Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution. This includes plants, animals, and other qualities of organisms or class of organisms.
DATE: November 14, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTThe CRISPR-Cas9 system has been adapted to upregulate any gene in its endogenous context, enabling overexpression experiments and av...
The GeneStrat® Genomic Test is a blood-based series of ddPCR tests for DNA (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) and multiplexed assays for RNA variants (EML4-ALK, ROS1, RET). In this report we will u...
A panel of experts will discuss recent advances and current challenges for the successful development and application of human tissue for drug screening, tissue replacement and eventually org...
Therapeutic development for human diseases continues to face obstacles, particularly in translating targets or compounds identified by in vitro screening campaigns to valid targets or efficac...
Transcriptional profiling of the tumor microenvironment can lead to insights about the interaction between the tumor and immune system. This facilitates investigation of immune evasion mechan...
Adult stem cell research is one of the most dynamic and fast growing fields of our time. Investigating how organs maintain and repair themselves has led to the discovery of cell populations t...
Derivation of many different cell types from human pluripotent stem cells (embryonic stem cells or HESCs and induced pluripotent stem cells or hiPS cells) is an area of growing interest both ...
Concerted efforts over past decades have established a thorough understanding of the canonical somatic DNA methylation landscape as well as its systematic misregulation across many cancers. H...
Regulatory non coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs), have shown to be essential for animal development and viability, yet dissecting the relevance of i...
In today’s volatile Fetal Bovine Sera market, it is critical for researchers to understand the complex nature of the market especially with demand escalating every year. The deman...
Pregnancy represents a time of rapid bodily change, which include physical proportions, physiology and responsibility. Arguably, nothing during these times changes more than the requirement a...
In 2012, Consumers Reports and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign. This initiative, which attracts media attention, assists physicians, n...
DATE: November 7, 2017 TIME: 10:00AM PSTChimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-transduced T lymphocytes have demonstrated impressive clinical activity against B cell malignancies in...
DATE: November 6, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 11:00pm EST, 5:00pm CET Set-up of a PGS platform: the Swiss experienceDr. Murisier’s lab investigated the different technical...
DATE: November 2, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTA CRISPR Way of Making MiceThe bulk of genetic variation associated with human disease exists in the noncoding genome, much of whi...
DATE: November 2, 2017TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 3:00pm CETPipetting is an every-day task in a cell culture lab. We pipette so often that we don´t actually think about it...
DATE: November 1, 2017TIME: 12:00 PM PT, 3:00 PM ETThere is a current focus in biology towards developing more complex and physiologically relevant in vitro assays and cell models...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTTesting for antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) has been a routine part of the evaluation of patients with a suspected connective tissue dis...
DATE: October 24, 2017TIME: 09:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDTDoes your work involve disease models? Do you have a need to introduce specific genomic changes in the cells of your choice? Do you w...
Recent FDA approval of the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy offers cancer patients more promise than ever for curative effects. However, many technical challenges in T c...
DATE: October 19, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Recent FDA approval of the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy offers cancer patients more promise than...
DATE: October 17, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDTResearching and understanding the mechanisms of drug resistance are essential to determine therapies that are more effective on an in...
The deposition and removal of DNA and histone modifications depends on the availability of specific metabolites, suggesting that cellular metabolic pathways may dynamically regulate chromatin...
The promise of precision and personalized medicine is rooted in accurate, highly sensitive, and specific disease biomarkers. This is particularly true for cancer-a disease characterized by ma...
DATE: November 14, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTThe CRISPR-Cas9 system has been adapted to upregulate any gene in its endogenous context, enabling overexpression experiments and av...
The GeneStrat® Genomic Test is a blood-based series of ddPCR tests for DNA (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) and multiplexed assays for RNA variants (EML4-ALK, ROS1, RET). In this report we will u...
A panel of experts will discuss recent advances and current challenges for the successful development and application of human tissue for drug screening, tissue replacement and eventually org...
Therapeutic development for human diseases continues to face obstacles, particularly in translating targets or compounds identified by in vitro screening campaigns to valid targets or efficac...
Transcriptional profiling of the tumor microenvironment can lead to insights about the interaction between the tumor and immune system. This facilitates investigation of immune evasion mechan...
Adult stem cell research is one of the most dynamic and fast growing fields of our time. Investigating how organs maintain and repair themselves has led to the discovery of cell populations t...
Derivation of many different cell types from human pluripotent stem cells (embryonic stem cells or HESCs and induced pluripotent stem cells or hiPS cells) is an area of growing interest both ...
Concerted efforts over past decades have established a thorough understanding of the canonical somatic DNA methylation landscape as well as its systematic misregulation across many cancers. H...
Regulatory non coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs), have shown to be essential for animal development and viability, yet dissecting the relevance of i...
In today’s volatile Fetal Bovine Sera market, it is critical for researchers to understand the complex nature of the market especially with demand escalating every year. The deman...
Pregnancy represents a time of rapid bodily change, which include physical proportions, physiology and responsibility. Arguably, nothing during these times changes more than the requirement a...
In 2012, Consumers Reports and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign. This initiative, which attracts media attention, assists physicians, n...
DATE: November 7, 2017 TIME: 10:00AM PSTChimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-transduced T lymphocytes have demonstrated impressive clinical activity against B cell malignancies in...
DATE: November 6, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 11:00pm EST, 5:00pm CET Set-up of a PGS platform: the Swiss experienceDr. Murisier’s lab investigated the different technical...
DATE: November 2, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTA CRISPR Way of Making MiceThe bulk of genetic variation associated with human disease exists in the noncoding genome, much of whi...
DATE: November 2, 2017TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 3:00pm CETPipetting is an every-day task in a cell culture lab. We pipette so often that we don´t actually think about it...
DATE: November 1, 2017TIME: 12:00 PM PT, 3:00 PM ETThere is a current focus in biology towards developing more complex and physiologically relevant in vitro assays and cell models...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTTesting for antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) has been a routine part of the evaluation of patients with a suspected connective tissue dis...
DATE: October 24, 2017TIME: 09:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDTDoes your work involve disease models? Do you have a need to introduce specific genomic changes in the cells of your choice? Do you w...
Recent FDA approval of the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy offers cancer patients more promise than ever for curative effects. However, many technical challenges in T c...
DATE: October 19, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Recent FDA approval of the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy offers cancer patients more promise than...
DATE: October 17, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDTResearching and understanding the mechanisms of drug resistance are essential to determine therapies that are more effective on an in...
The deposition and removal of DNA and histone modifications depends on the availability of specific metabolites, suggesting that cellular metabolic pathways may dynamically regulate chromatin...
The promise of precision and personalized medicine is rooted in accurate, highly sensitive, and specific disease biomarkers. This is particularly true for cancer-a disease characterized by ma...