Embedder station, 7/16
July 2016—Tanner Scientific’s second-generation embedder station, the TN1550, with a dispensing module and separate cold plate, is now available.
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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
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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
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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
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.
Webinar presenter Jeffrey Gregg, MD, University of Nevada
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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
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Myriad Web portal, acquisition, 7/16
July 2016—Myriad Genetics launched a Web portal on ms360.myriad.com that allows patients to access their personal test results and to access other tools and ideas to help them make health care decisions. The first phase of the portal will provide access to test results for the company’s hereditary cancer and prostate cancer tests.
Qiagen adds Horizon QC, 7/16
July 2016—Qiagen announced that it will offer an extensive package of quality control data, generated through the application of Horizon Discovery Group’s reference standards, with its GeneReader NGS System.
Ultrasensitive assays, 7/16
July 2016—Aushon BioSystems has launched the Ciraplex Ultra Ultrasensitive Assays with femtogram/milliliter level detection to address multiple biomarkers in a wide range of therapeutic areas.
Automated DNA purification, 7/16
July 2016—Mawi DNA Technologies announced that Omega Bio-tek has successfully developed an automated DNA purification method from iSwab-DNA with its Mag-Bind Blood and Tissue DNA HDQ chemistry on the Hamilton MicroLabStar automation platform.
Cellular detection kit, 7/16
July 2016—The Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit 2.0 from Enzo Life Sciences measures autophagic vacuoles and monitors autophagic flux in lysosomally inhibited live cells using a novel dye that selectively labels accumulated autophagic vacuoles.
Sysmex, Siemens extend partnership, 7/16
July 2016—Sysmex and Siemens Healthineers Laboratory Diagnostics announced an extension to their partnership through at least 2020.
Liquid biopsy assay, 7/16
July 2016—Foundation Medicine has launched an analytically validated and accurate blood-based circulating tumor DNA assay that provides patients and oncologists with a new option for comprehensive genomic profiling when a tissue biopsy is not feasible or when tissue is not available.
Zika reference material, 6/16
June 2016—SeraCare Life Sciences launched its AccuPlex Zika Reference Material aimed to provide a safe, nonreplicative, and fully extractable positive material that covers the entire Zika virus genome.
Processor/stainer for frozen sections, 6/16
June 2016—Presto from Milestone Medical is a fully automated benchtop processor/stainer for high-quality frozen sections.