Cell differentiation: is a process in all growing organisms, and begins once the female egg is fertilized. Cell differentiation is a procedure by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell type.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019 and has spread globally, causing a pandemic of respiratory illness designated coronavirus disease 20...
DATE: December 2, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) research is a continuously evolving field that beholds great promises for the future. The great application potential of P...
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Date: October 28, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) Although chemotherapy remains the mainstay of systemic therapy, a large number of cancer patients fail to respond to it. About half o...
Individuals of under-represented minority ancestry are at disproportional risk for higher incidence and mortality rates for particular cancers. The unequal burden of cancer in certain racial...
Changes in transcriptional regulation are thought to be one of the key drivers of carcinogenesis. Although next-generation sequencer revolutionized transcriptome analysis, there are limitati...
Tumor phenotypes are dictated not only by the neoplastic cell component, but also by the tumor microenvironment (TME), which is inherently immuno-suppressive, is equipped to hamper effector...
DATE: October 6, 2020 TIME: 10:00am (PDT) The enumeration and analysis of blood cells with automated haematology analysers have significantly improved in recent years due to advances in cell...
Intestinal organoids are self-organizing, 3D structures derived from either pluripotent stem cells or from primary tissues with the abiltiy to recapitulate some of the spatial architecture a...
Learning Objectives: 1. Understand methods of isolating and enriching exosomes along with their pros/cons of the different techniques 2. What do we mean when we talk about subtyping, and wha...
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a three-dimensional structure that provides physical support for tissues/organs and biochemical/biomechanical cues for tissue morphogenesis, differentiation...
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well-known for their detrimental effects leading to oxidative stress, cell death, aging, and degenerative disorders. However, there is increasing evidence t...
Influenza severity is determined by the interplay between the virus and the host response. Previously, we identified a three-pronged lung gene expression signature that predicted severe infl...
The regions of our genome responsible for encoding the genes that regulate our immune response are some of the most complex and polymorphic known. This complexity encompasses multiple types...
To establish productive infection, plant viruses need to be able to efficiently invade and spread within a plant. Most viruses are introduced into a plant via the epidermal or mesophyll cell...
DATE: August 26, 2020 TIME: 8:00 am PDT The host immune "recognition" of cancer forms the basis of modern tumor immmunotherapy, a highly targeted treatment option with the demonstr...
In the adult mammalian hippocampus, neurogenesis (in which new neurons are generated and integrated into the CNS) is believed to underlie learning and memory. Within the hippocampus, numerou...
DATE: July 30, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Regenerative medicine has become a key focus worldwide and the number of stem cell, especially pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-based clinical trials are rapi...
The cytolytic activity of Immune cells toward cancer cells is finely regulated through several pathways and receptors. Although end point assays have been routinely used to measure cell kill...
The major function of mitochondria in cellular homeostasis has been the generation of ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. However, we have previously demonstrated that mitochondria can se...
DATE: June 18, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Despite the success of immunotherapy against several malignancies including melanoma and lung adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma remains the excep...
The ExD Option, available for both new and existing Agilent instruments, offers superior electron fragmentation in combination with collision induced dissociation (CID) compared to other exi...
A key step in the clinical production of CAR T cells is the expansion of engineered T cells. To generate enough cells for viable adoptive cell therapy, cells must be robustly stimulated, whi...
Similar to the “histone code” hypothesis in which epigenetic marks on histone tails expand the information potential of the genetic code, different tubulin isoforms, combined wit...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019 and has spread globally, causing a pandemic of respiratory illness designated coronavirus disease 20...
DATE: December 2, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) research is a continuously evolving field that beholds great promises for the future. The great application potential of P...
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Date: October 28, 2020 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) Although chemotherapy remains the mainstay of systemic therapy, a large number of cancer patients fail to respond to it. About half o...
Individuals of under-represented minority ancestry are at disproportional risk for higher incidence and mortality rates for particular cancers. The unequal burden of cancer in certain racial...
Changes in transcriptional regulation are thought to be one of the key drivers of carcinogenesis. Although next-generation sequencer revolutionized transcriptome analysis, there are limitati...
Tumor phenotypes are dictated not only by the neoplastic cell component, but also by the tumor microenvironment (TME), which is inherently immuno-suppressive, is equipped to hamper effector...
DATE: October 6, 2020 TIME: 10:00am (PDT) The enumeration and analysis of blood cells with automated haematology analysers have significantly improved in recent years due to advances in cell...
Intestinal organoids are self-organizing, 3D structures derived from either pluripotent stem cells or from primary tissues with the abiltiy to recapitulate some of the spatial architecture a...
Learning Objectives: 1. Understand methods of isolating and enriching exosomes along with their pros/cons of the different techniques 2. What do we mean when we talk about subtyping, and wha...
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a three-dimensional structure that provides physical support for tissues/organs and biochemical/biomechanical cues for tissue morphogenesis, differentiation...
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well-known for their detrimental effects leading to oxidative stress, cell death, aging, and degenerative disorders. However, there is increasing evidence t...
Influenza severity is determined by the interplay between the virus and the host response. Previously, we identified a three-pronged lung gene expression signature that predicted severe infl...
The regions of our genome responsible for encoding the genes that regulate our immune response are some of the most complex and polymorphic known. This complexity encompasses multiple types...
To establish productive infection, plant viruses need to be able to efficiently invade and spread within a plant. Most viruses are introduced into a plant via the epidermal or mesophyll cell...
DATE: August 26, 2020 TIME: 8:00 am PDT The host immune "recognition" of cancer forms the basis of modern tumor immmunotherapy, a highly targeted treatment option with the demonstr...
In the adult mammalian hippocampus, neurogenesis (in which new neurons are generated and integrated into the CNS) is believed to underlie learning and memory. Within the hippocampus, numerou...
DATE: July 30, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Regenerative medicine has become a key focus worldwide and the number of stem cell, especially pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-based clinical trials are rapi...
The cytolytic activity of Immune cells toward cancer cells is finely regulated through several pathways and receptors. Although end point assays have been routinely used to measure cell kill...
The major function of mitochondria in cellular homeostasis has been the generation of ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. However, we have previously demonstrated that mitochondria can se...
DATE: June 18, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Despite the success of immunotherapy against several malignancies including melanoma and lung adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma remains the excep...
The ExD Option, available for both new and existing Agilent instruments, offers superior electron fragmentation in combination with collision induced dissociation (CID) compared to other exi...
A key step in the clinical production of CAR T cells is the expansion of engineered T cells. To generate enough cells for viable adoptive cell therapy, cells must be robustly stimulated, whi...
Similar to the “histone code” hypothesis in which epigenetic marks on histone tails expand the information potential of the genetic code, different tubulin isoforms, combined wit...
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