Immunology Webinars

Follow a curation of discoveries and updates in immunology focusing on immune responses to infectious disease, structure and function, and developments in the defense against infection by watching and engaging in these webinars.

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JUN 02, 2021 | 12:00 AM

IFNg-activated dermal lymphatic vessels restrict anti-tumor immunity

Learning Objectives: 1. Define the impact of PD-L1 expressed on non-tumor, non-hematopoietic cells in T cell-mediated tumor control 2. Reveal the contribution of IFNg signaling in dermal lym...

Speaker: Amanda Lund, PhD

Presented at: Immuno-Oncology Virtual Event Series 2021

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JUN 02, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Engineering universal chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for cancer...

Learning Objectives: 1. Define “universal CARs” and describe their mechanism of action. 2. Explain current challenges in CAR T cell therapy. 3. Describe potential benefits and ch...

Speaker: Jason Lohmueller, Ph.D.

Presented at: Immuno-Oncology Virtual Event Series 2021

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JUN 02, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Fueling Antitumor Immunity Using Oncolytic Viruses Encoding Metabolic...

Despite the promising results with current approved immunotherapies, all patients do not have the same level of response, and recent efforts have focused on understanding and avoiding immuno...

Speaker: Dayana Rivadeneira, PhD

Presented at: Immuno-Oncology Virtual Event Series 2021

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JUN 02, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Rational Modifications to CAR Antigen Binding Domain Improve Sensitivity...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have demonstrated significant success in treating relapsed or treatment-refractory hematologic malignancies in the clinic, inducing remissions in 70-9...

Speaker: Kole DeGolier, B.S.

Presented at: Immuno-Oncology Virtual Event Series 2021

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MAY 27, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Socially Distanced Experiments: The Importance of Single-Lab-Accessible...

Date: May 27, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) With social distancing measures still enforced in large parts of the world, many researchers must minimize time in the lab where they may...

Speaker: Chris Heger, Ph.D

Sponsored By: ACD - A Bio-Techne Brand

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MAY 26, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Flow cytometry as a microbiology tool in the development of next...

Date: May 26, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT) Serious infections can be immediately life threatening: with serious invasive infections a single day can be the difference between life and death for p...

Speaker: Dr. Timothy Inglis, BM, DM, PhD, FRCPath, FRCPA, FFScRCPA, FACTM, FRGS, DTM&H. , Dr. Christine Carson, BSc (Hons) PhD. , Dr. Kieran Mulroney, BSc (Hons) PhD.

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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MAY 13, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Laboratory Medicine and Healthcare Excellence; Till death do us...

Date: May 13, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT The value proposition for laboratory medicine has long been theorized, estimated and debated. Despite decades of effort and intangible proof, the strategi...

Speaker: Colleen Strain, BSc, PhD , Tricia Ravalico

Sponsored By: Abbott

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MAY 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Secure Your Next Great Discovery

Date: May 11, 2021 Time: 10:00zm PDT Your samples are some of the most valuable assets in the laboratory. After spending countless hours on extraction and preparation, your conclusions could...

Speaker: Zareh Zurabyan , Kate Meola , Paulina Kocjan

Presented at: Eppendorf Planet of Knowledge - A New Dimension
Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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MAY 11, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Miltenyi's World of T cells - Solutions to enhance your T cell...

DATE: May 11, 2021 TIME: 8:00am PDT T cells are most important from basic research to therapeutic approaches and play a pivotal role in many diverse application fields such as basic immu...

Speaker: Dr. Marcello Stein

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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MAY 06, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Everyday Cell Culture Practice - Improve reproducibility of your...

Date: May 6, 2021 Time: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CEST Eukaryotic cell cultures respond to the most subtle influence. Apart from the risk of contamination, minimal changes in cultivati...

Speaker: Jessica Wagener, PhD

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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APR 28, 2021 | 8:00 AM

How to optimize your shake flask and bioreactor cultures

DATE: April 28, 2021 TIME: 08am PST Shakers and bioreactors are established versatile systems for cultivating microorganism, plant, and animal cells in suspension. Both methods aim at increa...

Speaker: Ines Hartmann , Ankita Desai

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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APR 28, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Host genome analysis of structural variations by Optical Genome...

Date: April 28, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) The varied clinical manifestations and outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections implicate a role of host-genetics in the predisp...

Speaker: Ravindra Kolhe, MD, PhD

Sponsored By: Bionano

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APR 22, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Researchers share their Spatial Discoveries in Neurology Research

Date: April 22, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) System transcriptomics of the schizophrenia brain - Phillip Khaitovich Schizophrenia tops the psychiatric disorder l...

