We are excited to share with you that the upcoming SARS-CoV-2 Stay Ahead of Viral Variants Webinar is launching now
As you know the pandemic and variants evolve… Hence we are hoping to use this webinar to help our customers stay ahead with variants and keep our leadership in the clinical space.
In this webinar, we will be focusing on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (in terms of Omicron) and the detection and surveillance solutions – Thermo Fisher Scientific products and solutions including TaqPath COVID kit, TaqMan mutation panel, Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay, and AerosolSense will be addressed by our global and regional speakers.
This is a three-part webinar with a live Q&A session.
Date: Friday, April 29th, 2022
Time: 10:00-11:00 am (GMT+8; Singapore and Taipei Standard Time Zone)
Title: Staying Ahead of Viral Variants: Surveillance Solutions for SARS-CoV-2
Topics and speakers:
Talk title: Responding to SARS-CoV-2 variants – Detection and Surveillance
Vanessa Lacey, Staff Scientist, Molecular Biology
Jelena Feenstra, Senior Manager, Global Scientific Communications
In this session of the webinar, Vanessa Lacey and Jelena Feenstra are sharing the recent evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and testing, how Thermo Fisher Scientific could quickly respond to it, and different approaches and tools for detection, discrimination, and identification of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants using genetic testing, and different strategies for monitoring and surveillance of the variants.
Duration: 20 min
Talk title: Fast confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 variants with NGS
Yvonne Lin, Product Manager, Ion Torrent NGS consumables, Infectious Disease Applications
Hear from Yvonne Lin, Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, as she shares updates on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ion Torrent comprehensive NGS solutions for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. Her webinar includes testimonials from cutting-edge researchers and real-world performance data on the identification of the Omicron variant. This webinar will showcase how an intelligent panel design and rapid, end-to-end workflow can effectively overcome the challenges faced in SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing and help researchers stay ahead of emerging variants.
Duration: 20 min
Talk title: Wastewater Testing and Air Monitoring – What’s Next?
Christopher Ng, Regional Technical Sales Specialist, Genetic Testing Solutions
While clinical COVID-19 testing will continue to be a cornerstone as societies gradually transition to the endemic stage and return to pre-pandemic activities, complementary environmental monitoring has been validated to be instrumental in providing prompt insights into the presence of SARS-CoV-2. This session aims to help stakeholders understand the utility of having an easy-to-use, highly reliable solution in settings like residences, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, businesses, and government institutions to quickly identify the presence of infectious pathogens in wastewater or in the air, in streamlining safety protocol to protect the people and preserve public confidence.
Duration: 10 min
Live Q&A
Panelist: SEATW team
Duration: 10 min
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