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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Human Tissue models for better therapies

The OrganoPlate is a microtiterplate based Organ-on-a-Chip platform for high throughput drug safety and efficacy screening. It contains up to 96 cell culture chambers that allow co-culture o...

Speaker: Sebastiaan Trietsch, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Using 3D cell culture models and high content confocal imaging...

With an increasing push to improve safety, efficacy, and efficiency throughout the drug development pipeline, researchers are evermore looking to improve the predictive capacity of their in...

Speaker: Erin Edwards, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Microfabricated Human Liver Tissues for Drug Development

The liver plays a critical role in the metabolism and clearance of more than 70% of marketed drugs. Furthermore, toxicity to the liver is a major reason for preclinical and clinical drug fai...

Speaker: Salman Khetani, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Organoids: A Revolutionary New Tool for Drug Screening

“The poor translatability of early-stage preclinical models is a major setback in oncology drug development. Immortalized cell lines, that are extensively used in drug screens, undergo...

Speaker: Rekha Pal, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Deciphering the spreading of neuropathologies in neuronal circuits...

Misfolded and accumulated neurodegenerative disease associated proteins (NDAPs, such as tau and alpha-synuclein) represent the major pathological hallmark in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson&...

Speaker: Sebastian Illes, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Measuring What Matters: Proliferation and Cell Death Biomarkers...

Biomarkers are critical tools for all stages of cancer research, from drug development through clinical applications. Cancer is fundamentally a disease of unregulated cell growth and circumv...

Speaker: Olivia Stricker, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

CK18 as a Biomarker in NASH Clinical Trials

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of chronic liver disease in developed countries, and it affects over 25% of the population worldwide. Within the next five y...

Speaker: Jessica Tuohy, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Uncovering the mechanism of stress-resistant DNA replication in...

Accurate DNA replication is essential to transmit the genetic information from one generation to another. However, replication is frequently challenged by barriers that originate from exogen...

Speaker: Chames Kermi, PhD, PharmD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Generation of expanded primary liver cells

The use of primary cells in vitro is compromised by the limited quantity of cells that can be isolated from one donor, a lack of or very restricted proliferation capacity (e.g. hepatocytes)...

Speaker: Astrid Nörenberg, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

3D-Micro Tissues in Translational Toxicology and Disease Modelling

The aim of the lecture is to give an insight into the use of 3D liver micro tissues (3D liMTs) in drug discovery and translational safety. In translational toxicology, 3D LiMTs have a high i...

Speaker: Armin Wolf, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Deep brain Recording and Stimulation of Real World Episodic Memory...

Recent technological advancements in neuroprosthetics allow for wireless recording and stimulation of brain activity in freely moving human participants. At the same time, advancements in vi...

Speaker: Nanthia Suthana, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Ethical Challenges in Early Phase Brain Device Research

Early phase clinical trials investigating novel applications of neural devices, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices, pose ethical challenge during the recruitment of human subjects...

Speaker: Lauren Sankary, JD, MA

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Sensing in a dynamic world: what the antennae of the fruit fly...

Normal behavior in any moving animal, including humans, relies on communication between motor systems that control movements, and the sensory systems we use to guide these actions. A critica...

Speaker: Marie Suver, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Neural Interfaces for Controlling Finger Movements

Brain machine interfaces or neural prosthetics have the potential to restore movement to people with paralysis or amputation, bridging gaps in the nervous system with an artificial device. M...

Speaker: Cynthia Chestek, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Improving the Precision and Targeting of Transcranial Magnetic...

I describe a framework for improving the targeting and precision of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive brain stimulation technique used for research and clinical applicat...

Speaker: Luis Gomez, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2020

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DEC 18, 2019 | 10:00 AM

Understanding Your Biosafety Cabinet: 3 Approaches to Improving...

DATE: December 18, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTDavid is the Product Marketing Manager for Biosafety Cabinets at Labconco Corporation (Kansas City, MO). For several years, David has been involv...

Speaker: David Wasescha

Sponsored By: Labconco

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DEC 17, 2019 | 9:00 AM

The role of SIRT1/LXR signaling in diabetic retinopathy

DATE: December 17, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Purpose: Liver x receptors (LXRs) are hypothesized to serve as a link between lipid metabolism and inflammation by prom...

Speaker: Sandra Hammer, PhD

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco

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DEC 17, 2019 | 5:00 AM

Alinity hq Sigma Metrics

DATE: December 17, 2019 TIME: 5:00am PST, 2:00pm CET, UTC 1300...

Speaker: Sten Westgard, MS

Sponsored By: Abbott

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DEC 16, 2019 | 10:00 PM

Towards HCV Elimination, a Case Study of Taiwan

DATE: December 17, 2019 TIME: 2:00pm SGT From WHO 2017 Hepatitis report, an estimated 290 million (89%) of the 325 million people living with viral hepatitis B and C are unaware that they ar...

Speaker: Ming-Lung Yu, M.D., Ph.D

Sponsored By: Abbott Molecular Diagnostic

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DEC 12, 2019 | 11:00 AM

Laboratory Diagnosis of Immune Deficiency

DATE: December 12, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST Primary immunodeficiency disorders continue to have delayed diagnoses and are commonly under diagnosed. Differentiating betw...

Speaker: Sarah Wheeler, PhD

Sponsored By: Binding Site

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DEC 11, 2019 | 8:00 AM

sCMOS Observations at SwissOGS

DATE: December 11, 2019 TIME: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm GMT The Zimmerwald Laser and Astrometric Telescope (ZIMLAT) is the most versatile instrument of the Swiss Optical Ground Stati...

Speaker: Emiliano Cordelli, PhD Physics, MSc Astronautical/Space Engineering , Ines Juvan-Beaulieu, Dr. Rer. nat.

Sponsored By: Andor

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DEC 11, 2019 | 7:00 AM

A Sensitive and Robust Plasmid Analysis Method by Capillary Electrophoresis...

DATE: December 11, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST An important part of the biopharma industry, Plasmid DNA is used as a gene-delivery vehicle for DNA vaccination and as a key...

Speaker: Colleen Reed

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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DEC 10, 2019 | 8:00 AM

Expi293: New Tools for Structural Biology and Difficult to Express...

DATE: December 10, 2019TIME: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST In this presentation, we demonstrate the performance of a new range of Expi293 components, including engineered Expi293 cell...

Speaker: Jon Zmuda, PhD

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco

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DEC 10, 2019 | 7:00 AM

Proven Answers for Protein, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Analysis

DATE: December 11, 2019 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST Rapid growth in the cell and gene therapy industry has generated an urgent need for robust analytics around characterization of both vec...

Speaker: Mukesh Malik, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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DEC 05, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Morphology Driven High-Plex Spatial Analysis of Tissue Microenvironments

DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Characterization of the spatial distribution and abundance of proteins and mRNAs with morphological context within tissues e...

Speaker: Mathias Holpert, PhD , Traci DeGeer, BS, HT (ASCP) HTL, QIHC

Sponsored By: Leica Biosystems, NanoString Technologies

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DEC 05, 2019 | 5:00 AM

The clinical implications of high sensitive assays for HBsAg

DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 5:00am PST, 8:00am EST The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Ov...

Speaker: Claudio Galli, MD, PhD

Sponsored By: Abbott

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DEC 04, 2019 | 9:00 AM

New Horizons for Protein Degradation: Immediate, Selective Protein...

DATE: December 4, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Targeted protein degradation is a novel chemical modality centered on using pharmacological agents to immediately and select...

Speaker: Behnam Nabet, PhD

Sponsored By: Cell Signaling Technology

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