Health & Medicine Webinars
Learn about the latest medical breakthroughs by participating in webinars on topics surrounding disease, prevention and treatment in accordance with the latest research in health and medicine. Updates encompass a biological, psychological and sociological understanding of health.
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MAR 18, 2015 | 1:30 PM
At the cellular and molecular levels of operation, neurons and their circuits achieve brain functions by chemical signals, in which the principle agents, neurotransmitters convey the signal f...
DEC 01, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: December 1, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) The enumeration and analysis of blood cells with automated haematology analysers have significantly improved in recent years due to a...
SEP 16, 2020 | 11:00 AM
Quality Control design has for many years been focused around instrument performance. But with the new risk management approaches emerging the focus is now moving to the risk of erroneous re...
MAY 16, 2019 | 4:00 PM
DATE: May 16, 2019TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CEST The emergence of NGS is revolutionizing the microbiological sciences and transforming medicine. Deep sequencing has...
FEB 23, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: February 23, 2022 Time: 09:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) During this webinar we will present the Lahey four-year journey of using the MBT Sepsityper® solution for the rapid identificat...
FEB 20, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: February 20, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST ...
JUN 28, 2023 | 11:00 AM
The human genome project was undertaken to determine the human DNA sequence and analyze variation among individuals. To make use of this information, tools were developed that could collect...
JAN 31, 2023 | 10:00 AM
Date: January 31, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CEST) Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a standard technique for scientists and pathologists to detect antigens. Examining one o...
MAR 06, 2024 | 1:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Laboratories are required to participate in proficiency testing (PT). PT is a powerful tool for laboratories to learn about their own testing performance and discover potential issues with t...
SEP 20, 2018 | 9:00 AM
DATE: September 20 2018TIME: 09:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Harnessing the immune system has emerged as a powerful therapeutic strategy in oncology. However, the limited...
MAY 05, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: May 5, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PT As of May 4, 2020, 1,152,372 total COVID-19 cases and 67,456 total deaths have been reported in the United States (U.S.)...
NOV 14, 2023 | 6:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
It is over half a century since haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was recognised by medical professionals; the importance of HbA1c to the long term health of people with diabetes was clearly demonstra...
MAR 17, 2016 | 10:00 AM
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016Time: 10:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM ESTSerology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especiall...
AUG 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Quality can never be assumed, is never automatic, and requires the long-term commitment of the laboratory, staff, and manufacturers. L...
AUG 31, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: August 31, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Antibodies are specialized proteins generated by an immune system in response to disease and infection. The staining ge...
OCT 28, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: October 28, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) uses a stand-displacing DNA polymerase and four to six primers to rapidly amplify DNA a...
NOV 16, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: November 16, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CET) Autoantibody assays may have significant differences due to the heterogeneity of autoantibodies, including epitope spe...
MAY 07, 2020 | 7:00 AM
DATE: May 7, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PT As cost of sequencing continues to drop, the throughput and complexity of NGS assays have risen precipitously. At the same time, the types of samples being...
OCT 26, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: October 26, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Capillary Electrophoresis plays an important role in the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathy carriers and patients. The general flow is the...
JUN 22, 2020 | 7:00 AM
DATE: June 22, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET This is the first topic in the webinar series on ‘Predictive Genomics for Improved Health Outcomes’. A major challenge for healthc...
MAY 18, 2021 | 5:00 AM
Date: May 18, 2021 Time: 5:00am PST, 2:00pm CEST Since its discovery in the late 60s, HbA1c, the major form of glycated haemoglobin, has been widely used in laboratories as a key biomarker...
AUG 27, 2020 | 7:00 AM
SARS-CoV-2 has created significant challenges for laboratories, requiring the development, validation, and scale up of testing in a very short time period--often this was done for multiple m...
