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Webinar

The why and the how of switching over from qPCR to dPCR

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Jun 24, 2026
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60 minutes

You will learn

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qPCR vs dPCR

Compare qPCR vs dPCR, discover benefits and limitations of the methods and how their differences impact your results
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How dPCR addresses qPCR challenges

See why dPCR outperforms qPCR in reproducibility, accuracy and subtle changes in target abundance, tricks for multiplexing and robustness towards inhibitors
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Tranferring qPCR assays to dPCR assays

How to convert your qPCR assays to a dPCR platform, including tips for assay optimization

About this webinar

Welcome to what a TED Talk on qPCR vs dPCR would look like. We’ve got our top two R&D experts on digital PCR to explain the method in 10 slides and one hand-drawn diagram. In less than an hour, learn how dPCR differs from qPCR, explore publications comparing the methods and get practical advice on transferring qPCR assays to dPCR, as well as  how to run these dPCR assays under optimal conditions.

Speakers

Dr. Ronny Kellner, Associate Director, R&D, dPCR, QIAGEN
Dr. Ronny Kellner is an R&D Senior Scientist working on digital PCR assay development at QIAGEN. He completed his PhD in molecular plant–pathogen interactions at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg and the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. After several international projects in Germany and the UK focusing on microbiology, molecular biology and NGS data analysis, he joined QIAGEN in August 2020. Since then, he has been developing the digital PCR assay portfolio, including applications for microbial pathogen detection and NGS library quantification.
Dr. Ronny Kellner, Associate Director, R&D, dPCR, QIAGEN
Dr. Jonathan Weiss, Associate Principal Scientist, R&D, QIAGEN
Jonathan Weiss holds a Diploma in Molecular Biology and a PhD in Molecular Medicine from the University of Cologne, where he worked on deciphering oncogenic dependencies in Non-Small Cell Lung (NSCL) tumors. He then held a postdoc position in Melbourne, Australia, where he started working with digital PCR. He returned to the University Hospital Cologne in 2015 as an independent translational research group leader, where he developed and established digital PCR assays to answer complex clinical questions. He joined QIAGEN in 2023 as an R&D Scientist and is currently part of the Toolbox and Feasibility Group, focusing on new approaches and research to push the limits of digital PCR.
Dr. Jonathan Weiss, Associate Principal Scientist, R&D, QIAGEN
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