Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.
Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the evolving role of PD-L1 testing in HNSCC and ovarian cancer.
Webinar presenter Georgios Deftereos, MD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Director of Molecular Cytopathology, University of California, San Francisco
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Agilent.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.
Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Diaceutics.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.
Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
December 2017—DiaSorin Molecular introduced group C and group G Streptococcus primer pairs and a Pneumocystis jirovecii primer pair for the amplification and detection of the Pneumocystis jirovecii mtLSU gene with a CFR610- and BHQ-2-labeled probe and forward and reverse primers.
December 2017—Promega Corp.’s bioluminescent HiBiT Protein Tagging System can be combined with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing to tag endogenous proteins and simplify their study under natural expression conditions, as demonstrated in a study published in ACS Chemical Biology (Schwinn MK, et al. Epub ahead of print Sept. 21, 2017. doi:10.1021/acschembio.7b00549).
December 2017—Abacus Diagnostica received the CE mark for the GenomEra Norovirus, a molecular in vitro diagnostic test for the detection and differentiation of norovirus genogroups I and II. The test runs on the GenomEra CDX platform.
December 2017—LabCorp and Cancer Genetics have signed agreements with Thermo Fisher Scientific to join the Next-Generation Sequencing Companion Dx Center of Excellence Program. Each laboratory will participate in oncology-focused clinical trials in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and Thermo Fisher.
December 2017—ArcherDx has earned ISO 13485:2003 and EN ISO 13485:2012 certification from the British Standards Institution. This ISO certification indicates that the company’s quality management system maintains standards specific to medical devices, including in vitro diagnostic assays.
December 2017—Quidel received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its Sofia Lyme FIA for the rapid differential detection of human IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi from serum and plasma specimens from patients suspected of B. burgdorferi infection. The test is intended for use with the Sofia analyzer to aid in the diagnosis of Lyme disease.
December 2017—Hologic has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Panther Fusion Paraflu assay, a multiplexed assay that runs on the Panther Fusion system.
December 2017—Natera announced a second research collaboration with Denmark’s Aarhus University utilizing the company’s research use only technology to evaluate ctDNA as a useful biomarker for detecting minimal residual disease, treatment response, and disease recurrence in colorectal cancer patients. (The university will also use the Signatera technology in a bladder cancer study.)
December 2017—Olympus released its IXplore SpinSR10 imaging system, which aims to balance speed, resolution, and efficiency in a single, flexible platform. A high frame rate and 120 nm XY resolution enable researchers to observe the fine details and workings of internal cellular structures while offering the ability to switch between super-resolution, confocal, and wide-field imaging modes.
November 2017—Beckman Coulter Diagnostics received CE mark clearance for a high-sensitivity troponin assay that aids in diagnosing myocardial infarction for patients presenting with chest pain or other ischemic symptoms.
