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Upcoming Webinars
Bioanalytical Tools for Biosimilar Development
Biologic therapeutics have revolutionized the treatment of cancer and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Because of the complex structure and inherently variable processes by which innovator biologic and biosimilar drugs are manufactured, robust characterization tools are essential. In this webinar, we will explore analytical tools that enable drug developers to bring biosimilar therapeutics to market. The webinar will include a live Q&A session.
Presenter:
Jeff Nelson, PhD, Biologics Product Manager, Promega
Dates:
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 9am CDT / 10am EDT / 3pm London / 4pm Amsterdam-Paris
Thursday, August 11, 2022 - 12pm Singapore / 2pm Sydney / 1pm Seoul / 9:30am New Delhi
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Implementing Digital PCR for Wastewater Disease Surveillance
Wastewater is a challenging matrix for establishing consistent molecular biology methods. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance has been widely accepted as an economical and unbiased tool for surveillance of outbreaks and disease dynamics in a population. As a result, methods for wastewater sample preparation and PCR detection are constantly being improved and optimized. Join us for this webinar where we will discuss the direct capture concentration and purification method in combination with digital PCR for quantifying SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater and tracking of variant circulation. We will also demonstrate how new data generated with improved methods can be matched to historical trending results.
Presenters:
Brigitta Saul, PhD, Sr. Global Commercialization and Marketing Manager, Promega Corporation
Martin Becker, PhD, Application Specialist, Stilla Technologies
Timothy R. Julian, PhD, Group Leader, Environmental Microbiology, Eawag
Dates:
Thursday, September 22, 2022 @ 10am CDT / 11am EDT / 4pm London / 5pm Amsterdam-Paris
Friday, September 23, 2022 @ 12pm Singapore / 2pm Sydney / 1pm Seoul / 9:30am New Delhi
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Resetting Expectations for CAR-T Potency Assessment – A Novel Target-Cell Killing Based Approach
Potency assays are an essential aspect of analyses of biotherapeutics, including CAR-T therapeutics. The potency assay format that will be used as a release assay for CTM (in a QC environment) needs to be as accurate, precise and robust as possible. Developing a robust potency assay for CAR-T therapeutics can be a long and complicated process. The mechanism of action of CAR-T cells – dubbed ‘living drugs’ – in-vivo is multi-faceted. Currently, target-cell killing and cytokine induction are two of the more prominent measures indicative of CAR-T potency in the cell therapy field. This webinar will provide the rationale and data that supports transitioning from current interpolation-based cytokine induction assays, with minimal number of dilutions (one), to full-curve analyses based upon MOA-reflective cellular responses.
In this webinar, you will learn about:
- Limitations of existing CAR-T potency measurement approaches
- A new HiBiT target-cell killing based approach for CAR-T potency assessment
- Evaluation of HiBiT target-cell killing assay performance for use in a QC environment
Presenter:
Avinash Chinthala, Scientist, CMC Analytical Development, Precision BioSciences Inc.
Dates:
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 10am CDT / 11am EDT / 4pm London / 5pm Amsterdam-Paris
Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 12pm Singapore / 2pm Sydney / 1pm Seoul / 9:30am New Delhi
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