
Vincenzo Dicerbo
Senior Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, UK
When
8th-9th Oct 2020
Registration from 8 am
Where
London, UK
After a year’s absence, the 7th qPCR & Digital PCR Congress is being completely restructured and updated.
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 meeting will focus 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. Packed with insights on how Digital PCR is evolving particular techniques and possible applications from research to the clinic.
The meeting is co-located with the 2nd Flow Cytometry Congress and the 2nd Liquid Biopsies Congress. Attendees have full access to all three meetings.
If you would like to be a part of the speaker panel or be involved in some other way, please contact Namrata Naikpawar. [email protected]
Stilla Technologies is a Paris-based European Biotechnology company that focuses on accelerating the development of next-generation genetic tests by providing a innovative instrumentation for digital PCR (dPCR). In 2016, Stilla Technologies launched the Naica System, the first and only digital PCR solution to offer 3-color multiplexing. By encapsulating all steps for digital PCR in a single chip, the Naica System offers a fast and user-friendly solution, rendering digital PCR accessible to all. Stilla advises and supports its customers worldwide with a proactive and multidisciplinary R&D team, whose expertise spans from microfluidics and chemistry, to molecular biology and computer science.
http://www.stillatechnologies.com/
×Takara Bio Europe is a subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., who offers a wide range of life science reagents under the Takara™, Clontech®, and Cellartis® brands. Key products include SMART cDNA synthesis kits for a variety of samples and applications, including NGS, high-performance qPCR and PCR, Cellartis stem cells solutions, the innovative In-Fusion® cloning system, Guide-it gene-editing tools.
×NanoString Technologies provides life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products. The company’s nCounter Analysis System offers a cost-effective way to easily profile the expression of hundreds of genes, proteins, miRNAs, or copy number variations, simultaneously with high sensitivity and precision, facilitating a wide variety of basic research and translational medicine applications, including biomarker discovery and validation. The company’s technology is also being used in diagnostics with the Prosigna® Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay together with the nCounter Dx Analysis.
×Sagentia is a global science, product and technology development company. Our mission is to help companies maximise the value of their investments in R&D. We partner with clients in the medical, consumer, industrial and oil & gas sectors to help them understand the technology and market landscape, decide their future strategy, solve the complex science and technology challenges and deliver commercially successful products.
×Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is the world leader in delivering custom nucleic acid products for life sciences and medical research, serving academic, clinical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, and agricultural research communities. IDT product applications include qPCR, gene construction, CRISPR genome editing, next generation sequencing, and functional genomics.
×SAGA Diagnostics is a cancer genomics company providing proprietary products and services for best-in-class ultrasensitive quantification of circulating tumour DNA — in a liquid biopsy — for patient stratification, prognosis prediction, response monitoring, and companion diagnostics. We detect what others miss, with a lower limit of detection to 0.001% variant allele frequency. SAGA offers liquid biopsy and tissue sample analysis services and reagent kits, clinical trial diagnostic services, research and development partnerships, and CE-IVD CDx assay development.
×Bio-Rad Laboratories is a world leader in providing a broad range of products for the life science research and diagnostic markets. In our Life Science Group, we build the industry leading instruments, apparatus and consumables that enable advances in all key research areas from Cell Biology and Genomics through to Proteomics and Food Safety. Our innovative solutions include the pioneering Droplet Digital™ PCR alongside an extensive range of systems and reagents for qPCR, chromatography, cell analysis, immunoassay, electrophoresis, western blotting, imaging and more
http://www.discover.bio-rad.com/
×Kaneka Eurogentec, part of Kaneka Corporation, is a leading supplier of products and services to scientists involved in the life science research, molecular diagnostics and therapeutic developments. The international company is recognized as one of the major suppliers in the field of genomics and proteomics as well as a trusted FDA inspected CDMO for the production of biopharmaceuticals (vaccines and medicines). Kaneka Eurogentec is ISO9001 and ISO13485 certified
×As an independent family business based in Germany, BRAND has been a trusted partner and reference in the laboratory for over 60 years. With a total of approximately 500 employees, BRAND develops, manufactures and distributes innovative laboratory equipment of premium quality. The focus is on life science consumables, liquid handling and pipetting robots.
×Fluorogenics is a leader in the provision of lyophilised nucleic acid amplification reagents. Admix™ is our custom product service. As an ISO 13485 & 9001 certified company we can design, develop and manufacture custom products for all markets including IVDs under your own label. We excel beyond specialist single source suppliers and Fluorogenics can provide products using customer specified enzymes, nucleotides and other materials e.g DNA binding agents at our new facility in the UK.
×Elveflow® focuses on the development of high performance and Plug and Play flow control systems fitted to microfluidic research. We provide the only microfluidic flow control systems using Piezo technology and that enable blazing fast flow changes in your microdevice. Depending on your particular needs, we can advise you and install the setup best fitted for your lab.
×MethylDetect offers ready-to-use PCR kits for detection of aberrant DNA methylation. The kits are based on the MS-HRM technology, allowing for methylation assessment on standard RT-PCR equipment with a DNA melting module. Our kits contain an innovative control system, enabling state-of-the-art experimental reliability and eliminate a separate control preparation. MethylDetect provides customer tailored services. We design and develop ready-to use MS-HRM kits targeting your gene of interest, or we test your samples at our facilities.
