Animal Models a living organisms in which normative biology or behavior can be studied, or in which a spontaneous or induced pathological process can be investigated, and in which the phenomenon in one or more respects resembles the same phenomenon in humans or other species of animal.
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Date: February 24, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Cytokine profiling is a valuable tool used in preclinical research for monitoring an immune response and cell signaling pathways dur...
The quest for alternatives to animal safety testing has fueled the development, characterization, and validation of many new technologies. There have been advances in cell and tissue models...
Date: December 07, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST) The RNAscope™ technology allows high sensitivity and spatial resolution providing pivotal single-cell information to gain better insights in...
Date: December 7, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than...
Date: November 4, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The promise of tissue clearing techniques in combination with 3D-immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy is revolutionary. Complex biologi...
Date: November 3, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) The reconstitution of a fully functional human immune system in mouse after engraftment of purified hCD34+ hematopoietic cells provid...
Date: October 26, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) A complex interaction among heterogenous immune and tumor cells within the tumorous tissue not only influences tumor progression, but...
Date: October 14, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The primary role of B cells is to secrete antibodies, boosting our adaptive immune responses, making them an essential part of our im...
Date: October 07, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) It's estimated than less than 10% of investigational anti-cancer drugs successfully achieve FDA approval for clinical use. This i...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness about sex-specific differences in immunity and outcomes following respiratory virus infections. Strong evidence of a male bias in COVID-...
Emerging data from several expansive clinical trials indicates that common chronic vascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and age increase the risk of stroke and deme...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with multiple motor and non-motor symptoms. PD is characterized by the presence on proteinaceous neuronal...
Targeted stimulation of the brain has the potential to treat mental illnesses but designing an appropriate protocol requires a multitude of choices. I will describe an approach to help desig...