Microbiology Webinars

This compilation of webinars touch on the various human diseases are most commonly attributed to the subject matter of microbiology, as well as the many microbes that are also responsible for numerous beneficial processes.

MAY 05, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Leveraging Bioinformatic Resources to Better Tackle Challenging...

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are gold-standard genetic loci used for source attribution of evidentiary material in legal matters. Their power lies in their high heterozygosity and large allel...

Speaker: Frank Wendt, PhD

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

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MAY 05, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Forensic Pathology, From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Evidence to...

Every day in America nearly seven thousand people die. That’s about two and a half million deaths per year. When a death is violent, unexpected, medically unattended, or suspicious &nd...

Speaker: Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D.

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

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MAY 05, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Microbiomes after Death

The postmortem microbiome is an emerging field in forensic science with broad application for death investigation (e.g., time since death). While the foundation for forensic microbiology beg...

Speaker: Jennifer Pechal, PhD

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

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MAY 05, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Forensic Science Education in the COVID Era: Challenges, Victories...

In this session, a review of the impact of COVID-19 on the Forensic Science Program at the University of Toronto will be explored. Challenges for both undergraduate and graduate education wi...

Speaker: Nicole M.M. Novroski, PhD

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

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MAY 05, 2021 | 12:00 AM

The Opioid Crisis - Challenges for Forensic Toxicologists

The increasing use of prescription and non-medical prescription opioids has created a significant public health crisis. The rising rate of opioid-related deaths across North America has led...

Speaker: Karen Woodall, PhD

Presented at: Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

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APR 28, 2021 | 8:00 AM

How to optimize your shake flask and bioreactor cultures

DATE: April 28, 2021 TIME: 08am PST Shakers and bioreactors are established versatile systems for cultivating microorganism, plant, and animal cells in suspension. Both methods aim at increa...

Speaker: Ines Hartmann , Ankita Desai

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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APR 21, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Putting Serological SARS-CoV-2 Testing into Context

Date: April 21, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 has been steadily adopted into clinical practice over the course of this pandemic. In this webinar,...

Speaker: Sarah Wheeler, PhD , Veronica Luzzi, PhD, DABCC, FACB , Eduard Grebe, PhD

Sponsored By: Bio-Rad Laboratories

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APR 20, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Microbial Identification and Confirmation using the Bruker MALDI...

Date: April 20, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST) Identification and confirmation of microbial isolates is crucial in the analysis workflow, providing decision-makers the information...

Speaker: Wesley Thompson

Sponsored By: Bruker Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics

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APR 19, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Take the Risk out of Rotations: Understanding and Implementing...

Date: Apri 19, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT, 5:00pm CEST Since the inception of modern biological research, BioSafety has evolved into a critical consideration in Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). Wi...

Speaker: Dr. Derek Lenz

Sponsored By: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

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APR 15, 2021 | 7:00 AM

THUNDER - Revealing Image Detail Hidden in the Haze

Date: April 15, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) In widefield fluorescence microscopy both the contrast and resolution of a captured image is corrupted by light collected from adjacent...

Speaker: James Marr, Ph.D. , Vikram Kohli, Ph.D

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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APR 09, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Implementation of a Multiplex Molecular Test for Anaplasma, Babesia...

Date: April 9, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT There are tick-borne diseases beyond what causes Lyme disease. Different geographies have differing prevalence’s of tick-borne infections. In the n...

Speaker: Sarah Buss

Sponsored By: Diasorin

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APR 08, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Pneumonia Diagnosis: Bacterial Superinfection in COVID-19 Patients

Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT) Pneumonia is a deadly condition with clinical outcomes highly dependent on prompt and appropriate therapy. Diagnosis of pneumonia is cha...

Speaker: Christian Giske, MD, PhD , Drew Bell, PhD

Sponsored By: OpGen, Inc.

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APR 07, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Niosomes as a bilayer nanocarrier for combinative drug delivery

The past few decades have seen a substantial increase in the research based on nanocarrier based combinative drug therapies in various diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, Alzheimer’...

Speaker: Pratik Kulkarni, PhD

Presented at: Bioprocessing Virtual Event Series 2021

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APR 07, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Anti-fibrotic materials for immunoprotected cell-based therapies

Cell encapsulation within semi-permeable devices represents a local immunoisolation strategy for cell-based therapies without the need for systemic immunosuppression. The encapsulation syste...

