalent than other neonatal conditions such as spina bifida and Down syndrome...
While the frequency of pandemic threats seems to be increasing, we fortunately have new tools and technologies to make vaccines with more precision and speed and that support a more proactiv...
SARS-CoV-2 has created significant challenges for laboratories, requiring the development, validation, and scale up of testing in a very short time period--often this was done for multiple m...
DATE: August 27, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PT Novel anti-viral medications, including biologics and small molecule inhibitors, as well as serologic diagnostic tool sets are in urgent demand to fight...
DATE: July 28, 2020 TIME: 9:00 am PDT, 12:00 pm EDT The demographic profile of hepatitis B and C has seen a paradigm shift over the last 10 years and as a result clinical guidelines for hepa...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a global pandemic that has impacted the lives of the entire world’s population. Accurate and effective testing mechanisms to identify those with...
With more than 6 million infections and more than 300,000 deaths (as of end of May 2020), the current COVID-19 pandemic has led to large scale lockdown around the world to prevent further sp...
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of diagnostics for both the virus (molecular) and the host immune response (serological) has become essential for monitoring the...
Staying informed on diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2 can be challenging. Because the results of the various test have different clinical implications it is important to understand the design...
DATE: June 9, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET The presentation will first discuss sepsis as a disease and then explain the importance of performing diagnostic tests in the clinical labora...
Provide education on COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2. Review the types of tests used for the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Discuss approaches to serologic test development. Review the ki...
Background and aim: Worldwide malaria cases have declined. However, despite recent advances, resistance to front line drugs and insecticides means the burden remains high (219 million cases...
Recommendations for key factors in testing and diagnosis of H. pylori infections to include information on appropriate patients for H.pylori testing, current testing options, post treatment...
Fecal elastase-1 – a biomarker for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency(EPI) continues to gain traction as an ideal biomarker for assessing EPI. This presentation will include a review of...
DATE: December 12, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST Primary immunodeficiency disorders continue to have delayed diagnoses and are commonly under diagnosed. Differentiating betw...
DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 5:00am PST, 8:00am EST The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Ov...
DATE: May 15, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTHepatitis B infections remain a significant global healthcare burden resulting in 887,000 deaths in 2015. Clinical laboratories can have a measurable i...
DATE: April 24, 2019TIME: 9:30am PDTTicks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred...
DATE: November 8, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTAnnual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has...
DATE: December 5, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 10:00am CST, 11:00am EST, 5:00pm CET Recently there has been a resurgence of Syphilis infections over the last several years with rates...
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