Coffee Chat with Bio-Rad Application Scientists

Take a break and join us for chat with Bio-Rad application scientists about the current
issues most relevant to your research. We will host multiple sessions across a variety of
topics. Join us for a lively discussion around the issues that are most pressing to you.

Webinar Series: May 2020–April 2021
Selected Wednesdays
9:00 AM PDT (5:00 PM GMT)

Topics & Speaker Schedule

Date	Title and Topics	Speaker Panel
On-Demand
Wednesday, May 6 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Chromatography and Protein Purification Best practices in method development Prepare your system to be in tip-top shape before diving back into your research Open discussion on viral research and vaccine development	Kelly King, PhD Field Application Scientist II	Chelsea Pratt, PhD Biopharma Market Development Manager	Bradley VanderWielen, PhD Field Application Scientist II
Wednesday, May 20 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Western Blot Optimization Get rid of your western blot ghosts by reducing background Keep your gel from saying "cheese" and smiling Make that band shine as bright as a star by increasing your signal to noise	Daniel Stringer, PhD Account Executive BioPharma Central	Kenneth Oh, PhD Global Manager, Collaborations, Applications, and New Technology, Protein Quantitation	Aman Tyagi Global Marketing Manager, Western Blotting
Wednesday, June 3 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Multiplex Immunoassays in Vaccine Research and Development Get the most data out of your sample, without spending time on individual ELISAs Learn how multiplex assays are being used on the front lines to understand patient immune response during infection Discuss the most commonly asked questions around targets, panels, and multi-plate data analysis	Rick Ando, PhD Senior Field Application Scientist	Brett Houser Senior Global Product Manager, Immunoassays	Candice Cox Global Marketing Manager, Immunoassays
Wednesday, June 17 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Droplet Digital PCR in Cell and Gene Therapy Robust methodology for viral titer using ddPCR Precise copy number determination & improved confidence in acceptance criteria Enhance your throughput and minimize hands-on time Learn how ddPCR is used in other key applications	Matthew L. Turner, PhD Field Application Scientist — ddPCR, NGC, and qPCR	Tara Ellison, PhD Senior Field Application Scientist
Wednesday, July 1 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Real-Time PCR in Infectious Disease Characterizing COVID-19 using qPCR Accurately select your internal control Exploring 1-step vs. 2-step in sample preparation	Adam Brown, PhD Field Application Scientist II	Brandon McKethan, PhD Field Application Scientist II	Yann Jouvenot, PhD Global Marketing Manager, Gene Expression
Wednesday, July 15 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Flow Cytometry Optimization and Applications Design and optimize a multicolor flow experiment How to get your population of interest to pop out from your flow data Increase lab efficiency and productivity with automated high throughput flow analysis Flow cytometry applications	Chris Brampton, PhD Global Product Manager, Applications Michelle Scott Senior Scientist	Danielle Califano, PhD Field Application Scientist	Michael Blundell, PhD Field Marketing Specialist
Wednesday, July 29 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Mixed-Mode Chromatography Tips CHT column packing tips at process scale Overview of multimodal interactions with biomolecules Purification strategies for mAbs and viruses	Mark Snyder, PhD R&D Applications Manager, Process Chromatography	Daniel Yoshikawa, PhD Global Product Manager, Process Chromatography	Bill Rushton, MS Process Chromatography Support Scientist
Wednesday, August 12 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Cell Sorting Tips for Success Essentials for sample preparation Caring for your cells during the sorting process Controls, viability dyes, and other factors to consider while sorting Choosing flow cytometry experimental Controls	Brandon Williams, PhD Global Product Manager Alex Rodriguez Global Product Manager	Chris Brampton, PhD Global Product Manager, Applications	Alan Watson, PhD Senior Field Application Scientist
Wednesday, August 26 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	ddPCR Whole-Cell DNA Workflow Accurate measurement of modified cells at the DNA level No need for surface expression or cell staining Robust and sensitive detection with low input: 100–1,000 cells Reproducible and easy workflow and analysis	Matthew L. Turner, PhD Field Application Scientist — ddPCR, NGC, and qPCR	Tara Ellison, PhD Senior Field Application Scientist	Dianna Maar, PhD Applications Development Scientist
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	High‑Performance Single‑Cell Solutions with ATAC‑Seq Featuring an Expert Panel Working with whole cells or nuclei Achieving maximum cell utilization Tips to complete sample prep to library in a single day Obtaining high levels of sensitivity Flexible and modular open-source code bioinformatics analysis	Eric Johnson, PhD Genomics Field Application Scientist	Pavle Matak, PhD Genomics Field Application Scientist	Damien Calay, PhD Bioinformatics Scientist at Diagenode
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 9:00 AM PDT Watch On-Demand	Vaccine Development and Manufacturing Tips for overcoming developmental hurdles Technologies that can shorten timelines Novel tools for manufacturing and quality control	A’Drian Pineda, MS Proteomics and Genomics Field Application Scientist Manager Meiye Wu, PhD Staff Scientist, New Product Development - Digital Biology Group	Candice Cox Global Marketing Manager, Immunoassays	Bill Rushton, MS Process Chromatography Support Scientist
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:00 AM PDT Join the Discussion	Western Blotting Tips for Phosphorylated Protein Detection Essentials for sample preparation Advice on selecting an antibody for detection of a phosphorylated protein Guidance on performing relative quantification analysis of a phosphorylated protein Tips to ensure robust data generation and cleaner blots	Mark Shulewitz, PhD R&D Manager	Rachael Preston, PhD Application Scientist	Peter Rettenberger, PhD Technical Services Supervisor