Assay Development: one of the first steps in drug development and toxicity testing is creating test systems on which to evaluate the effects of chemical compounds on cellular, molecular or biochemical processes of interest.
DATE: March 22, 2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTGlioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, with nearly universal recurrence after treatment. GBMs are highly heter...
Determining the copy number of SMN1 and SMN2 genes is notoriously difficult due to the high level of homology between the two genes. These genes, that are associated with spinal muscular atro...
Monitoring protein biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has been highly beneficial to understanding disease progression. While several...
CRISPR Cas9 nucleases have revolutionized gene editing enabling unprecedented efficiency of targeted mutagenesis. Even with such powerful technology at hand, sophisticated projects, su...
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MECP2) gene. In mouse models of RTT, deficits in long-term potentiation (LTP) at...
The distinction between "complementary" and "companion" diagnostics tests confuse many physicians and healthcare professionals. Panelists Professor Thomas Webster (Northea...
There are many tumor biomarkers but, they mostly reflect tumor mass or past growth, when what is more important is to obtain an indication of future growth and therapy response.Proliferat...
In vitro translation (IVT), or cell-free expression, offers a unique and powerful research tool to screen for translational inhibitors that regulate both cellular and viral protein expression...
One of the goals of the “3Rs principle” is to replace in vivo testing methodologies with in vitro procedures on human cells, followed by computational systems biology modelling to...
DATE: January 23, 2018TIME: 12:00 PM PST, 3:00 PM ESTThe translation of basic scientific research to clinical application in the hospital or clinic setting is vital for advancing the qu...
DATE: January 18, 2018TIME: 7:00 AM PST, 10:00 AM ESTProteins in body fluids are generally measured using automated immunoassays on consolidated analyzers. Conceptual dra...
DATE: December 14, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm BST, 5:00pm CESTThe benefits of genomic analysis are well understood, however, the majority of patients do not harbor drugg...
DATE: December 14, 2017TIME: 05:00am PST, 08:00am EST, 2:00pm CETvon Willebrand Disease (vWD) is one of the most common congenital bleeding disorders, affecting ~1%* of the world’...
DATE: December 12, 2017TIME: 10:00AM PTSince their discovery, dendritic cells (DCs) have demonstrated a central role in the development of effective immune responses. Their unique abili...
DATE: December 11, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTReproducibility is an important and ongoing topic of discussion within the scientific community. Although the reasons underlying the...
DATE: November 28, 2017TIME: 06:00am PST, 08:00am CST, 09:00am EST, 3:00am CESTAs global healthcare changes, healthcare institutions are being tasked with handling a higher volume of pa...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 11:00am PST, 2:00pm ESTHigh Content Analysis (HCA) is a technique utilizing automated microscopy to obtain phenotypic and morphological information. This da...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST, Neuronal networks play a fundamental role in the brain, with many diseases linked to disruptions in network activity. Cell-ba...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETThe wide use of 2D monolayer cultures for cancer drug discovery reflects the technical ease of implementation for drug screening, and t...
DATE: November 14, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTThe CRISPR-Cas9 system has been adapted to upregulate any gene in its endogenous context, enabling overexpression experiments and av...
The GeneStrat® Genomic Test is a blood-based series of ddPCR tests for DNA (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) and multiplexed assays for RNA variants (EML4-ALK, ROS1, RET). In this report we will u...
Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin (ASA) is widely used in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention because it inhibits platelet cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2)-mediated plat...
DATE: March 22, 2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTGlioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, with nearly universal recurrence after treatment. GBMs are highly heter...
Determining the copy number of SMN1 and SMN2 genes is notoriously difficult due to the high level of homology between the two genes. These genes, that are associated with spinal muscular atro...
Monitoring protein biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has been highly beneficial to understanding disease progression. While several...
CRISPR Cas9 nucleases have revolutionized gene editing enabling unprecedented efficiency of targeted mutagenesis. Even with such powerful technology at hand, sophisticated projects, su...
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MECP2) gene. In mouse models of RTT, deficits in long-term potentiation (LTP) at...
The distinction between "complementary" and "companion" diagnostics tests confuse many physicians and healthcare professionals. Panelists Professor Thomas Webster (Northea...
There are many tumor biomarkers but, they mostly reflect tumor mass or past growth, when what is more important is to obtain an indication of future growth and therapy response.Proliferat...
In vitro translation (IVT), or cell-free expression, offers a unique and powerful research tool to screen for translational inhibitors that regulate both cellular and viral protein expression...
One of the goals of the “3Rs principle” is to replace in vivo testing methodologies with in vitro procedures on human cells, followed by computational systems biology modelling to...
DATE: January 23, 2018TIME: 12:00 PM PST, 3:00 PM ESTThe translation of basic scientific research to clinical application in the hospital or clinic setting is vital for advancing the qu...
DATE: January 18, 2018TIME: 7:00 AM PST, 10:00 AM ESTProteins in body fluids are generally measured using automated immunoassays on consolidated analyzers. Conceptual dra...
DATE: December 14, 2017TIME: 08:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm BST, 5:00pm CESTThe benefits of genomic analysis are well understood, however, the majority of patients do not harbor drugg...
DATE: December 14, 2017TIME: 05:00am PST, 08:00am EST, 2:00pm CETvon Willebrand Disease (vWD) is one of the most common congenital bleeding disorders, affecting ~1%* of the world’...
DATE: December 12, 2017TIME: 10:00AM PTSince their discovery, dendritic cells (DCs) have demonstrated a central role in the development of effective immune responses. Their unique abili...
DATE: December 11, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTReproducibility is an important and ongoing topic of discussion within the scientific community. Although the reasons underlying the...
DATE: November 28, 2017TIME: 06:00am PST, 08:00am CST, 09:00am EST, 3:00am CESTAs global healthcare changes, healthcare institutions are being tasked with handling a higher volume of pa...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 11:00am PST, 2:00pm ESTHigh Content Analysis (HCA) is a technique utilizing automated microscopy to obtain phenotypic and morphological information. This da...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST, Neuronal networks play a fundamental role in the brain, with many diseases linked to disruptions in network activity. Cell-ba...
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETThe wide use of 2D monolayer cultures for cancer drug discovery reflects the technical ease of implementation for drug screening, and t...
DATE: November 14, 2017TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTThe CRISPR-Cas9 system has been adapted to upregulate any gene in its endogenous context, enabling overexpression experiments and av...
The GeneStrat® Genomic Test is a blood-based series of ddPCR tests for DNA (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) and multiplexed assays for RNA variants (EML4-ALK, ROS1, RET). In this report we will u...
Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin (ASA) is widely used in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention because it inhibits platelet cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2)-mediated plat...