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Pathogen detection and surveillance have become a high priority in both healthcare and environmental settings for the safety of patients and the general public. The COVID-19 pandemic highlig...
The CYP2D6 enzyme metabolizes approximately 25% of commonly used pharmaceuticals and is of intense pharmacogenetic interest. Polymorphisms in CYP2D6 can alter an individual’s response...
The human genome encodes 25,000 genes. But the biological complexity inherent in polygenic traits is a clear sign that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Genes, gene products, a...
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has become a foundational tool for both biological research and in-vitro diagnostics, particularly in oncology, immunology, and detection of genetic disorder...
Sex differences play an important role in development and progression of many diseases, and understanding how a disease differs between the sexes is essential for the advancement of preventi...
Recurrently emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) present increasingly sophisticated immune escape strategies that fuel global infection rates, as exemplified by the raging B.1.1.529...
Understanding the order in which mutations accumulate during cancer progression could help us identify effective therapeutic targets. Yet, our insights are limited by the fact that we can on...
The combination of the wealth of genomic and phenotypic datasets to the measurement of the circulating proteome enables a snapshot of real-time biology and important results for determining...
Infectious disease monitoring on Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) platforms offers rapid turnaround times and low cost. Tracking low frequency intra-host variants provides important insigh...
Long read Structural Variation calling remains a challenging but highly accurate way to identify complex genomic alterations. To address this challenge, we developed Sniffles2, a successor t...
Date: April 14, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Across oncology applications, from research to molecular testing and pharmaceutical development, the ability to identify...
The vast structural diversity of proteins is responsible for their functional versatility, but also makes their expression and purification a demanding task. Tagging proteins with affinity t...
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain what is gene therapy is. 2. Explain what steps are involved for getting a gene therapy product to the clinic. 3. Discuss development and manufacturing process...
There is growing interest in the development of integrated continuous bioprocesses for the production of important biotherapeutics due to the potential for enhanced productivity, greater fle...
The application of modeling tools to better understand and control bioprocess development and manufacturing has become a hot topic within the last few years. However, what do we actually nee...
The design, optimization and troubleshooting of industrial bioprocesses are still largely based on empirical knowledge. Thus, the goal and motivation is to base these processes on a comprehe...
In the last decades, the upstream processing in biopharma industry has been revolutionized regarding the production of bioactive materials such as monoclonal antibodies, proteins and biother...
Viral Vector gene therapy has been the focus of intense research driven by the safety profile and several clinical breakthroughs. As of March 2022, there are two viral vector gene therapies...
Biopharmaceuticals produced with mammalian cells are the key drivers for the medication of former untreatable diseases. The development of their production processes is still challenging bec...
Currently over 95 % of pharmaceutical products and transport fuels are derived from petroleum. Sustainable alternatives are critical to achieving net-zero emissions without detriment to qual...
Date: April 5, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Enteroviruses are non-enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses that cause diverse diseases...
Date: April 05, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEDT) Members of the cinnamic acid and stilbenoid chemical families are common intermediates in the production of important bi...
Date: March 31, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The US horticulture industry suffers approximately $60 billion in losses each year as a result of...
Date: March 31, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Transient extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectroscopy has become an increasingly popular tool in developing ultrafast science...
Date: March 30, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEDT) Learn how to make the switch: Join us to discover the benefits of Chemically Defined Media conditions over serum-free an...
Date: March 29, 2022 Time: 09:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 17:00 (GMT) Advances in molecular and immunodiagnostics are enabling a personalized, high-precision approach to health in many clin...
Pathogen detection and surveillance have become a high priority in both healthcare and environmental settings for the safety of patients and the general public. The COVID-19 pandemic highlig...
