The 3rd qPCR and Digital PCR Congress 2015

Key Topics

• Introduction, benefits, future development of dPCR
• Digital PCR: Possibilities & Opportunities
• Oncology (rare variant detection, monitoring therapy response, early relapse detection, biomarkers for cancer detection etc.)
• Converting to dPCR from qPCR
• Complimenting digital PCR with other technologies
• Verifying accuracy of dPCR data
• Detection of patient-specific mutations
• NGS v dPCR – Advantages over NGS
• Applications of precision medicine
• Multiplexing in digital PCR
• MIQE guidelines & standardisation
• QPCR: Strategies & Developments
• Sample preparation & quality control
• QPCR/RT-PCR assay design, optimisation & validation
• Precise quantification of nucleic acids
• Detection, quantification and sequencing of RNA
• Bioanalytics
• Amplification curve analysis/automated analysis of qPCR data/challenges & new solutions for data analysis
• QPCR & Digital PCR Case Studies
• Single cell analysis
• DPCR & its effect on patient care
• Clinical/Diagnostic applications
• Molecular diagnostics
• QPCR/dPCR in diagnosis of neurological disorders
• Infectious diseases/vaccines/environmental sampling
• Micro RNA/ncRNA/siRNA applications
• Gene expression
• Non-invasive prenatal diagnostics
• Alternative fluidic array platforms
• Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip
• Lab-on-a-Chip interfacing
• Microfluidic design and flow control
• Diagnostics and medical applications
• LOAC in drug discovery
• LAOC design for developed and developing world applications
• Point-of-care diagnostics
• QPCR in plant research
• Plant, Food & Environmental Case Studies
• Detection and identification of plant and food-borne pathogens
• Plant/ecology genomics
• Using qPCR in food research
• Gene expression analysis
• Genetically modified organism quantification in food