Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your PCR experiments? Join us for an illuminating webinar and explore key insights into qPCR controls, reference genes, and multiplex PCR.
In this interactive session, our experts will guide you through essential techniques and best practices to ensure the accuracy and reliability of your qPCR data.
What you'll learn:
- Control mastery:
harness the critical role of controls in qPCR, mastering how to detect DNA contamination, select positive PCR controls, evaluate RNA quality, and utilize reverse transcription controls - Selection and validation of reference genes:
learn efficient strategies for identifying appropriate reference genes across diverse experimental conditions - Introduction to multiplex PCR:
explore the benefits of multiplex PCR, including increased throughput, cost-effectiveness, and heightened accuracy - Primer design and optimization:
uncover approaches for primer design and optimization, and learn validation techniques for robust multiplex PCR assays
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A certificate of completion will be awarded to those who attend the course.
Session 1 / Session 2
Nish Kumar
Senior Global Product Manager
Nish Kumar is a Senior Global Product Manager with the Genomics Assays Group at Bio‑Rad. She has over 12 years of experience working in genomics and possesses a strong background in qPCR and sequencing applications. She holds a master's degree in biotechnology from Penn State University. She currently works on qPCR and ddPCR new product development at Bio-Rad.
Session 1
Dr. Andrew Collins
Field Application Scientist
Dr. Andrew Collins received his PhD at UConn working in bacterial symbioses and established qPCR protocols for measuring both microbial and animal gene expression. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Forsyth Institute, Andrew joined Covaris Inc. as an R&D scientist in 2019 used his experience in qPCR to develop advanced testing of SARS-CoV2 in nasal swabs. Andrew joined Bio‑Rad in 2021 as a Field Application Scientist and for the past 3 years has assisted Bio-Rad customers using qPCR and ddPCR technologies to answer their scientific questions.
Session 2
Dr. Chee‑Hoo Yip
Life Science Field Application Specialist
Chee-Hoo Yip earned his PhD in Biochemistry from The National University of Malaysia, where he focused on a synthetic biology project in refactoring bacterial gene clusters to synthesize a metabolite with clinical properties. Upon graduation, he continued his research as a Postdoctoral Fellow to unravel the function of hypothetical proteins secreted by a tropical pathogen that causes melioidosis. Then, he joined an immunology and infectious disease group in Hong Kong as a Postdoctoral Fellow in developing human tonsil organoids for the development of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. Currently, he represents Bio-Rad as a Life Science Field Application Specialist specializing in Droplet Digital PCR, Gene Expression, Western Blotting, and Chromatography.