
Valerie Taly
Group Leader, CNRS Research Director, Universite Paris Descartes, France
The commercialization of digital PCR platforms sparked a revolution in nucleic acid quantification over the past decade, shaking up the world of real-time qPCR. Although Digital PCR overcomes the difficulties of conventional PCR, it is essential to further understand the advantages & disadvantages compared to real-time qPCR.
There is also an urgent need to stimulate efforts towards more reproducible, sensitive, truly quantitative and ultimately, more biologically valid experimental approaches. The challenge, therefore, is to develop assays that meet current analytical requirements and anticipate new problems.
The 2020 meeting focussed on the underlying statistics of Digital PCR such as developing optimal workflow, gaining the highest sensitivity and authentic results, whilst discussing the continued evolution of qPCR. It was packed with insights on how Digital PCR is evolving particular techniques and possible applications from research to the clinic.
The meeting was also co-located with the 2nd Flow Cytometry Congress and the 2nd Liquid Biopsies Congress. Attendees had full access to all three meetings.
Group Leader, CNRS Research Director, Universite Paris Descartes, France
Analytical Development Scientist , Cell Therapy Catapult, UK
Senior Staff Scientist, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Postdoctoral researcher, Gulliver Laboratory – ESPCI Paris / PSL Research University
Associate Director Translational Biology, uniQure, The Netherlands
Research Scientist, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France
Senior Scientist/Project Team Leader, Public Health England, UK
Associate Professor, PI, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Postdoctoral Researcher & Assisting Academic Staff, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
Head of Division Microfluidic Platforms, Hahn-Schickard, Germany
Research Councillor, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Research Associate, IAVI, Imperial College, UK
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University, USA
Professor of radiation oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, USA
Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK
Director Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment (LEE), National Center Research Genomics Humaine, CEA – Francois Jacob Institute of Biology, France
Reader in Synthetic Biology and Quantitative Genomics, University of Manchester, UK
Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences & Education, University of South Wales
Science Leader, Diagnostics, LGC, UK
Full Professor in Molecular Oncological Pathology, Senior Clinical Scientist in Molecular Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Group Leader, CNRS Research Director, Universite Paris Descartes, France
Analytical Development Scientist , Cell Therapy Catapult, UK
Senior Staff Scientist, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Postdoctoral researcher, Gulliver Laboratory – ESPCI Paris / PSL Research University
Associate Director Translational Biology, uniQure, The Netherlands
Research Scientist, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France
Senior Scientist/Project Team Leader, Public Health England, UK
Associate Professor, PI, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Postdoctoral Researcher & Assisting Academic Staff, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
Head of Division Microfluidic Platforms, Hahn-Schickard, Germany
Research Councillor, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Research Associate, IAVI, Imperial College, UK
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University, USA
Professor of radiation oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, USA
Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK
Director Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment (LEE), National Center Research Genomics Humaine, CEA – Francois Jacob Institute of Biology, France
Reader in Synthetic Biology and Quantitative Genomics, University of Manchester, UK
Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences & Education, University of South Wales
Science Leader, Diagnostics, LGC, UK
Full Professor in Molecular Oncological Pathology, Senior Clinical Scientist in Molecular Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
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