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Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa, San Diego, CA
October 7-9, 2013
10/7: - 1:30 Digital PCR: A Paradigm Shift in Molecular Measurement
- 2:00 What Validation is Required for Digital PCR Measurements?
- 2:30 Technical Explanation and Theory of Digital PCR: What Can Go Wrong and Why?
- 3:45 Digital PCR: A Historical Perspective
10/8: - 8:30 Molecular Analysis of Liquid Biopsies in Biomarker Driven Clinical Research
- 9:00 Early Detection of Somatic Mutations in Circulating Tumor DNA
- 9:30 Droplet-Based Microfluidics as a Tool for Personalized Medicine
- 10:30 BEAMing and Droplet Digital PCR Analysis of Mutant IDH1 mRNA in Glioma Patient Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Extracellular Vesicles
- 11:15 Circulating Tumor DNA Testing for the Stratification and Monitoring of Cancer Patients
- 1:45 Digital PCR Assessment of Clinically Actionable Variants in Human Disease
- 2:15 High-Resolution Chromosome Mapping for 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Using Digital PCR
- 2:45 Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Single Gene Disorders by Droplet Digital PCR
- 4:30 Quantitative Multiparameter Analysis of Single Cells Using Microfluidically Generated Emulsions
- 5:00 Digital Quantitation of Therapeutic Target RNAs in Mammalian Cell Nuclei
10/9: - 8:30 Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) by A Duplex Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction
- 9:00 dPCR Applications in the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory
- 9:30 Application of Droplet Digital PCR for the Investigation of the Latent HIV Reservoir
- 10:00 A Novel HIV Therapeutic Approach: Immune Reconstitution in HIV-Infected Subjects by Infusion of Zinc Finger Nuclease Mediated CCR5 Modified CD4+ T-Cells
- 11:15 VENDOR PANEL: Implementing Digital PCR in the Lab
- 1:15 SlipChip for Digital Nucleic Acid Amplification
- 1:45 HistoMosaic and Virtual Color Multiplexing Pave the Way to High-Throughput Analysis of Genetic Heterogeneity and Overexpression in Tissue Samples
- 2:45 A Method to Perform Selective DNA or RNA Extraction from Single Cells and Digital PCR in the Same Wells
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Organized by:
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Cambridge Healthtech Institute |
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Invited Speakers:
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- Jim Huggett, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., Science Leader, Nucleic Acid Metrology, Molecular & Cell Biology, LGC
- Kerry R. Emslie, Ph.D., Bioanalysis Group Manager, National Measurement Institute, Australia
- Ross Haynes, Biological Science Technician, Biochemical Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Alec Morely, Emeritus Professor, Haematology and Genetic Pathology, Flinders University
- Filip Janku, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Nickolas Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Professor, Oncology; Director, Translational Genetics, Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics & Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Valerie Taly, Ph.D., Group Leader/CNRS Researcher, Université Paris-Descartes
- Leonora Balaj, Ph.D., Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Philipp Angenendt, Ph.D., CTO, Inostics GmbH
- Hanlee P. Ji, M.D., Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Vicki Hwang, Graduate Student Researcher, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California at Davis
- Emmanuel Debrand, Ph.D., R&D Scientist (NIPD), West Midlands Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust
- Richard Novak, Researcher, Mathies Lab, University of California, Berkeley
- David Dodd, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Corey Lab, University of Texas, Southwestern
- Donna C. Sullivan, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Keith R. Jerome, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Virology Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington; Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
- Douglas D. Richman, M.D., Director, Center for AIDS Research; Distinguished Professor, Pathology and Medicine; Florence Seeley Riford Chair in AIDS Research, University of California, San Diego
- Gary Lee, Ph.D., Scientist, Team Leader, Sangamo BioSciences
- Andy Watson, Chief Commercial Officer, Raindance Technologies, Inc.
- Feng Shen, Director, Research and Development, SlipChip LLC
- Emil Kartalov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
- Hai-Qing Gong, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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September 6, 2013
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Registration:
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Register Now
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E-mail:
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kwaterman@healthtech.com
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