Micro-CT: Fancy gadget or indispensable technology towards accurate quantification of lung disease and therapy?
An infectious lung disease expert shares compelling evidence for the use of micro-CT to repeatedly evaluate disease progression and therapy efficacy in live animals.
Brain Circuits Driving Appetite
OBESITY SERIES 2020: Lora Heisler, PhD discusses the unique brain circuits that are controllers of body weight, reviews how our genes impact our waistline and explains how obesity medications leverage basic neurobiology to reduce hunger and decrease body weight.
Introduction to Antibodies and their Analytical Characterization
An expert from AstraZeneca will discuss the use of antibody drugs, how they function and the different techniques used to characterize them in the drug development process.
VO2 MAX Test Optimization for Cardiometabolic Phenotyping in Rodents
Watch this webinar to learn how VO2 Max exercise testing can be used to assess the cardiometabolic phenotype of rodents.
MicroCT Applications in Lung Research and Immunology
Dr. Redente discusses the advantages of microCT and provides a broad overview of pulmonary disease imaging using a highly innovate technique to analyze living animals, as well as fixed tissue.
Infectious Disease Research: A Holistic Approach to Physiologic Data Collection and Model Development
Join Dr. Anna Honko and Dr. Doug Reed as they discuss methods and applications for infectious disease research including coronavirus-based illnesses.
PET Image Reconstruction Overview – Current and Future Trends
Experts provide a guided tour to PET image reconstruction for the application-oriented user. They share the pros and cons, and give you a glimpse of what to expect in the future with exciting insights into future trends.
NMR Characterization of Polysaccharide-Based Vaccines
Dr. Francesco Berti describes the use of proton NMR for structural identity and conformity testing of carbohydrate-based vaccines.
Novel Method for Superior Lead Optimisation – Application to the Antiviral AZ
Scientists discuss the use of NMR to analyze the antiviral drug Azidothymidine AZT, a medication currently used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.
Hyperpolarized Xe MRI of Pulmonary Gas-Exchange in Rodents
Dr. Rohan Virgincar gives insight into the fundamentals of hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and shares practical considerations for high-resolution imaging in rodent models of lung disease.
Optogenetics Telemetry – Shining a Light on Long-Term Optogenetic Stimulation with Telemetry
Dr. Sarah-Jane Guild provides an introduction to optogenetics, discusses the advantages of implantable optogenetics telemetry and reviews data collection using the Kaha Sciences Optogenetics system.
Improving Animal Modeling with 24/7 Home Cage Monitoring in Bioexclusion & Biocontainment Mouse Housing Systems
Experts discuss current biosafety requirements and what home cage monitoring can teach us in bioexclusion and biocontainment studies.
Biofeedback + VR + Physiology Technical Showcase
Join BIOPAC to learn how you can get started with your own physiology research using VR, what options are available and how to create a virtual environment for physiology experiments.
Ensuring Quantitative Accuracy in PET
NMI experts describe quality control procedures and image corrections for the Bruker PET technology, demonstrate image transfer to PMOD for analysis and outline best practices to ensure good quantitative PET.
Treatments of COVID-19: Old Drugs, New Tricks
Dr. Niamh O'Boyle, from Trinity College in Dublin, provides an overview of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and discusses the drugs that are currently in use to treat COVID-19.
Rapid Narcotics Analysis by Orthogonal Methods: MS meets NMR
Experts discuss the ease of use and advantages to using a harmonized approach of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectroscopy for the detection and identification of narcotics.
A New Frontier of Precision Medicine: Using PET for Image-Guided Neurointerventions
Experts discuss how PET/CT imaging can be used to enable image-guided neurointerventions and to study targeted delivery and clearance of therapeutic agents.
Cardiac PV Loop Data Analysis: Tips & Tricks
Dr. DeWayne Townsend and Dr. Adam Goodwill discuss the fundamentals of pressure-volume loop analysis as a means to study cardiac function.
Integrating VR, Eye Tracking and Biofeedback in Research
Experts discuss and demonstrate how to set up and plan experiments combining virtual reality (VR) with real-time eye tracking and physiology data measurement.
SuperArgus PET/CT: Advanced Pre-Clinical Imaging for Small to Medium Animals
Tonya Coulthard discusses the SuperArgus PET/CT systems, reviewing both basic and unique imaging capabilities, including real-time imaging of awake animals as well as multiplexed PET imaging of standard and non-standard isotopes.
Ex Vivo MicroangioCT: Advances in Microvascular Imaging
Experts discuss a radiopaque polymerizing contrast agent that can be used to overcome the inherent challenges in distinguishing soft tissues with micro CT.
Open Access: What Researchers Need to Know Now
Industry professionals define what it means to publish Open Access, the different types, factors that influence funding, and share how to manage related fees from grants and budgets in several examples.
Eye Tracking and Mobile-Remote Participants
Experts demonstrate how to set up an eye tracking experiment and combine this data with physiological data such as ECG, EEG, EDA, EMG/fEMG and RSP.
Measuring Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity by Optomotor Reflex in Rodents
Experts discuss case studies and experimental data from various applications using a newly developed automated system to measure vision based on the optomotor reflex.
The Application of NMR for Drug Development and Manufacturing in a Good Manufacturing Practice Setting
Dr. Kerry Hughes, of Almac, discusses the application of NMR in the GMP setting to ensure continued high-quality performance of drug discovery workflows.
