Laboratory Testing: Laboratory tests check a sample of your blood, urine, or body tissues. A technician or your doctor analyzes the test samples to see if your results fall within the normal range. The tests use a range because what is normal differs from person to person. Depending on the test, the presence, absence, or amount of an analyte may mean you do have a particular condition or it may mean that you do not have the particular condition.
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...
COVID 19 is caused by a new coronavirus , SARS-CoV-2, which is highly infectious and can cause a wide spectrum of symptoms and affect multiple human systems. What we have learned from other...
Vaccines to prevent COVID-19 were developed within 1 year after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 as the causative virus. There are now 3 vaccines that are FDA approved via Emergency Use Auth...
Date: April 9, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT There are tick-borne diseases beyond what causes Lyme disease. Different geographies have differing prevalence’s of tick-borne infections. In the n...
DATE: April 2, 2021 TIME: 09:00am PDT There has been a major development in the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease. All parties agree (as before) on the paradigm of “Two Tier Testing&...
Date: March 30, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) As the world continues to have a need for COVID-19 testing, BD offers a reliable rapid antigen COVID-19 testing solution through the BD...
DATE: March 30, 2021 TIME: 08:00am PST In this talk, we will discuss the value of moving towards modular and automated, closed-system technologies designed to enable scalable and cost-effect...
Learning Objectives: Discuss Respiratory Disease State and Current Trends Overview Discuss the Alinity m Resp-4-Plex Assay Design Discuss Alinity m Resp-4-Plex Assay Clinical Performance...
Date: March 25, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT) This is the second World TB Day and the end of the first full year since the world encountered COVID-19. We have all worked feverishly to manage this...
An essential tool in the modern laboratory, the Laboratory Information Management System is embraced for its utility to acquire and mine simple to complex data. The cannabis laboratories hav...
Role of a Cannabis LIMS in Achieving ISO/IEC 17025 Compliance ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is an international accreditation used to standardize the practices of cannabis testing laboratories. ISO/IEC...
Cannabis testing laboratories play a pivotal role in today’s cannabis industry. These laboratories test a wide-ranging list of compounds, including cannabinoids, terpenes, and a multit...
Accurate and reliable analytical cannabinoid potency data is essential to operating a compliant, consistent, and profitable cannabis company. Third-party testing labs service this industry n...
Too often, cannabis labs are trying to open for business without the solid foundation of an ISO management system. This afterthought is detrimental to labs’ short and long term success...
Terpenes are a broad class of chemicals that are found throughout the Cannabis plant that produce the unique aroma and taste of your favorite variety. Cannabis breeders have been selecting f...
Currently in the cannabis industry, there are many different regulations and guidelines. From the federal level with the USDA and DEA, to each individual state, testing laboratories and thei...
Most Cannabis testing laboratories perform a variety of tests, full analysis for production QA/QC, and contract commercial testing, while others focus on extraction or purification only, or...
Date: March 22, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Viral diversity presents an ongoing challenge for diagnostic tests, which must be designed to accurately detect all current and future circ...
Date: March 17, 2021 Time: 08:00am (PST) Research focused on SARS-CoV-2 has become a primary focus in genomic and molecular biology fields. With a constantly changing field with new methods...
Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have surg...
With an introduction by Sarah Warren, the Senior Director of Translational Science, this webinar will open by providing a brief technology overview of NanoString Technologies. Dr. Warren wil...
DATE: February 24, 2021 TIME: 10am PST Automated lab instruments such as liquid handlers and cell sorters are increasingly common in all types of laboratories, driving fast results for labor...
Reliable diagnostic, prognostic, predictive, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacokinetic biomarkers are critical to assure correct patient selection, drug dosing, and monitoring. Being able to iden...
Every lab knows that starting a new quality control or reagent lot is a critical point in the labs workflow and each of these changes has the potential to adversely affect patient results an...
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...
COVID 19 is caused by a new coronavirus , SARS-CoV-2, which is highly infectious and can cause a wide spectrum of symptoms and affect multiple human systems. What we have learned from other...
Vaccines to prevent COVID-19 were developed within 1 year after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 as the causative virus. There are now 3 vaccines that are FDA approved via Emergency Use Auth...
Date: April 9, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT There are tick-borne diseases beyond what causes Lyme disease. Different geographies have differing prevalence’s of tick-borne infections. In the n...
DATE: April 2, 2021 TIME: 09:00am PDT There has been a major development in the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease. All parties agree (as before) on the paradigm of “Two Tier Testing&...
Date: March 30, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) As the world continues to have a need for COVID-19 testing, BD offers a reliable rapid antigen COVID-19 testing solution through the BD...
DATE: March 30, 2021 TIME: 08:00am PST In this talk, we will discuss the value of moving towards modular and automated, closed-system technologies designed to enable scalable and cost-effect...
Learning Objectives: Discuss Respiratory Disease State and Current Trends Overview Discuss the Alinity m Resp-4-Plex Assay Design Discuss Alinity m Resp-4-Plex Assay Clinical Performance...
Date: March 25, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT) This is the second World TB Day and the end of the first full year since the world encountered COVID-19. We have all worked feverishly to manage this...
An essential tool in the modern laboratory, the Laboratory Information Management System is embraced for its utility to acquire and mine simple to complex data. The cannabis laboratories hav...
Role of a Cannabis LIMS in Achieving ISO/IEC 17025 Compliance ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is an international accreditation used to standardize the practices of cannabis testing laboratories. ISO/IEC...
Cannabis testing laboratories play a pivotal role in today’s cannabis industry. These laboratories test a wide-ranging list of compounds, including cannabinoids, terpenes, and a multit...
Accurate and reliable analytical cannabinoid potency data is essential to operating a compliant, consistent, and profitable cannabis company. Third-party testing labs service this industry n...
Too often, cannabis labs are trying to open for business without the solid foundation of an ISO management system. This afterthought is detrimental to labs’ short and long term success...
Terpenes are a broad class of chemicals that are found throughout the Cannabis plant that produce the unique aroma and taste of your favorite variety. Cannabis breeders have been selecting f...
Currently in the cannabis industry, there are many different regulations and guidelines. From the federal level with the USDA and DEA, to each individual state, testing laboratories and thei...
Most Cannabis testing laboratories perform a variety of tests, full analysis for production QA/QC, and contract commercial testing, while others focus on extraction or purification only, or...
Date: March 22, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Viral diversity presents an ongoing challenge for diagnostic tests, which must be designed to accurately detect all current and future circ...
Date: March 17, 2021 Time: 08:00am (PST) Research focused on SARS-CoV-2 has become a primary focus in genomic and molecular biology fields. With a constantly changing field with new methods...
Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have surg...
With an introduction by Sarah Warren, the Senior Director of Translational Science, this webinar will open by providing a brief technology overview of NanoString Technologies. Dr. Warren wil...
DATE: February 24, 2021 TIME: 10am PST Automated lab instruments such as liquid handlers and cell sorters are increasingly common in all types of laboratories, driving fast results for labor...
Reliable diagnostic, prognostic, predictive, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacokinetic biomarkers are critical to assure correct patient selection, drug dosing, and monitoring. Being able to iden...
Every lab knows that starting a new quality control or reagent lot is a critical point in the labs workflow and each of these changes has the potential to adversely affect patient results an...