President of I.A.G.E. in Montpellier, France

Dr. Durandet and his team are working to develop digital PCR methods able to target the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saline wastewater in an effort to prevent community outbreaks.

Principal Scientist, National Measurement Laboratory

Dr. Huggett uses digital PCR to overcome one of the biggest challenges in diagnostics: developing best practices and standardizing molecular measurements globally.

TATAA Biocenter AB and Department of Biotechnology, CAS

Dr. Kubista has been developing applications and providing services using digital PCR and quantitative PCR and has co-authored the MIQE guidelines.

Research Coordinator, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Dr. Andersson-Assarsson uses digital PCR technology to examine how copy numbers in a single gene may explain why some people are prone to obesity.

Professional Customer Solution Manager for dPCR, QIAGEN, France and Italy

Dr. Nour specializes in applied molecular biology techniques, mainly dPCR and the genomics workflow. Apart from acting as an IVD consultant for many international and national companies, he is currently working with QIAGEN as a Professional Customer Solution Manager for dPCR in France and Italy.

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University

Dr. Wang’s research aims to understand malaria parasite biology and is specifically interested in PCR-based epidemiological studies.

Senior scientist at Northern Biomolecular Services

Dr. Bell is involved in (RT)qPCR method development and validation for biodistribution, gene expression and vector shedding sample analysis.

Associate Director, GeneGlobe, QIAGEN

Dr. Schramm has held sales and project management roles in clinical NGS data analysis before joining QIAGEN. Before taking over the product responsibility for GeneGlobe, she managed the RNA sample preparation and liquid biopsy product portfolio and the NGS library preparation products.

Senior Scientist, Digital PCR Assay Development, QIAGEN

Dr. Kellner worked on several international projects focusing on microbiology, molecular biology, and NGS data analysis before joining QIAGEN. Since then, he has been involved in developing the digital PCR assay portfolio, including gene expression assays.

Director, Strategic Marketing PCR and dPCR, QIAGEN

Dr. Scheuerpflug has vast experience with gene expression, gene regulation and digital PCR solutions at QIAGEN. She also has a keen interest and solid knowledge of the emerging importance of CRISPR technology.

Associate Director, Global Product Management qPCR, QIAGEN

Mr. Schacht has held various national and international sales and marketing positions in diagnostic companies before joining QIAGEN. As a Product Manager, he is responsible for the qPCR kits & assays portfolio.

Associate Director, Global Product Management Digital PCR Assays, QIAGEN

Dr. Bussmann has held the product management position in the assay technologies portfolio, including applied testing before assuming responsibility for the PCR systems & assays and, most recently, digital PCR.