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Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance refers to microorganisms mutates and becomes insensitive to a drug that was previously effective. The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is, resistance has evolved.
FEB 23, 2022 | 1:30 PM
High-throughput sequencing technology such as RNASeq and whole genome sequencing has enabled deep characterization of health and disease states. Biomarker discovery by these means has only h...
NOV 18, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have sur...
OCT 13, 2021 | 6:00 AM
We’ll discuss the rapid discovery efforts to identify human monoclonal antibody drugs that protect against COVID-19. We will review the technologies used to find antibodies, the optima...
OCT 12, 2021 | 6:00 AM
Date: October 12, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) Dr. Diana Kalinina shall introduce the MALDI Biotyper ® sirius platform and elaborate the already available as well...
SEP 23, 2021 | 8:00 AM
Date: September 23, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The tumor microenvironment (TME) comprises complex cellular and structural features. The processes and interactions within the TME...
AUG 26, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: August 26, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a fatal disease with rising incidence and a remarkable resistance to current therapies. In t...
AUG 24, 2021 | 8:00 AM
Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Liver cancer is the third cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Most patients have chronic liver disease, which has allowed...
AUG 11, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patie...
APR 29, 2021 | 1:15 PM
Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2018, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. With the advancement of next generation seq...
APR 22, 2021 | 6:00 AM
As NGS panels grow, test interpretation becomes more complex and time-consuming / With the explosion of NGS data, the need for consolidated databases with reliable and transparent curation a...
APR 21, 2021 | 7:30 AM
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is challenging our health care systems and has profoundly impacted our society. Due to the poor global public health response, SARS-CoV-2 has developed many variants....
APR 14, 2021 | 1:30 PM
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...
APR 08, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT) Pneumonia is a deadly condition with clinical outcomes highly dependent on prompt and appropriate therapy. Diagnosis of pneumonia is cha...
APR 07, 2021 | 12:00 AM
Cell encapsulation within semi-permeable devices represents a local immunoisolation strategy for cell-based therapies without the need for systemic immunosuppression. The encapsulation syste...
