Jörg Bantin
BioRad
Germany
Overview
Course Overview
Liquid biopsies have the advantage of being largely non-invasive and providing a vast amount of information for the detection and monitoring of diseases such as cancer. This course will provide hands-on experience in the most common techniques to detect and analyse circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell free tumor DNA (ctDNA) and/or extracellular vesicles (exosomes) while also bringing in clinical aspects. Participants will have the opportunity to learn all aspects ranging from proper sampling through error free sequencing to data analysis.
Audience
This course targets young scientists entering the field of liquid biopsies and wanting to learn about the benefits and limitations of the approach.
Modules/Resources
- Hands-on experience on ultra-sensitive mutation detection using sequencing
- Application of digital PCR to the liquid biopsy workflow
- Protein analysis in liquid biopsis
- Data analysis
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn about the complete workflow in liquid biopsies, from sample preparation to data analysis and gain an overview of the current methods. Best practices, pitfalls as well as do’s and don’ts will be discussed. After the course, participants should be able to assess the best methods for their application as well as design their experiments.
Speakers
Speakers and Trainers
Bianka Baying
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Francisco Bizouarn
BioRad
USA
Lei Chen
Uppsala University
Sweden
Ander Edsjö
Skåne University Hospital
Sweden
Stefan Filges
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Tony E. Godfrey
Boston University School of Medicine
USA
An Hendrix
Ghent University
Belgium
Simon A. Joosse
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Germany
Mikael Kubista
Institute of Biotechnology and TATAA Biocenter
Czech Republic
Ulf Landegren
Uppsala University
Sweden
Rui Neves
Hospital Centre of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf,
Germany
Malte Paulsen
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Dinko Pavlinic
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Michael Pfaffl
Technical University of Munich
Germany
Matthias Riebel
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Germany
Alexander Rotmann
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Germany
Anders Ståhlberg
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Valerie Taly
Paris Descartes University
France
Thorsten Voss
QIAGEN
Germany
Scientific Organisers
Vladimir Benes
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Anders Ståhlberg
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Course Organisers
Christina Dollt
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany