Speakers
Cancer Research
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Amanda C. Winters
Talk: Development of dPCR-based molecular MRD for acute myeloid leukemia
Dr. Amanda Winters is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado. As a clinician, she treats children and adolescents diagnosed with leukemias...
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Ana Krivokuca
Talk: How to translate complex genomic data to clinically-oriented personalized cancer care: a real-world experience
Dr. Ana Krivokuca is the founder and the Head of the Department for genetic counseling at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia. An experienced clinical laboratory geneticist, Dr. Krivoku...
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Andrea Huxhold
Talk: Liquid biopsy workflow optimization for improved assay sensitivity and multianalyte applications of cell-free RNA, DNA and CTCs
Dr. Andrea Huxhold is a Senior Global Marketing Manager and joined QIAGEN in 2014 as a product development scientist at the joint venture with BD, PreAnalytiX. She developed the PAXgene Blood ccfDNA...
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Doug Bost
Talk: Digital PCR and copy number variants enable absolute and relative quantification of donor-derived cell-free DNA for post-transplant organ monitoring
Mr. Doug Bost is a Co-Founder and CEO of JETA Molecular, as well as a Board Member and Vice-President of Transplant Monitoring at Omixon Biocomputing in Budapest, Hungary. JETA is diagnostics company...
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Helge Taubert
Talk: Cell-free DNA variant sequencing using plasma and AR-V7 testing of circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer patients
Prof. Helge Taubert is Head of the Division of Molecular Urology at the University Hospital Erlangen, Germany. He is researching multifactorial models of prostate tumor pathology to in future help...
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Preethi Gunaratne
Talk: Developing mRNA vaccines targeting immunogenic neoantigens translated from chimeric RNAs for the treatment and prevention of cancer
Preethi Gunaratne, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston, with a dual appointment at the Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Seque...
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Amanda C. Winters
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Ana Krivokuca
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Andrea Huxhold
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Doug Bost
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Helge Taubert
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Preethi Gunaratne
Digital PCR
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Jim Huggett
Talk: A decade of dPCR
Dr. Huggett is a Science Fellow at the National Measurement Laboratory (NML, the UK's designated national measurement institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurement based at LGC). He received...
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John Paul Chuckalovcak
Talk: The fine art of dPCR – From template to validation
John Paul Chuckalovcak is broadly trained in molecular biology with expertise in analytical test optimization and validation. In his 10 years of experience with digital PCR, he has supported the techn...
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Wim Trypsteen
Talk: Searching for rainbows: How the QIAcuity digital PCR system helps HIV reservoir quantification
Wim Trypsteen is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University with a decade of experience in digital PCR technology ranging from assay development to generating new data analysis algorithms. He has...
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Jim Huggett
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John Paul Chuckalovcak
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Wim Trypsteen
Microbiome to Microbiology
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Bruce R. McCord
Talk: Investigating the genital microbiome by metagenomic sequencing and qPCR to prove sexual contact
Bruce R. McCord is an analytical chemist developing procedures for forensic analysis including both biochemical (genomics) and chemical assays (trace analysis). His current research interests involve...
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Christopher J. Stewart
Talk: Diet-microbe-host interaction in early life
Dr Christopher Stewart is a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow and 2021 Lister Institute Prize Fellow at Newcastle University, UK. He gained a PhD in Microbial Ecology at Northumbria Univer...
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George Duncan
Talk: Investigating the genital microbiome by metagenomic sequencing and qPCR to prove sexual contact
George Duncan finished a job as a Visiting Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida International University and is presently Affiliated Faculty at Nova Southe...
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Guillaume Tahon
Talk: Reshaping the tree of life - elucidating the role of novel archaea in ecology and evolution
Guillaume Tahon is a postdoctoral researcher within the Microbial Evolution group studying the uncultured archaeathrough culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. He uses state-of-the-art...
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Koen Venema
Talk: The TNO in vitro model of the colon: a sophisticated tool to study the effect of food and pharmaceuticals on the gut microbiota
Koen Venema is i) Professor at University Maastricht - campus Venlo, ii) founder and CEO of Beneficial Microbes® Consultancy, iii) founder and CEO of Beneficial Bugs BV, iv) CMO of InnerBuddies...
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Mirna Ghemrawi
Talk: Investigating the genital microbiome by metagenomic sequencing and qPCR to prove sexual contact
Mirna Ghemrawi is a doctoral student in biochemistry with a forensic science focus. Researching at the McCord Lab in Florida International University, Mirna is currently developing genetic testing for...
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Patricia Geesink
Talk: Reshaping the tree of life - elucidating the role of novel archaea in ecology and evolution
Patricia Geesing is a postdoctoral researcher within the Microbial Evolution group studying Asgard archaea to illuminate the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition. Her research is center...
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Windi Muziasari
Talk: Monitoring antibiotic resistance in the environment
Windi Muziasari has gained years of experience and the know-how to monitor antibiotic resistance from environmental samples such as wastewater, rivers, lakes, soils and manure using a high-throughput...
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Bruce R. McCord
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Christopher J. Stewart
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George Duncan
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Guillaume Tahon
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Koen Venema
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Mirna Ghemrawi
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Patricia Geesink
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Windi Muziasari
Pharma and Biotech
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Andreas Kraemer
Talk: Knowledge graphs and more: Analytics-driven drug discovery using advanced biomedical relationships knowledge
Dr. Andreas Kraemer is a computational biologist at QIAGEN Digital Insights, leading the development of machine learning and knowledge graph-based algorithms for discovery and clinical products. He...
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Jeff Green
Talk: Identifying novel drug targets in paraganglioma
Jeff Green holds a degree from Stanford University and is a software engineer at QIAGEN. He joined QIAGEN 16 years ago through its acquisition of Ingenuity Systems in 2013. Jeff is an integral part of...
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Joshua Yang
Talk: The promise of next-generation protein sequencing
Josh is the co-founder and CEO of Glyphic Biotechnologies, a VC-funded biotechnology startup commercializing a next-generation protein sequencing platform. His first-author, peer-reviewed publications...
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Marina Bessarabova
Talk: Knowledge graphs and more: Analytics-driven drug discovery using advanced biomedical relationships knowledge
Dr. Marina Bessarabova holds an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in biological sciences. She is the global product manager for QIAGEN Digital Insights data science solutions. Before QIAGEN Digital Insights, she was...
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Mark Uhlik
Talk: Xerna TME(TM) Panel: A Novel Precision Medicine Platform
Mark is a seasoned leader in translational oncology and drug discovery/development with over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mark earned his B.S. in Microbiology from Colorado...
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Reinhard Ortmann
Talk: Expertise in kit-based molecular companion diagnostics development and commercialization
Reinhard Ortmann is Director Oncology & Precision Diagnostics at QIAGEN and focuses on companion diagnostic commercialization. He is responsible for early companion diagnostic and drug launch...
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Simon Plummer
Talk: Identifying novel drug targets in paraganglioma
Dr. Plummer holds a PhD in biochemical pharmacology. He has served in various research roles throughout his career focusing on high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics interpretation of data...
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Tiina Kähkönen
Talk: Developing novel therapies for cancer bone metastasis, an unmet medical need
Tiina Kähkönen has a PhD in oncology studying breast cancer bone metastasis and related drug research. In OncoBone Therapeutics, her responsibilities include leading pipeline programs to pro...
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Verena Schramm
Talk: QIAGEN Genomic Services - one partner to accelerate your research programs
Dr. Verena Schramm, Director, Digital and Genomics Services joined QIAGEN in 2016 as a Global Product Manager for NGS Library preparation products. Before taking over the product management team for...
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Andreas Kraemer
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Jeff Green
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Joshua Yang
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Marina Bessarabova
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Mark Uhlik
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Reinhard Ortmann
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Simon Plummer
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Tiina Kähkönen
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Verena Schramm
SARS-CoV-2 Research
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Davida Smyth
Talk: Moving beyond SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: How can next-generation sequencing support wastewater-based epidemiology?
Dr. Davida Smyth is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at Texas A&M University – San Antonio. She conducts research with her undergraduate team in the area of comparative microbial genom...
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Dominic O'Neil
Optimization of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 samples to enable NGS-based detection of emerging variants
Dominic O'Neil has over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology industry. Before joining QIAGEN, he gained molecular biology expertise at several companies, including three years at the Whitehead/MIT...
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Dylan Barbera
Talk: High-sensitivity, targeted NGS variant detection of viral and bacterial pathogens: A novel solution for healthcare and environmental surveillance and research
Dylan Barbera received his bachelors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Master's of Science from Mount St. Mary's...
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Jonathan Shaffer
Talk: Optimization of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 samples to enable NGS-based detection of emerging variants
Dr. Jonathan Shaffer received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular genetics from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2008, where his research focused on determining mechanisms that...
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Laura Isabela Uribe Figueroa
Talk: Viral load estimation using digital PCR and RT-PCR in patients infected with omicron subvariants and its correlation with clinical features
Laura Isabela Uribe Figueroa is a biochemist with a strong background in molecular biology. She has been active in the field of genomics for the last 15 years. Laura has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from...
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Ryan Farr
Talk: Altered microRNA expression in COVID-19 patients accurately identifies SARS-CoV-2 infection
Ryan Farr is a molecular biologist, virologist and bioinformatician who, as a Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), conducts molecular disease-related...
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Davida Smyth
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Dominic O'Neil
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Dylan Barbera
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Jonathan Shaffer
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Laura Isabela Uribe Figueroa
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Ryan Farr
Sustainability
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Bryan Wilson
Talk: The Chagos Archipelago: Coral Reefs from the Days of Yore
Dr. Bryan Wilson is a coral biologist at the University of Oxford and a recent recipient of a QIAGEN RNA-seq Grant. Dr. Wilson is studying the resilience and recovery of coral reefs under a rapidly changing...
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David Willemsen
Talk: Let’s make science more sustainable together
David Willemsen is a Scientist for product development at QIAGEN. He joined the QIAGEN Hilden R&D team in 2022, and his work focuses on developing environmentally friendly solutions for nucleic...
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Eva Haenssler
Talk: Let’s make science more sustainable together
Eva Haenssler is an Associate Director responsible for sample technology product development, including solutions for manual and automated extraction from a wide range of sample materials. Since joining...
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Raj Patey
Talk: Building a global culture of sustainability in the lab
Raj Patey is a Business Development Director at My Green Lab, focusing on the ACT eco-labels for laboratory consumables, chemicals, and equipment. Raj works with laboratory suppliers to engage with customers...
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Stefan Thiele
Hard work and heart work – A short guide to lab sustainability
Dr. Stefan Thiele is a microbial ecologist at the University in Bergen, Norway, working on bacterial and archaeal communities in different Arctic environments using mainly sequencing-based methods. After...
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Bryan Wilson
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David Willemsen
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Eva Haenssler
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Raj Patey
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Stefan Thiele
Young Scientist
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Camilla Heinzmann
Delivering a Powerful Message workshop
Camilla Heinzmann is the founder and principal of Heinzmann Coaching and Consulting, Inc. She is an accomplished speaker, adult learning expert and learning facilitator with over 20 years of experience...
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Camilla Heinzmann