Speaker: Matthew Bochenek, Ph.D.

Presented at: Bioprocessing Virtual Event Series 2021

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APR 02, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Update on the Laboratory Diagnosis of Lyme and Other Tick-borne...

DATE: April 2, 2021 TIME: 09:00am PDT There has been a major development in the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease. All parties agree (as before) on the paradigm of “Two Tier Testing&...

Speaker: Dr. Philip Molloy, MD

Sponsored By: Diasorin

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MAR 30, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Method optimization of CE-SDS for the next generation of protein...

Date: March 30, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) n this talk today we will discuss how to improve the resolution of your current CE-SDS methods. We will cover how CE-SDS works and what...

Speaker: Marcus Heinl , Stephen Lock, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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MAR 25, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Expanding ERF (Equivalent Number of Reference Fluorophore) Value...

Date: March 25, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Flow cytometry has expanded to have more users, more data, and multiple instrument types. While this has lead to more quantitative data...

Speaker: Paul DeRose

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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MAR 16, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Getting started with Cryo-EM: Writing the NIH Shared Instrumentation...

Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST) Scientific progress and breakthroughs today are often too expensive for most institutions to acquire. Each year, the National Institutes of Health (N...

Speaker: Christopher Dant, PhD

Presented at: Thermo Fisher Scientific - Electron Microscopy Webinars
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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FEB 10, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Influenza vaccine viral protein profiling for viral potency

Date: February 10, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00 am (EST) In this talk today we will discuss a new approach to profile influenza proteins. Influenza vaccines typically consist of either a...

Speaker: Stephen Lock, PhD , Patrick Buckley, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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JAN 21, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Critical reagent characterization for regulated bioassays accelerated...

Date: January 21, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Today, critical reagent characterization is a key component in the overall workflow to establish robust ligand binding assays (e.g.,...

Speaker: Ron Bowsher , Adam Kinne , Kevin Lance, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Unchained Labs

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DEC 18, 2020 | 5:00 AM

A new approach of COVID-19 surveillance testing to maximize the...

Date: December 18, 2020 Time: 2:00pm PST Europe continues to battle a second wave of COVID19 epidemic; more than 30.000 newly infected patients are being confirmed daily in Italy. As of Nove...

Speaker: Vittorio Sambri

Sponsored By: Diasorin

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DEC 17, 2020 | 9:00 AM

Advancing Cell Biology with Cryo-Correlative Microscopy

Date: December 17, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) advances biological discoveries by merging different microscopes and imaging moda...

Speaker: Elizabeth Wright, Ph.D. , Jae Yang, Ph.D. , Bryan Sibert, Ph.D. , Joseph Kim

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems, Alveole

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DEC 16, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Adding Dimensions to Multiplex Molecular Imaging

Date: December 16, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Molecular imaging of living specimens offers a means to draw upon the growing body of high-throughput molecular data to better under...

Speaker: Scott Fraser, PhD

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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DEC 15, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Prep for Success: From human microbiome exploration to advanced...

DATE: December 15, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PST Scientists from Thermo Fisher Scientific will walk us through the world of microorganisms. They will discuss their most recent research on viruses,...

Speaker: Sasha Vlassov, PhD , Jasti Madhu , Emily Zeringer

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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DEC 11, 2020 | 7:00 AM

Solving Confusion with Regulations, QC Design, and Troubleshooting...

Date: November 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST) Join us for a webinar to learn about quality control (QC) regulations, setting the proper QC strategy/design, and troubleshoot SARs...

Speaker: Sten Westgard, MS , Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT (ASCP)

Sponsored By: Technopath Clinical Diagnostics USA

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DEC 09, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Nanoscopy Meets Lifetime - Introducing the new STELLARIS 8 τ-STED

Date: December 89 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) This talk introduces the Leica STELLARIS 8 τ-STED system where STED Nanoscopy meets Leica’s Fast Lifetime Contrast (FALCON)...

Speaker: Julia Roberti, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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DEC 09, 2020 | 7:00 AM

Characterization of RNA therapeutics from small to large

Date: December 9, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST) In this talk we will discuss the new analytical approaches to characterize RNA molecules from small oligonucleotides to larger messen...

Speaker: Stephen Lock, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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