Drug Discovery & Development Webinars

Browse our archive of webinars on pharmaceutical and biomedical research from collaborations between pharmaceutical companies, government, biotechnology companies and academia to create new drug discovery opportunities.

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

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

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

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

Microphysiological Systems for Human Focused Drug Discovery

Microphysiological systems (MPS), also known as organ-on-chips, are small scale in vitro cell cultures which mimic facets of tissue or organ level function. MPS frequently utilise primary hu...

Speaker: Tomasz Kostrzewski, PhD

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Vancomycin: How might Urinary Biomarkers and Precision Dosing...

Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the exposure response relationships with vancomycin and acute kidney injury 2. Define biomarkers that may be useful to improve Precision Dosing...

Speaker: Marc Scheetz, PharmD, MSc, FCCP, FCP

Presented at: Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2020

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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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NOV 19, 2019 | 8:00 AM

Overcoming the Hurdles of Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation...

DATE: November 19, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTCentrifugation has long served as a critical separation tool in countless research and production facilities spanning a wide range of discipline...

Speaker: Ross VerHeul

Sponsored By: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

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NOV 13, 2019 | 12:00 PM

Tools to Empower Your (CAR) NK Cell Research

DATE: November 13, 2019TIME: 12:00pm PT NK cells play a major role in immune surveillance and in the early immune response to cancer and infections. Beneficial anti-tumor respo...

Speaker: Dr. Martha Elia Luevano Salinas

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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NOV 12, 2019 | 10:00 AM

Leveraging single cell copy number to resolve tumor clonality

DATE: November 12, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTDirect measurement of copy number by droplet-based shallow sequencing of genomic DNA has the potential to provide new insights into tumor heterog...

Speaker: Dr. David Craig

Sponsored By: 10x Genomics

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NOV 07, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Factor V Expression in ExpiCHO Cells

DATE: November 7, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST In collaboration with Hematherix and Thermo Fisher, Dr. Laurent Mosnier is investigating a new treatment for acute traumatic bl...

Speaker: Laurent Mosnier, PhD

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco

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NOV 05, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Minicircle DNA: a new material for CAR-T and AAV vector particles...

DATE: November 5, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET New results have highlighted the advantages of minicircles over plasmids as they avoid unnecessary bacterial backbone sequences...

Speaker: Martin Schleef, PhD

Sponsored By: SCIEX

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NOV 05, 2019 | 8:00 AM

Validating a Pharmaceutical Total Organic Carbon Benchtop Analyser...

DATE: November 5, 2019TIME: 8:00am PSTThe International Committee for Harmonisation issued their recommendations on validating an analytical instrument, ICH Q2, to support users of a...

Speaker: Tony Harrison

Sponsored By: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

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OCT 30, 2019 | 10:00 AM

T Cells 101: Advancements in T Cell Culture

DATE: October 30, 2019 TIME: 10:00am PDTNew to T cell applications or just want a refresher on best practices? Miltenyi Biotec offers a large range of T cell culture products to optimiz...

Speaker: Marcello Stein, PhD.

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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OCT 29, 2019 | 7:00 AM

Optimizing high-content screening tools for physiologically-relevant...

DATE: October 29, 2019TIME: 7:00am PDT3D cell culture systems have recently emerged as tools for reproducing the cellular environment and the organization of tissues/organs, where cel...

Speaker: Elodie Vandenhaute , Zied Souguir , Daniel O'Connor

Sponsored By: Molecular Devices

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OCT 22, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Preserving Data Integrity: 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance and Osmolality...

DATE: October 22, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00PM EDT...

Speaker: Angela Bazigos , Kristeena Wright, PhD , Shweta Nair

Sponsored By: Advanced Instruments

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OCT 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM

Overcome Top Titration Challenges

DATE: October 16, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTManual titrations can be extremely challenging and frustrating, impeding your efficiency in the lab. More importantly, these issues can lead to inc...

Speaker: Ricki Hartwell , Gayle Gleichauf , Kevin Goohs

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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OCT 02, 2019 | 11:00 AM

Ditch the Excel spreadsheets and manage your molecular workflows...

DATE: October 2, 2019TIME: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT Ditch the Excel spreadsheets and manage your molecular workflows entirely in your LIMS Achieve configuration of molecular workf...

Speaker: Karla Paulson, MBA, PMP, LSSGB

Sponsored By: Abbott Informatics

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OCT 01, 2019 | 10:00 AM

High-throughput genotoxicity assays for DNA damage and mode of...

DATE: October 1, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTThe toxicological testing market is no stranger to the principle of the three Rs of research: replacement, reduction, and refinement. With that to...

Speaker: Jeffrey Bemis, PhD , Jakob Bonse, PhD

Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec

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OCT 01, 2019 | 8:00 AM

Looking under the Hood and Getting Started with the Optima AUC

DATE: October 1, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTIn the webinar, Introduction to Characterization of Biomolecules Using Analytical Ultracentrifugation, we discussed the fundamentals of analytical...

Speaker: Akash Bhattacharya, PhD , Ross VerHeul

Sponsored By: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

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