Immunology Webinars

Follow a curation of discoveries and updates in immunology focusing on immune responses to infectious disease, structure and function, and developments in the defense against infection by watching and engaging in these webinars.

SEP 08, 2022 | 10:30 AM

Keynote Presentation: Lipoprotein Receptors are Evolutionarily...

Alphaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that cause disease in humans ranging from acute febrile illness with rash and arthritis to lethal encephalitis. Like many other mosquito-borne viruses,...

Speaker: Jonathan Abraham, M.D., Ph.D.

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 08, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Covid Testing Challenges And Opportunities; A Picture is Worth...

Since its discovery in late 2019 the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of July of 2022, mo...

Speaker: Irene Bosch, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 08, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Getting Ready for The Next Pandemic: Communication of Data in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need for an efficient collaboration between scientists, policy makers and the general public to tackle the crisis. Infectious disease experts play a...

Speaker: Imre Varju, MD, PhD, MPH

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 08, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Inferring Selection Effects in SARS-CoV-2 with Bayesian Viral...

The global effort to sequence millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes has provided an unprecedented view of viral evolution. Characterizing how selection acts on SARS-CoV-2 is critical to developing...

Speaker: Martin Jankowiak, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 07, 2022 | 10:00 AM

Novel therapeutic approach to lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection in aged...

Date: September 07, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is especially severe in aged populations. Resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic ha...

Speaker: Dr. Jian Zheng

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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SEP 07, 2022 | 7:30 AM

Keynote Presentation: The Importance of Timing: Managing COVID-19...

Critical in control of this pandemic is the ability to rapidly identify infectious individuals prior to their ability to infect others. With the introduction of better testing capacity and a...

Speaker: Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 07, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Viral Genomics of SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants

This is a technical talk. Its objective is to provide details of virus sequencing, using SARS-CoV-2 as an example. Knowing the details, strengths, and limitations of virus sequencing will en...

Speaker: Dirk Dittmer, Ph.D., MS

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 06, 2022 | 3:00 PM

cGas-Like Enzymes in Bacterial Immunity

In all organisms, innate immune pathways sense infection and rapidly activate potent immune responses while maintaining a high degree of specificity to prevent inappropriate activation (auto...

Speaker: Aaron Whiteley, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 06, 2022 | 1:30 PM

Escaping The Lung - What Can Circulating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This presentation will summarise the epidem...

Speaker: Pranabashis Haldar, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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SEP 06, 2022 | 10:00 AM

Techniques and Tips: Learn Sample Preparation for Next Generation...

Date: September 06, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) provides comprehensive genomic information about disease, development, and other bi...

Speaker: Thilanka Jayaweera , Juili Kelvekar , Andrew Dix

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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SEP 06, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Resistance To Darunavir and Fifth Generation HIV Protease Inhibitors

HIV-1 replicates in the body as a large viral population. Along with its high error rate during viral DNA synthesis and its short replication time (24 hours), the virus maintains sequence di...

Speaker: Ronald Swanstrom, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology Week Virtual Event Series 2022

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AUG 30, 2022 | 1:00 AM

See which proteins like it hot with new isothermal apps on Uncle

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...

Speaker: Andre Mueller, PhD

Sponsored By: Unchained Labs

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AUG 24, 2022 | 7:00 AM

Light Field Microscopy Camera Solutions

Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Light field microscopy was first introduced in 2006, and allows users to capture the 4D light field within the microsco...

Speaker: Matthew Kose-Dunn , Phil Allen , Liang Gao , Shu Jia

Sponsored By: Teledyne Photometrics

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AUG 16, 2022 | 11:00 AM

How to Leverage Laser Capture Microdissection Technology for Advanced...

Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Understanding genomic variation in the context of cancer is paramount to identifying disease drivers and informing pers...

Speaker: Katherine Walter

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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AUG 16, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Educational Webinar: TORCH infections - screening vs. diagnosis

Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Physicians caring for expecting or pregnant mothers successfully manage pregnancy with the help of screening and diagno...

Speaker: Claudio Galli, MD, PhD

Sponsored By: Abbott

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AUG 09, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Comprehensive solutions for your Treg mouse and human research

Date: August 09, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are an important T cell subpopulation that maintains immunological homeostasis. Today, Treg-...

Speaker: Niloufar Monhasery

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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JUL 28, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Take action against viral HCV by leveraging screening programs...

Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT) Hepatitis B and C continues to be a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, resulting in 1.1 million deaths and 3 million new in...

Speaker: Dr. Mia Biondi

Sponsored By: Abbott Diagnostics

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JUL 26, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Automating NGS Library Prep and Quantification on the OT-2

Date: July 26, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) NGS is a powerful tool, but many parts of the NGS workflow are complex, require a lot of repetitive pipetting and are pro...

Speaker: Matthew Akana

Sponsored By: Opentrons

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JUL 21, 2022 | 8:00 AM

T cell analysis - Fine-tuning your T cell research workflow step...

Date: December 09, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) Flow cytometry is a trusted method to monitor T cell phenotype, plasticity, and functionality in basic research as we...

Speaker: Dr. Marcello Stein

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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JUL 20, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies using an innovative approach:...

Date: July 20, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to be an international public health emergency due...

Speaker: Carmen Charlton, PhD, FCCM, D(ABMM)

Sponsored By: Diasorin

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JUL 12, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Solutions for dendritic cell research

Date: July 12, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CEST) Dendritic cells (DCs) are a heterogeneous population of myeloid immune cells that act as peripheral sentinels specializin...

Speaker: Dr. Nizar Yousif

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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JUN 29, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic... What can serology testing...

Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CEST) As of May 2022, there have been more than 500 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including numerous variants. Additiona...

Speaker: Anne-Geneviève Marcelin , Jean-François Mouscadet , Heidi Scholz

Sponsored By: Bio-Rad Laboratories

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JUN 29, 2022 | 7:00 AM

Insights into Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Endocytic Vesicles...

Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Imaging live cells is key to reveal their inner workings, dynamics, and function. Current technological advances in confo...

Speaker: Julia Roberti, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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JUN 28, 2022 | 8:00 AM

Thinking translational: Things to consider in CAR T cell research...

Date: June 28, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CEST) Developing safe and effective CAR T cell therapies is a challenging task. That’s why thinking translational early i...

Speaker: Saskia Rösch, PhD

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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JUN 28, 2022 | 7:00 AM

Research infrastructures and genomics: How Qatar Precision Medicine...

Date: June 07, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Predictive Genomics (PG) is a powerful capability to help predict disease risk and understand drug responses to improve h...

Speaker: Radja Messai-Badji

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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JUN 28, 2022 | 7:00 AM

sCMOS Cameras For Light-Sheet Microscopy

Date: June 28, 2022 Time: 3:00pm (BST), 4:00pm (CET), 9:00am (CST), 7am (PST) Light-sheet microscopy is an extremely versatile imaging technique with a vast range of implementations that are...

Speaker: Prof. Ulrich Kubitscheck , Dr. Abhishek Kumar , Matthew Kose-Dunn , Phil Allen

Sponsored By: Teledyne Photometrics

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JUN 22, 2022 | 11:00 AM

Analyzing Highly Multiplexed and Multi-Modal Spatial-Omics ChipCytometry™...

Date: June 22, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) ChipCytometry™ is a technique for collecting and analyzing highly multiplexed spatial cytometry data that has been...

Speaker: J. Spencer Schwarz

Sponsored By: Canopy Biosciences

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