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Jörg Bantin
BioRad
Germany
EMBL Course
Liquid biopsies have the advantage of being largely non-invasive and providing a vast amount of information for the detection and monitoring of diseases such as cancer. This course will provide hands-on experience in the several techniques to detect and analyse circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell free tumor DNA (ctDNA) and proteins. Participants will have the opportunity to learn all aspects ranging from proper sampling through error free sequencing to data analysis. Lectures will also cover extracellular vesicles and clinical aspects using liquid biopsies, especially in the field of cancer diagnostics.
This course targets young scientists entering the field of liquid biopsy analysis and wanting to learn about the benefits and limitations of different approaches.
Participants will learn about the complete workflow in liquid biopsies, from sample preparation to data analysis and gain an overview of the current methods. Best practices, pitfalls as well as dos and don’ts will be discussed. After the course, participants should be able to assess the best methods for their application as well as design their experiments.
For an impression of the course check the 2018 course programme.
BioRad
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
BioRad
USA
SeraCare Life Sciences
USA
Uppsala University
Sweden
Skåne University Hospital
Sweden
Boston University School of Medicine
USA
Ghent University
Belgium
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Institute of Biotechnology and TATAA Biocenter
Czech Republic
Uppsala University
Sweden
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Germany
Technical University of Munich
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Germany
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Germany
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Paris Descartes University
France
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
QIAGEN
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Date: 23 - 28 Sep 2019
Location: EMBL Heidelberg