In medical research, method optimization evaluates ways to minimize or maximize specific parameters of a study. Optimization can involve parameters such as reducing the costs associated with a procedure, limiting the materials required to develop an assay, or obtaining maximal productivity from a technique.
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Date: October 05, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) After new users become familiar with flow cytometry instrumentation and learn how to set up the instrument and acquire data, the next...
Date: September 23, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Western blotting and other immunological protein-analytical methods are widely used for detecting and (semi-)quantifying specific p...
Over the last two decades, DNA synthesis has established itself as a standard tool propelling life science research in a wide range of fields. In this session, we will highlight how DNA synt...
Existing methods for antibiotic selection are based on outdated and inaccurate microbiological principles, causing millions of inappropriate antibiotic selections and hundreds of thousands o...
Date: August 26, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) My translational research program focuses on approaches to enhance the natural killer (NK) cell response to cancer, with an emphasis o...
Date: August 25, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Heterologous protein production is an indispensable tool in biotechnology and biopharma for manufacturing enzymes, protein therapeutic...
Over 40 tandem repeats undergo expansion events that lead to neurological disease. This number is likely an underestimate as many repeats are difficult to amplify using existing short read s...
Complex behaviors are often driven by an internal model, which integrates sensory information over time and facilitates long-term planning to reach subjective goals. {\color{rev}A fundamenta...
Targeted stimulation of the brain has the potential to treat mental illnesses but designing an appropriate protocol requires a multitude of choices. I will describe an approach to help desig...