Discover the latest gadgets and prototypes, and learn how awe-inspiring advances in science and technology relate to health and medicine, molecular biology, or diagnostics in these webinars. These innovations and technologies are shaping the future and changing the world.
Immune cell therapies hold tremendous potential in the treatment of cancer. Among immune cells, natural killer (NK) cells have a powerful innate ability to recognize and eliminate tumor cell...
Cell and gene therapies, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies (CAR-T), have led to some miraculous cures that are transforming the clinical landscape for treating certain types...
Validation of computerised systems is a regulatory requirement for both GMP and GLP laboratories. Although computerised system validation (CSV) has been required for over 40 years, the appro...
Self-removing tags can be used for simple and effective purification of recombinant proteins and peptides. The key component of these tags is an intein, which is a protein element with the a...
As the use of engineered cells for the production of numerous research and clinical applications increases, the need to monitor multiple markers representing the stability and quality of the...
Protein production is a multi-billion dollar industry, with applications in pharmaceuticals, industrial enzyme use (eg in laundry detergent), and biomaterials. Bacteria are receiving renewed...
We have developed an electronic method to screen cells for their phenotypic profile, which we call Node-Pore Sensing (NPS). NPS involves using a four-terminal measurement to measure the modu...
The integration of scientific instruments and robotics is often a barrier for physical scientists developing new autonomous discovery capabilities. At Argonne National Laboratory, the Rapid...
Our lab has developed a novel platform for droplet sorting that can be used to sort enzymes by activity, and cells by metabolism. It is a passive technique that utilizes no excitation laser,...
Brian Uzzi presents two studies on innovation in science. Study one examines conditions favoring the generation of innovative, high impact ideas and study two examines the conditions that ef...
Preclinical research and development are the cornerstone of modern drug discovery. A variety of biological systems including in vitro, 3D cultures, and organoids are essential tools, with ul...
In the MIT Media Lab global synthetic biology course ‘How To Grow (Almost) Anything,’ students from MIT, Harvard, and a global classroom of hundreds learn concepts and skills at...
Automated solutions for NGS library prep are powerful alternatives to lengthy, labor-intensive sample preparation workflows—but adopting and managing these systems can be a long, compl...
As workflow efficiency and data reproducibility are common challenges faced by scientists for high throughput laboratories, GenScript has developed unique automation technologies to address...
mRNA vaccines represent a pivotal innovation in prophylactic healthcare, offering a rapid response to emerging infectious diseases. Leveraging the cellular machinery to produce antigenic pro...
High-resolution, 3D imaging enabled depth filters, chromatography columns and sterile filters to be analysed across multiple length scales. Generating a geometry-based database enabled struc...
This talk will focus on doing method validation work in an environment where data is gathered from laboratory information system and chromatography data system. We’ll see how these sys...
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are a powerful tool for innovative approaches, such as drug discovery, in vitro disease modelling, or regenerative therapies. However, such proc...
This talk will focus on the essential steps needed to prepare for integrated lab automation: we will discuss the suitability of your lab for automation beyond liquid handlers, the informatio...
Nanoparticle mRNA Therapeutics has been the focus of intense research driven by the safety profile and several clinical breakthroughs. As of March 2024, there are two mRNA vaccines approved...
Cultured mammalian cells, particularly Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are widely used in the biotechnology industry for production of a wide range of therapeutics, predominantly monoclona...
The 21st century brought with it an unprecedented number of global and regional economic and political crises, giving rise to a new generation of conflicts in which novel technological, biol...
Nanovials are emerging as an accessible platform for performing single-cell functional screening leveraging standard instrumentation, such as flow cytometers and microfluidic single-cell seq...
Invitrogen ProcartaPlex and QuantiGene Plex assays offer the unique ability of a multi-omics high-throughput approach by utilizing the Luminex platform. Genomic and proteomic workflows can b...
Efficient utilisation of abundant renewable sugars and aromatic chemicals by natural or recombinant microorganisms is a key prerequisite for the economic viability of biotechnological valori...
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) genome-editing revolution established the beginning of a new era in life sciences. I will report the role of state-of-th...
Learning Objevtives: 1. Demonstrate Knowledge with gene editing, microfluidics and non-viral delivery methods. 2. Review the uses of a low-volume high-throughput transfection platform for ge...
Immune cell therapies hold tremendous potential in the treatment of cancer. Among immune cells, natural killer (NK) cells have a powerful innate ability to recognize and eliminate tumor cell...
