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The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
This presentation will discuss fundamental physical, chemical, and biological concepts important to understanding control of detrimental biofilms. Four phenomena that are important in the act...
Managing microbial contaminants is critical during the manufacturing of biologics, food and beverage to ensure that products meet the high quality product standard as well as staying complian...
Human microbiome projects have delivered our first glimpse into the microbial communities that reside in and on our bodies. Building on these efforts the research community has begun to corre...
Among many surprising insights, the genomic revolution has helped us to realize that we're never alone and, in fact, barely human. For most of our lives, we share our bodies with some ten ti...
DATE: August 20, 2015TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT, 4:00pm BSTLight Sheet Microscopy for 3D live fluorescent imaging at high spatiotemporal resolution Dr Bi-Chang Chen will discuss his ...
Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) is a powerful technique for analyzing fundamental characteristics of macromolecules in solution, including size and shape, assembly state, and degree of p...
DATE: July 22, 2015TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETHuman induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) bring human biology into pre-clinical aspects of drug discovery. iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes have em...
Exosomes are small secreted vesicles that have a diameter of ~50-200 nm. Exosomes are enriched for a specific subset of host-derived proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and carbohydrates, though ...
Date: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015Time: 11:00AM PDT, 2:00PM EDT There is a growing interest of LC-tandem MS in clinical laboratories because this analytical technique can provide definitive ident...
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015 Time: 10:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM ESTSerology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especially tr...
The emerging field of RNA nanotechnology has led to the utilization of the platform in the field of bionanotechnology as sensing platforms, diverse nanoparticle construction, in vivo computin...
Date: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 Time: 09:00AM PDT, 12:00PM EDT, 4:00PM GMT Solaris™ is a new open-air fluorescence imaging system developed by PerkinElmer, enabling translational in vivo pre...
DATE: June 17th, 2015TIME: 8am Pacific time, 11am Eastern timeSpatial heterogeneity of tumors has been identified within and between metastatic lesions and can be visualized wit...
Date: June 16, 2015Time: 8:00AM Pacific time, 11:00AM Eastern TimeGroup 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are recently described innate immune cells that contribute to type 2 inflammation, tiss...
Clinical laboratories and, indeed, health care overall, are facing potential paradigm shifts in how innovative and higher quality care are delivered to patients. From ever more precise and ac...
The session will start with a brief review of the history and benefits of IQCPs. The structure and components of the IQCP will be presented with more emphasis on Risk Management Concepts. ...
Consistent accuracy in reporting quantitative viral load results is critically important to patients, their physicians and to the clinical laboratory. In clinical practice, quantitative viral...
In the case of Breast Cancer, the patient's cancer is usually detected by a mammogram or palpitation of an experienced Physician. However, these first indications that something is wrong must...
Errors in healthcare can have catastrophic results for patients. Work settings with a strong interdisciplinary teamwork culture can decrease the opportunities for errors to occur. Teamwork co...
Date: Thursday, June 11th, 2015Time: 07:00AM PDT, 10:00AM EDT, 03:00PM BST Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia with nearly 44 million people affected worldwide. Chara...
Matching the mutational profile of a patient's tumor with appropriate targeted agents is a goal of personalized medicine in oncology. The number of FDA-approved targeted therapies, as well as...
Discussion of the guaiac based test introduced in 1971 and its' shortcomings versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) and how it relates to acute and non-acute facilities.
Why is FIT...
Appropriate utilization of laboratory testing is important for the quality and safety in the healthcare system and to assist in the control of unnecessary costs in the healthcare system. Per...
When a patient presents with acute bloody diarrhea and tests negative for common causes such as campylobacter and salmonella, what's missing? Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is increasin...
CMS continues to make changes to how all healthcare providers are reimbursed in attempts to control the cost of the services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. This has led to value-based r...
The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
