Germany
ddPCR World On Tour is coming to Germany in 2026, bringing the digital PCR community together for a focused day of science, peer exchange, and applied insights.
Join us for a great day combining expert insights, proven best practices, and hands-on ddPCR experience - designed to help you confidently apply ddPCR to your own research.
Explore the event details below and register for free to secure your spot.
Frankfurt, Germany
Date: Tuesday, 23rd of June
Venue: Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt, Haus 20, 2nd floor
Address: Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main
Agenda
| Time / Topic / Speaker / Location |
|---|
| from 9:30 Registration & Networking Coffee |
| 10:00 - 10:10 Welcoming Words Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 10:10 - 10:35 Droplet Digital PCR: A Short Introduction Dr. Svenja Moench, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 10:35 - 11:00 Application of ddPCR for Biomarker Discovery in Polytrauma Research Leppik Liudmila, PD, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt |
| 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break |
| 11:15 - 11:40 Clonal Hematopoiesis as a Mechanistic Driver of Diet-induced Liver Cancer Dr. med. Sena Alptekin, DKFZ HI-STEM |
| 11:40 - 12:05 Wilms Tumour Suppressor Gene 1 (WT1) Expression as a Universal AML MRD Marker: Advantages of Digital PCR Dr. Kevin Roth, MVZ Heppenheim |
| 12:05 - 12:30 Recent Releases and Future Directions of Bio-Rad in Oncology Marco Bianchi, PhD, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 12:30 - 13:15 Lunch Break |
| 13:15 - 14:15 Workshop I: QX700 ddPCR Workflow - from Pipetting to Analysis |
| 13:45 - 14:15 Workshop II: QX700 ddPCR Workflow - from Pipetting to Analysis |
| 14:15 - 14:45 Workshop III: QX700 ddPCR Workflow - from Pipetting to Analysis |
Berlin, Germany
Date: Tuesday, 30th of June
Venue: Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, Seminarraum
Address: Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin
The event is also ideal for qPCR users looking for higher precision and reproducibility - without standard curves.
Agenda
| Time / Topic / Speaker / Location |
|---|
| 8:45 - 9:15 Workshop I - (Advanced ddPCR users only) - QX700 ddPCR Workflow - From Pipetting to Analysis |
| from 8:45 Registration & Networking Coffee |
| 9:30 - 9:40 Welcoming Words Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 9:40 - 10:25 Transition from qPCR to Droplet Digital PCR Martin Becker, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 10:25 - 10:50 Application of ddPCR in Hematopoietic Gene Therapy: Vector Copy Number and Gene Expression Analysis at the Institute of Experimental Hematology Friederike Mansel, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover |
| 10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break |
| 11:10 - 11:35 Title TBC Dinis Faustino, Preclinics - Gesellschaft für präklinische Forschung mbH |
| 11:35 - 12:00 Digital PCR as a Potential Reference Measurement Procedure to Support the Diagnostic Accuracy and Standardization of Molecular Testing Samreen Falak, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
| 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch Break |
| 12:30 - 13:00 Workshop II - QX700 ddPCR Workflow - From Pipetting to Analysis |
| 13:15 - 14:15 Best Practice Session Dr. Jörg Bantin, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| 14:15 Closing |
| 14:20 - 14:50 Workshop III - QX700 ddPCR Workflow - From Pipetting to Analysis |