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APR 12 - 13 2017

Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2017

This event is now apart of the Genetics Week Virtual Event Series. 

The 2nd Annual Event in the Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series is now available On Demand!   This conference is a premiere venue for scientists, technologists, and professionals to discuss and present the newest advances in molecular diagnostics testing. Attend this online event ondemand at no charge.

Join LabRoots in bringing together the Molecular Diagnostics community. Attend webcasts with top experts and interact with speakers during the live Q&A sessions. Earn continuing education credits and network with peers. Enjoy the complementary conference from your desk with no need for travel, and explore the virtual exhibit hall to learn about the latest technologies and techniques for your lab.
 
Topics discussed at this years event included:

  • Pursue Microbiome Testing as a Companion Diagnostic
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Immunotherapy
  • Regulatory Landscape
  • Microbiome Standards related to Diagnostics
  • Liquid Biopsies


Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. You can participate in exactly those parts which you are interested in and be back at your desk or bench in an instant. Virtual events remove time and place restrictions and ensure that everyone who wants to participate can do so. This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global diagnostics community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.

Continuing Education
By participating in this virtual event and watching webcast presentations, you can earn Free Continuing Education (CE) and/or Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. To earn educational credits, you must view an entire presentation. Following the presentation you must click on the educational credit link provided for that particular speaker and follow the required process. Once you have completed the process, you will receive a certificate for the educational credit.

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Speakers
  • Robert L. Nussbaum MD, FACP, FACMG

    Chief Medical Officer, Invitae
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christopher Mason, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, WorldQuant (WQ) Scholar, Director, WQ Init. for Quantitative Prediction, Weill Cornell Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Catherine Behrens, MD, PhD, FACOG

    Consultant Senior Director, Clinical Research
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Condie Carmack, PhD

    Vice President of Precision Oncology, Vela Dx
    BIOGRAPHY
  • J. Russ Carmical, PhD

    Sequencing Director/Director of Operations, Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Micobiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of Operation of Diversigen
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Scott Jackson, PhD

    Group Leader - Complex Microbial Systems, NIST
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Andreas Jeromin, PhD

    Chief Medical Officer (consulting), Quanterix Corp
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Roger D. Klein MD, JD, FCAP

    Principal at Roger D. Klein, MD JD Consulting and Klein & Klein Co., L.P.A. Faculty Fellow at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Center for Law, Science &
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jason Kralj, PhD

    Leader of the Metagenomic Pathogen Detection Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ahmed Mahmoud, PhD

    Director of Scientific Support for Vela Diagnostics, Bioinformatics Applications scientist
    BIOGRAPHY
  • John A. Martignetti, MD, PhD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and Oncological Sciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joel Parker, PhD

    Director, Bioinfomatics, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Bobbi Pritt, MD

    Pathologist, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Randall D. Wolcott, MD

    Medical Director, Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
    BIOGRAPHY

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    Standards for Microbiome and Metagenomics: Supporting the Commercial Translation of Microbiome Science

    Jason Kralj, PhD
    Leader of the Metagenomic Pathogen Detection Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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  • Oncology
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Posters

Speakers


  • Robert L. Nussbaum  MD, FACP, FACMG

    Robert L. Nussbaum MD, FACP, FACMG

    Chief Medical Officer, Invitae

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christopher Mason, PhD

    Christopher Mason, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, WorldQuant (WQ) Scholar, Director, WQ Init. for Quantitative Prediction, Weill Cornell Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Catherine Behrens, MD, PhD, FACOG

    Catherine Behrens, MD, PhD, FACOG

    Consultant Senior Director, Clinical Research

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Condie Carmack, PhD

    Condie Carmack, PhD

    Vice President of Precision Oncology, Vela Dx

    BIOGRAPHY
  • J. Russ Carmical, PhD

    J. Russ Carmical, PhD

    Sequencing Director/Director of Operations, Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Micobiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of Operation of Diversigen

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Scott Jackson, PhD

    Scott Jackson, PhD

    Group Leader - Complex Microbial Systems, NIST

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  • Andreas Jeromin, PhD

    Andreas Jeromin, PhD

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  • Roger D. Klein MD, JD, FCAP

    Roger D. Klein MD, JD, FCAP

    Principal at Roger D. Klein, MD JD Consulting and Klein & Klein Co., L.P.A. Faculty Fellow at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Center for Law, Science &

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  • Jason Kralj, PhD

    Jason Kralj, PhD

    Leader of the Metagenomic Pathogen Detection Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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  • Ahmed Mahmoud, PhD

    Ahmed Mahmoud, PhD

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  • John A. Martignetti, MD, PhD

    John A. Martignetti, MD, PhD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and Oncological Sciences

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  • Joel Parker, PhD

    Joel Parker, PhD

    Director, Bioinfomatics, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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  • Bobbi Pritt, MD

    Bobbi Pritt, MD

    Pathologist, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic

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  • Randall D. Wolcott, MD

    Randall D. Wolcott, MD

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Sponsors & Partners

For information on becoming a sponsor or exhibitor, please click here.


Event Series


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May 05, 2021 6:00 am Pacific Time

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Genetics Week Virtual Event Series 2021
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Forensic Sciences Virtual Event Series 2020
May 06, 2020 6:00 am Pacific Time

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Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2019
April 10, 2019 6:00 am Pacific Time

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Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2018
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Molecular Diagnostics Virtual Event Series 2016
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Genetics and Genomics Virtual Event Series 2013
August 21, 2013 6:00 am Pacific Time

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Program Committee

To download the Program Committee brochure here.


  • Bryan Cobb

    Dr. Cobb is the acting Director for Clinical Molecular Diagnostics at Roche Diagnostics Corporation where he serves in a scientific advisory role supporting the laboratory scientific community. He obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ...

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  • Shawn Baker

    Dr. Shawn C. Baker is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of AllSeq. Having received his Ph.D. at the University of California - Davis, he started his career as a Research Scientist at Illumina when it was a 15-person startup. After spending several years at the bench ...

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  • Judd Moul

    Judd W. Moul is James H. Semans, MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, and Director of the Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University Medical Center. Prior to joining Duke, he was Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of ...

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  • Emily Hollister

    Emily Hollister is the Director, R&D, Computational Biology for Diversigen. An accomplished microbial ecologist, her microbiome experience ranges from soils and biofuel production systems to the human microbiome and pre-clinical disease models. She leads a team of ...

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