BioConference Live to Focus on Clinical Diagnostics

BioConference Live offers the benefits of a conventional conference, with live keynote presentations, peer networking and an exhibit floor--over the web, so that attendees can participate from any computer, whether in their office, home, or teaching institution.

The upcoming edition of BioConference Live with its focus on clinical diagnostics will take place from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM [U.S. EDT] on Wednesday October 20, 2010, and on Thursday October 21, 2010.

On Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 12:00 noon EDT, Alan Wu Ph.D., chief of clinical chemistry and toxicology and professor of laboratory medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (CA, USA) and University of California, San Francisco (CA, USA) will speak about the emerging role of pharmacogenomics in clinical research and practice. On the same day at 4: PM EDT Gyorgy Abel M.D. Ph.D., director of clinical immunology and molecular diagnostics at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA) will talk about human papillomavirus (HPV) molecular testing in cervical cancer screening.

On the following day, Thursday October 21st, 2010, at 9 AM James Nichols Ph.D., DABCC, FACB, medical director of clinical chemistry at Baystate Health (Springfield, MA, USA) and professor of pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, MA. USA) will discuss point-of-care testing, what it is, and why everyone wants it. Later on Thursday, at 4:00 PM EDT Keith C. Ferdinand, M.D., FACC, FAHA, will talk about strategies for the management of hypertension. Dr. Ferdinand is the adjunct professor at Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA, USA), and clinical professor, cardiology division at Emory University (Atlanta, GA, USA). He is also Chief Science Officer (CSO) for the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC; Washington DC, USA).

An additional twenty speakers have been confirmed to participate in the BioConference Live program. To register to attend for free and to obtain a complete list of speakers and session topics visit BioConference Live (please see related links below).

The supporters of BioConference Live are Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA, USA), Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA), the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Rochester, NY, USA) division of Johnson & Johnson, and Randox Laboratories (Antrim, UK).

The event producers are PlatformQ (Needham, MA, USA), a digital media company that produces virtual events in the education and healthcare markets, and Labroots, Inc., a free, social networking site that enables scientists, engineers, and other technical professionals to connect, collaborate with, and learn from each other.

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