×Central Biotechnology Services is an ISO 9001:2015 certified Cardiff University Technology Facility providing access to life sciences research facilities focusing on Cell analysis/Imaging, Genomics/ Bioinformatics and Proteins/Diagnostics. Our team of scientific experts offers a comprehensive service including experimental design advice, sample preparation, data generation and data analysis. We also host companies and provide laboratory facilities, technological support, academic consultancy and access to other Cardiff University resources. We welcome customers from businesses and the research community.
www.cardiff.ac.uk/central-biotechnology-services
×Dispendix was formed to commercialise the award-winning non-contact low-volume dispensing technology. For the fast transfer of fluids, while increasing precision, the first product is called I-DOT One (“Immediate Drop on Demand technology”). I-DOT enables highly accurate, dead volume free fluid transfer from nano- to microliters.I-DOT can dramatically enhance productivity and can easily handle complex liquid handling tasks, e.g. for DNA Assembly in synthetic biology. I-DOT is an ideal solution for applications in genomics and drug discovery.
×Dolomite is a Blacktrace group company, and the world leader in design and manufacture of high quality innovative microfluidic products and systems. We have offices in 5 countries and a global network of distributors, offering specialist advice, on-site applications support and training. Dolomite offers microfluidic systems for precisely controlled particle production and encapsulation. The systems allow high throughput generation of nanoparticles and micron-scale particles in polymers, hydrogels, etc, with applications in drug delivery, cosmetics and foods.
http://www.dolomite-microfluidics.com/
×Advanced Analytical Technologies Inc. (AATI) develops, manufactures and markets high-throughput, fully-automated nucleic acid and genetic analysis systems. The company’s product portfolio includes instruments for the parallel analysis of DNA, RNA, genomic DNA, double-stranded DNA, gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9) using capillary electrophoresis (CE) with fluorescence detection. The company’s flagship product – the Fragment Analyzer – is recognized as the best-in-class, multi-channel, automated fluorescence-based CE detection system for the simultaneous analysis of the quantity and quality of nucleic acids.
×Fluigent is an international company which develops, manufactures and supports the most advanced microfluidic systems available. Whether your application is with droplets, cell biology, particle studies, or in other research areas, we have the expertise and knowledge to provide the most cost effective and technically advanced solutions to your fluid control needs. Turn to us for solutions that will allow you to focus on the science, not on the setup.
×FORMULATRIX® collaborates with researchers to simplify the preparation and analysis of proteins and nucleic acids by designing solutions without boundaries and bringing novel cutting-edge technology to the life science industry. We are committed to researchers, their labs, and to the scientific discoveries that will improve the lives of generations to come.
×Digi.Bio is building the Nespresso machine for synthetic biology workflows. Powered by Digital Microfluidics, the Digi.Bio Platform is a Lab-in-a-Box equipped with temperature control, optical sensing and purification capabilities for one-step and automated liquid handling protocols which reduces hands-on time by 80% and reagent use by 100x. Based in the heart of tech capital Amsterdam, Digi.Bio aims to accelerate scientific discoveries by making science easy, fast, reproducible and accessible.
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The goal of Emulseo is to develop innovative and highly performant tools for droplet-based microfluidics and its applications. We provide new efficient surfactant formulations, under the brand FluoSurf, designed to stabilize droplets in the wide variety of conditions of biotechnological assays. We plan to develop new technological solutions to make droplet-based microfluidic a more accessible and reliable technology
×Senior Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, UK
Senior Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, UK
Our sponsorship packages offer a wide range of attendance options to suit your budget and business needs in order to maximise return on investment.
If there is any other way you would like to sponsor or increase branding for your company at the event, please get in touch and we will be able to offer you a bespoke service.
Select which delegates you would like to meet in a series of prearranged twenty-minute one-to-one meetings, held during breakout sessions from the main conference agenda. Our conference team will be available at the sessions to ensure all your meetings take place on time.
Host your own half or full day pre or post event workshop to a dedicated audience around a subject of your choice. Global Engage will assist with the marketing of your workshop to provide a guaranteed audience
Market to our event database and / or increase brand awareness through taking a poster position or sponsoring one of the refreshment breaks, lunches, drinks receptions or poster sessions. This can be supplemented by branding options such as placing your logo on the attendee lanyards or conference bags.
Showcase your technologies and products throughout the conference in the dedicated exhibition areas where all refreshment breaks and lunches take place, as well as the networking drinks reception at the end of day one.
Options include:
30-minute speaker presentations
Chairing / panellist positions during a 30-minute panel discussion
Hosting a 1-hour workshop within the conference program
For further details please contact
Nick Best/Gavin Hambrook
Telephone +44 (0) 1865 849841 or
email [email protected]
View our free resources on microfluidics and qPCR and dPCR including presentation videos, slide decks, reports and posters.
Call us on +44 (0)1865 849 841
For details on attendees, packages and new opportunities, please contact our sponsorship team who will quickly provide everything you need to assess the conference for yourself.
For details of special rates for multiple bookings contact Stephen Meade. Email: [email protected]
Option 1 – Please phone +44 (0) 1865 849841 and we will take your details over the phone
Option 2 – Please complete the form below to pay online (when it is published)
£499.00
For foreign organisation delegate ticket fee
£1,499.00
Fee for representatives of organisations offering services and/or business & technology solutions and also to business consultants.
Poster presentation sessions are an integral part of this virtual meeting. Your presentation will be displayed in a dedicated resource area, with the other accepted posters from industry and academic presenters. The technology will support interaction with the attendees and supports live chat.
We also issue a poster eBook to all attendees containing your full abstract, and you can share your poster as a PDF after the meeting if you desire (optional).
Whether looking for funding, employment opportunities or simply wanting to share your work with a like-minded and focused group, these are an excellent way to join the heart of this congress.
In order to present a poster at the forum, you need to be registered as a delegate.
POSTER COMPETITION – CLOSING DATE 7th September 2020
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