Advances in clinical laboratory techniques and molecular analysis are reshaping our approach to therapy and diagnosis. Explore emerging diagnostic technology and the latest insights in the microbial community in these webinars.
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a key analyte for liquid biopsy samples. Due to extremely low concentration and high degree of fragmentation, the extraction of cfDNA is technically challenging. Her...
Testing volumes need to increase by orders of magnitude in order to restore communities back to normality. This workshop focuses on solutions that equip laboratories to participate in expand...
In 2012, the Choosing Wisely initiative was commenced by the ABIM with numerous societies putting forward lists of overused tests or procedures. The Choosing Wisely movement has spread to nu...
The nuclear proliferation biomarker Ki-67 has multiple potential roles in breast and other cancers, both as a prognostic but also predictive marker. However, several studies have shown that...
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is destined to play a much greater role in chronic disease diagnosis and management. Advanced POCT systems are being developed to deliver less costly and more ac...
Clinical Laboratories have the opportunity to support value based health care by aligning with organizational strategies that focus on population health and creating meaningful insights usin...
The opioid crisis has put significant strain on the healthcare system and resources, including the clinical laboratory which has seen significant increases in requests for urine drug screeni...
Patient laboratory test results are significantly over-represented in electronic medical records, but significantly under-utilized in research. An important application of laboratory data is...
Cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been steadily rising over the past decade with most common causes of injury observed among participants in contact sports, combat military personne...
Date: November 9th, 2020 Time: 10:00am PDT SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread rapidly with critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), where the mortality rate is reported...
DATE: November 4th, 2020 TIME: 11:00am PST As cell therapies become more complex, the need for robust analytical tools to characterize such products as they enter the clinic has increased in...
DATE: October 27th, 2020 TIME: 8:00am PT Molecular diagnostic assay development and design is no simple task, and several factors affect the performance and usability of a test. Diagnostic c...
Using an independent Quality Control material provides several advantages over a first- or second-party QC. This presentation will describe some actual lab QC troubleshooting steps used and...
DATE: October 14, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Do you need help in planning your drug testing protocols? Did you know that a “one size fits all” approach to drug testing does not apply...
DATE: October 8, 2020 TIME: 1:00pm PDT Microsatellite instability (MSI) has evolved as a marker of potential hereditary cancer risk and is now a tissue agnostic immune biomarker with a broad...
DATE: September 10, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT The vast majority of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) in the United States is performed using one of two NGS-based platforms,...
Advances in genomics and molecular biomarker testing have led to tremendous improvements, ushering in a new era of personalized medicine especially in the oncology practice. Many of these bi...
DATE: August 27, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PT Novel anti-viral medications, including biologics and small molecule inhibitors, as well as serologic diagnostic tool sets are in urgent demand to fight...
DATE: August 25, 2020 TIME: 8:00am PDT, 10:00am CDT, 11:00am EDT Recombinant lentivirus (LV) and adeno-associated virus (AAV) are critical components of cell and gene therapies, which show g...
DATE: August 20, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET Millions of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens are archived annually. The enormous number of FFPE specimens available...
DATE: August 18, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Get deeper understanding of gene expression patterns by using assays that retain spatial organization at single cell resolution! Come learn about the n...
DATE: July 30, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Regenerative medicine has become a key focus worldwide and the number of stem cell, especially pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-based clinical trials are rapi...
DATE: July 23, 2020 TIME: 10:00 am PDT The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has taken a toll on many sectors of the medical community. As the pandemic took a grip on the laboratory, the need for diagnost...
DATE: July 16, 2020 TIME: 10:00 am PDT This seminar reviews clinical utility of adopting rapid IDH1/2 testing in both hematological and solid tumors and describes the adjusted workflow devel...
DATE: 15 Julio 2020 TIME: 11:00 COT, 09:00am PDT En esta conferencia tratamos de explorar el concepto profundo, holístico y existencial de la calidad , mucho más allá de...