Cindy Boardman - Scientist, R&D Sample Prep, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Luis McGregor - Staff Engineer, Systems Design, Thermo Fisher Scientific

To enhance productivity in research laboratories conducting genomic studies, automation techniques along with rapid workflows are encouraged. Here, we discuss gene expression analysis by reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) directly from cell lysates, removing the need to purify RNA with standard nucleic acid isolation techniques. We explore the benefits of removing gDNA during cell ...

OCT 17, 2024 8:00 AM PDT

Dr. Inês Sequeira, MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer in Oral and Skin Biology, Deputy Director of Research, Institute of Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London

The oral cavity serves as the gateway to both the respiratory and digestive tracts and shares structural features with the skin. Despite its specialized niches—labial and buccal mucosae, salivary glands, periodontium, palate, and tongue—our understanding of cellular heterogeneity, communication, and spatial patterns within these regions remains limited.   In this webinar ...

OCT 22, 2024 6:00 AM PDT

Chunye Lu, PhD, MSc, PHM - Antibiotic Resistance Testing Laboratory Supervisor, Bacterial Diseases Section, Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health

Vida Mofidi M.P.H., M(ASCP)CM - Senior Public Health Microbiologist, County of Orange Health Care Agency, Department of Public Health, Santa Ana, CA

The increasing emergence of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO), including Enterobacterales (CRE), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) and Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), is a major public health threat. The modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) is a reference method that is widely used in clinical and public health laboratories to detect carbapenemase production; however, it is time-consuming ...

OCT 23, 2024 9:00 AM PDT

Dr. Matthijs Oyaert - Clinical Biologist at the clinical laboratory of the Ghent University hospital, Belgium<br/> Member of the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) <br/> Member of the Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine (RBSLM) board

Urinalysis is a major diagnostic screening test in the clinical laboratory, with an important role in diagnosing and monitoring nephrological and urological conditions. Until recently, microscopic urine sediment analysis was the most widely accepted urinalysis methodology.1 However, this time-consuming methodology is associated with extensive analytical errors. Over the past 30 years, new ...

OCT 24, 2024 5:00 AM PDT