Drug Discovery & Development Webinars

Browse our archive of webinars on pharmaceutical and biomedical research from collaborations between pharmaceutical companies, government, biotechnology companies and academia to create new drug discovery opportunities.

FEB 24, 2021 | 6:00 AM

Fueling Discovery: Next-generation isolation of PBMCs and primary...

This webinar will highlight the importance of top-quality starting materials required for consistent, reproducible drug discovery assays. Topics include blood products, the latest in magneti...

Speaker: Josh Mahlios, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021
Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Evolution of a Platform-Based Non-Clinical Safety Assessment Approach...

Platform based therapeutics and vaccines offer a unique opportunity to simplify and streamline the drug development process. Moderna has taken the approach of harnessing the power of mRNA as...

Speaker: Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Multi-diagnostic approaches for patient selection in immuno-oncology

The development of different classes of immunotherapies that target cancer cells continues to be a rapidly growing area of research. The development of diagnostic tests which can predict pat...

Speaker: Cindy Spittle

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Lipidomics and Lipidomics in Research

There are approximately 2000 distinct lipids which are believed to influence health and disease in humans. Their molecular interplay with genes, proteins and metabolites is strongly affected...

Speaker: Dr. Christian Klose

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Nonclinical COVID-19 Vaccine Development During a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic changed all of our lives in 2020. Development of a COVID-19 vaccine required some re-thinking of the standard vaccine development paradigm. The webinar will cover noncl...

Speaker: Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

The development and application of TRUPATH biosensors to the study...

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) remain major drug targets, despite an incomplete understanding of how they signal through 16 non-visual G-protein signal transducers (collectively named t...

Speaker: Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 24, 2021 | 12:00 AM

The Comprehensive A.I.-Driven Genomic Landscape for ALS - Implications...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting approximately 1 in 50,000 people worldwide. About 10% of these cases are found to have a hereditary component, bu...

Speaker: Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021

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FEB 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Intact and peptide level characterization of nanobodies by high...

Date: February 11, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) Nanobodies are single-domain antibodies derived from heavy-chain-only antibodies (HcAbs) commonly found in camelids, consisting sole...

Speaker: Peng Yu, BSc, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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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 27, 2021 | 7:00 AM

A novel automated and simultaneous protein/antibody high-throughput...

DATE: January 27, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PST resin columns is limited by throughput and a complicated sample preparation process, which makes it challenging to extend to high...

Speaker: Weilin Liu, PhD

Sponsored By: GenScript

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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 10, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Simple and Fast Charge Variants Analysis of mAbs by CZE

Date: December 10, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) As you face increasingly shortened timelines to bring new drugs to market, you find yourself strained to finalize analytical methods...

Speaker: Yan He, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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DEC 09, 2020 | 9:00 AM

Human hematopoietic stem cell research made smart and easy

DATE: December 09, 2020 TIME: 09:00am PST Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) ensure homeostasis of blood throughout life. In this webinar, we share insights into the smart and easy isolation, c...

Speaker: Antje Kremer

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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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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DEC 08, 2020 | 7:00 AM

Best TLC & HPTLC practices in pharmaceutical separations

Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC) and High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) are convenient, fast, and efficient separation techniques for analytical methods without demanding comp...

Speaker: Monika Bäeumle , Michaela Oberle , Melanie Broszat

Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma

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DEC 07, 2020 | 9:00 AM

Rapid hyper-plex staining and simultaneous imaging for immunophenotyping...

Date: December 7, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) The simultaneous detection of biomarkers on tissue samples plays a fundamental role in the study of the tumor microenvironment. Multi...

Speaker: Diego Dupouy, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Lunaphore

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DEC 02, 2020 | 9:00 AM

Pluripotent stem cell research: fundamentals of cultivation and...

DATE: December 2, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) research is a continuously evolving field that beholds great promises for the future. The great application potential of P...

Speaker: Dr. Viola Stella Palladino

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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NOV 19, 2020 | 8:00 AM

From discovery to functional assays: therapeutic antibody research...

Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST Monoclonal antibody-based drugs have shown great potential as a treatment for several cancers. At Miltenyi Biotec, we offer a complete wo...

Speaker: Dr. Susanne Bethke

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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NOV 18, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Whole-organ mapping using AI and light sheet microscopy

DATE: November 18, 2020 TIME: 08:00am PDT We develop and implement technologies to solve some of the major bottlenecks in biomedical research. In particular, we establish new imaging approac...

Speaker: Ali Ertürk

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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NOV 16, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Targeted single-cell RNA sequencing enables genome-scale CRISPR...

Date: November 16, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) CRISPR screening has become the prime discovery tool in modern biomedical research and drug discovery. At the same time, most screen...

Speaker: Wieland Keilholz, Ph.D. , Pawel Zajac, Ph.D. , Dr. Tilmann Buerckstuemmer

Sponsored By: Illumina

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NOV 12, 2020 | 10:00 AM

FcRn Affinity Column Chromatography for Therapeutic mAb Characterization

Date: November 12, 2020 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) Fc receptor based affinity chromatography is a new emerging field of Fc functionality analytics. FcRn affinity columns separate anti...

Speaker: Tilman Schlothauer, Ph.D

Sponsored By: Roche CustomBiotech

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NOV 12, 2020 | 12:00 AM

Fully Automated IHC Multiplexing: Techniques and Assay Development

Multiplexing IHC is a technique that is increasing in demand as more and more researchers and physicians are being tasked with doing more with less. With multiplexing, you have the advantage...

Speaker: Mark Hellewell, PhD

Presented at: DISCOVERY Global User Symposium

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NOV 10, 2020 | 7:00 AM

Move Forward with Automation

DATE: November 10, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT Automation can provide tremendous benefits such as increased pipetting precision and accuracy, productivity, and throughput. Numerous wo...

Speaker: Paulina Kocjan , Kirk Mantione, PhD

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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OCT 29, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Cell types to targets: Single cell RNA-sequencing for drug discovery

Date: October 29, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) What cell types cause and perpetuate disease? For many diseases, scientists only have guesses to this critical question. Single cell...

Speaker: Sarah Middleton, PhD

Sponsored By: 10x Genomics

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OCT 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Single-cell sequencing to investigate epigenetic mechanisms in...

Date: October 29, 2020 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), Chronic inflammation can occur as a result of a combination of genetic predispositions and environmental factors. Epigenetic modifica...

Speaker: Thomas Ayers, Ph.D. , Pawel Zajac, Ph.D. , Dr. Adam Cribbs

Sponsored By: Illumina, Dolomite Bio

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OCT 27, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Lyophilization-Changing the Game for Molecular Diagnostics

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...

Speaker: Jerome Cabeau, MSc

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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