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Inflammatory myopathies are a group of rare diseases that are characterized by progressive muscle weakness due to chronic skeletal muscle inflammation. Classification of these rare diseases...
The World Health Organization (WHO) classified monkeypox as a zoonosis, that is, a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. Since early May 2022, many instances of monkeypox have...
In spite of significant progress in disease diagnosis and treatment, racial and ethnic minorities experience lower quality of care and poorer outcomes for certain conditions than non-minorit...
Rapid genomic surveillance of pathogens can provide valuable insights, in order to guide public health interventions. Novel workflows using nanopore technology enables for real-time sequenci...
Date: November 8, 2022 Time: 1:00pm (SGT), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00am (CET) Antibodies are vital tools in many of the laboratory techniques that are used...
Date: November 3, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) In this webinar, our speakers will provide an introduction into the epidemiology of influenza A/B, RSV, COVID-19, Aden...
Genome engineers can leverage an ever-expanding array of biological and computational tools to make targeted genetic changes. Maintaining and optimizing components ranging from reagent desig...
As we further understand the complexity and diversity of cellular states, it is becoming necessary for a cellular engineering toolbox, consisting of molecular tools that allow control over c...
Nucleic acid analysis is crucial for the diagnostics of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. CRISPR/Cas technology, beyond its broad application in gene editing, features, in this regard, a...
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–CRISPR-associated protein 13 (Cas13) has been rapidly developed for nucleic-acid-based diagnostics by using its chara...
Date: November 2, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) As part of the immune response, inflammation plays a vital role in the host defense and is dictated by the balance bet...
My laboratory uses tools from pharmacology, genomics, and cell signaling to study two key aspects of cancer biology. First, we seek to understand how oncogenic signals, altered metabolic sta...
Traditional methods for pathogen detection are often expensive and time-consuming and requires a well-equipped laboratory. Here we present a low-cost, deployable paper-based biosensor device...
The Cas9 from Francisella novicida (FnCas9) has unique properties of target identification and engagement in terms of specificity, nature of double strand break as well as length of guide RN...
Simple and sensitive nucleic acid-based molecular detection plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis of infectious diseases and the rapid screening of cancers. CRISPR technology has recen...
The CRISPR revolution has begun and shows no signs of slowing down. CRISPR-Cas nuclease-based genome editing strategies hold great promise for the treatment of genetic disorders. However, a...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for diagnostics that can be rapidly adapted and deployed in a variety of settings. Several SARS-CoV-2 variants have shown worrisome effects on vacci...
Rapid, accurate and frequent detection of the RNA of SARS-CoV-2 and of serological host antibodies to the virus would facilitate the determination of the immune status of individuals who hav...
CRISPR/Cas gene editing technology has rapidly evolved over the last decade. Its versatility extends from creating targeted research-use disease models in cells and animals, to high-throughp...
Date: November 1, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Rapid and efficient organism identification and antimicrobial susceptibility reports are paramount for patient survival...
Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) To control and monitor the epidemiology and diffusion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV...
Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00pm (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) In the global fight toward Hepatitis C elimination, hear insights into how to build a cost-effective screening program...
Date: October 20, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Bacterial and viral infections produce a wide range of similar signs and symptoms leading often to the inappropriate u...
Date: October 20, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Over the past three decades, baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) has become one of the most powerful and robus...
Date: October 20, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CET) Many laboratories around the world have adopted expanded diagnostic testing capabilities to address the coronavirus pan...
Inflammatory myopathies are a group of rare diseases that are characterized by progressive muscle weakness due to chronic skeletal muscle inflammation. Classification of these rare diseases...