Speaker: Philipp Khaitovich , Joan Liu

Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies, Illumina

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APR 21, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Putting Serological SARS-CoV-2 Testing into Context

Date: April 21, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 has been steadily adopted into clinical practice over the course of this pandemic. In this webinar,...

Speaker: Eduard Grebe, PhD , Veronica Luzzi, PhD, DABCC, FACB , Sarah Wheeler, PhD

Sponsored By: Bio-Rad Laboratories

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APR 21, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Immunology Researchers share their Spatial Discoveries in SARS-CoV-2...

Date: April 21, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Spatial Answers Trilogy - Spatial Answers in Immunology Immunology Researchers share their Spatial Discoveries in SARS-C...

Speaker: Michelle Naughton, PhD , Susanne Krasemann, MD, PhD , Doug Brown, PhD

Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies, Illumina

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APR 20, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Rapid biotherapeutic charge variant analysis by CZE-UV and CZE-MS

Date: April 20, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EST) There is a vital need to characterize Biopharmaceuticals in early phase screening to ensure the most suitable candidates are accelerate...

Speaker: Christian Baumann, PhD , Whitney Lane Smith, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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APR 19, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Take the Risk out of Rotations: Understanding and Implementing...

Date: Apri 19, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT, 5:00pm CEST Since the inception of modern biological research, BioSafety has evolved into a critical consideration in Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). Wi...

Speaker: Dr. Derek Lenz

Sponsored By: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

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APR 14, 2021 | 4:30 PM

How RT-PCR Testing Allows Labcorp to Perform National SARS-CoV-2...

When SARS-CoV-2 reached the United States in late January 2020, Labcorp immediately began development of an RT-PCR test to aid in detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 in infected patients. As...

Speaker: Brian Krueger, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: PacBio

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APR 14, 2021 | 3:00 PM

NEXTFLEX® Variant-Seq™ SARS-CoV-2 Kit

As of March 2021, SARS-CoV-2 has infected 115 million people and caused over 2.56 million deaths. The emergence of mutants associated with changes to transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has shown tha...

Speaker: Pedro Echave, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: PerkinElmer

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APR 14, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Quick and Easy Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 to Identify Variants of...

Dr. Jordan RoseFigura from Swift Biosciences will present on the technology created to enable this research that covers 99.7 % of the SARS-CoV-2 genome from limited viral titers. Including a...

Speaker: Jordan RoseFigura, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: Swift Biosciences

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APR 14, 2021 | 1:30 PM

Molecular Testing for the Detection and Strain Identification...

This presentation will focus on strategies for the design and validation of robust assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, including nucleic acid extraction, multiplexed qPCR assays, and int...

Speaker: Manohar R. Furtado, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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APR 14, 2021 | 1:30 PM

Automated Solutions for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identification and...

Several SARS-CoV-2 variants are circulating globally. The most prominent variants of concern, including the B.1.1.7, B.1.351 and B1.1.28 lineages, not only carry a constellation of genetic m...

Speaker: Subodh Nimkar , Anthony Tong, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: BGI Americas

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APR 14, 2021 | 12:00 PM

New Challenges for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics: Viral Load Testing...

Even as COVID-19 vaccines are being deployed around the world, the clinical laboratory will continue to play a major role this year helping to control the pandemic by diagnosing new infectio...

Speaker: Russell Garlick, PhD , Nathan A. Ledeboer, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: LGC Seracare

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APR 14, 2021 | 12:00 PM

Solutions for SARS-CoV-2 Strain Lineage Surveillance

The COVID19 pandemic continues to be a major epidemiological challenge across the globe. Part of the challenge, often seen with viruses, is that the nucleic acid genome quickly mutates, prod...

Speaker: Stephen Jackson

Presented at: Coronavirus Series
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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APR 14, 2021 | 10:30 AM

Keynote Presentation: New Vaccine and Antiviral Strategies for...

Despite available vaccines and treatments, COVID-19 continues to impose a major burden in the world, as a leading cause of hospitalizations and deaths. We and others have been working in te...

Speaker: Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series

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APR 14, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Keynote Presentation: What the NIH Serosurvey Tells Us So Far...

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and delayed implementation of diagnostics have led to poorly defined viral prevalence rates. To address this, we analyzed seropositivity in US adults who ha...

Speaker: Matthew J. Memoli, MD, MS

Presented at: Coronavirus Series

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APR 14, 2021 | 7:30 AM

Keynote Presentation: The impact of the New COVID-19 Variants...

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) uses a hybrid modeling approach to generate Covid19 forecasts. The model incorporates elements of statistical and disease transmission...

Speaker: Ali H. Mokdad, PhD

Presented at: Coronavirus Series

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